Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Psalms 127:3

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 166, footnote 1 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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CCEL Footnote 2435 (In-Text, Margin)

7. You have, therefore, Salvina, those to nurse who may well represent to you your absent husband: “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”[Psalms 127:3] In the place of one husband you have received two children, and thus your affection has more objects than before. All that was due to him you can give to them. Temper grief with love, for if he is gone they are still with you. It is no small merit in God’s eyes to bring up children well. Hear the apostle’s counsel: “Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife ...