For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
St. JeromeIf Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the way, it was to teach us that it is dangerous to try to get to heaven without the Bread of Heaven.
St. JeromePreferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
St. Jerome