Today we remember and give
thanks for Jerome, Translator of Holy Scripture. Jerome was born in a little
village on the Adriatic Sea around the year A.D. 345. At a young age he went to
study in Rome, where he was baptized. After extensive travels, he chose the
life of a monk and spent five years in the Syrian desert. There he learned
Hebrew, the language of the Old Testament . After ordination at Antioch and
visits to Rome and Constantinople, Jerome settled in Bethlehem. From the original
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, he used his ability with languages to translate the
Bible into Latin, the common language of his time. This translation, called the
Vulgate, was the authoritative version of the Bible in the western Church world
for over 1,000 years. Considered one of the great scholars of the early church,
Jerome died on September 30, 420. He was originally interred at Bethlehem but
his remains were eventually taken to Rome.
Collect of the Day:
O Lord, God of truth, Your Word is a lamp to our feet and a light
to our path. You gave Your servant
Jerome delight in his study of Holy Scripture.
May those who continue to read, mark, and inwardly digest Your Word find
in it the food of salvation and the fountain of life; through Jesus Christ, our
Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever.
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