What? That's a kitty kat in the picture.
He was a volatile man - irascible - which is why he did a lot of penance. Imagine if he had a blog ... he'd be Mark Shea.
Evidently he liked to take his clothes off too - because he is often shown naked. So gross.
Jerome reading 'Penance For Dummies':
"First: take all your clothes off.
Then take a stone
and pound it against your chest,
until you see blood.
Repeat as often as necessary,
especially after telling off
people who disagree with you."
Anyway - my favorite quote from St. Jerome:
"He who clings to the Chair of Peter is accepted by me."Works for me.
I like St. Jerome cause he loved the Church despite being a grouch. He may have seen hope in it all as Jesus loves us unconditionally. St. Jerome pray for me cause I am a grouch too.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite St. Jerome quote:
"Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ."
Awwww...He LUBS that kitty Kat ! He fed him really, really great Saint food and that kat grew and grew, and then the Saint painted his sharp little nails a beautiful blood red, and then St. Jerome put the Cardinal Hat on the Kitty and it purred and purred. Then they went to Heaven Together, as besties.
ReplyDeleteoh ! Perhaps your gallows humor is twisting my little mind, Terry.
Haha!
DeleteFrom my tiny blog:
ReplyDelete"Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species."
*raises eyebrow*