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Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge … until the destroying storms pass by.

—Psalm 57:1 (NRSV)

As he concludes the short Life of St. Paul the First Hermit, St. Jerome writes: “I would like to ask the wealthy, ‘What did this old man ever lack, naked as he was? You drink from jeweled cups, but he was satisfied with the cupped hands that nature had given him…. He was clothed with Christ despite his nakedness. You who are dressed in silks have lost the garment of Christ. Paul, who lies covered in the vilest dust, will rise again in glory…. I beg you, whoever you are, to remember the sinner Jerome. If the Lord would grant him his wish, he would rather choose Paul’s tunic, and his rewards, than the purple robes of kings, and their punishments.’”

Dear God, guide me today as I try to live only for what matters in eternity.