St. Marcella, a Model of Virtue
Catholic Saints
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What Do You Know About Jerome and Marcella?
Jerome praises Marcella because he says that no one in Rome had a bad word to say about her. She was able to live this ascetic life but with such moderation and grace and generosity that she didn't make the kind of enemies of Saint Jerome. I think there is a kind of lesson there because it's easy to you know take pride or pleasure in your own knowledge and to love your own knowledge of scripture more than scripture or something like that.
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