Thursday, October 1, 2009

Our Daily Bread:Neh 2:1-8; Luke 9:57-62


I will follow you.

St. Jerome, under the direction of Pope Damasus I, revised the Latin New Testament and the Latin Psalter, and later in life translated the Old Testament from Hebrew to Latin. All this before computers! Jerome was an irascible sort who made bitter enemies of those he condemned and alienated fellow Christians with his sarcastic manner. He is honored for his enormous contribution and forgiven for his personal failures. May we each be so blessed?

*St. Jerome, pray for us.

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