Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Jerome

If 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.

– Saint Jerome

Saint Jerome's patronage: Morong, Rizal; archaeologists; archivists; Bible scholars; librarians; libraries; school children; students; translators.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Polycarp of Smyrna

Let us, therefore, forsake the vanity of the crowd and their false teachings, and turn back to the word delivered to us from the beginning.

– Saint Polycarp of Smyrna

Saint Polycarp of Smyrna's patronage: Against dysentery; against earache.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Cyprian of Carthage

He who deserts the chair of Peter, upon whom the Church was founded, does he trust himself to be in the Church?

– Saint Cyprian of Carthage

Saint Cyprian of Carthage's patronage: Algeria; North Africa.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Peter Damian

For the wisdom of the flesh brings death, but that of the spirit brings life and peace, since the wisdom of the flesh is the enemy of God; it is not subject to God's law, nor can it be. And since the wisdom of the flesh is unable to bear the yoke of God's law, it cannot look upon it either, for its eyes are clouded with the smoke of pride.

– Saint Peter Damian

Saint Peter Damian's patronage: Faenza, Italy; traceurs; freerunners.