Catholic Quote of the Day — from St. Jerome

by ICL Editor | September 30, 2014 4:30 am

"St. Jerome Writing" (detail) by Caravaggio[1]

“St. Jerome Writing” (detail) by Caravaggio

“Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.”  (St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church)

September 30 is the Memorial of St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church (340 – 420).

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