God amply repaid the homage thus rendered to his sacred word: Jerome hoped to obtain by his toil the cure of his moral sickness; he moreover attained the lofty holiness that we now admire in him. Other heroes of the desert remain unknown: Jerome was one of those to whom it is said: You are the salt of the earth; you are the light of the world; and God willed that in due time that light should be set upon a candlestick that it might shine to all that are in the house.
Mungu wenye kuchukua kulipwa heshima hivyo kulipwa kwa neno lake takatifu: Jerome matumaini ya kupata na taabu yake tiba ya ugonjwa wake kimaadili; yeye zaidi ya hayo yaliyopatikana utakatifu anajivuna kwamba sisi sasa admire ndani yake. mashujaa wengine wa jangwa waliko: Jerome alikuwa mmoja wa wale ambao ni akasema: Wewe ni chumvi ya dunia; wewe ni mwanga wa ulimwengu; na Mungu anapenda ahakikishe kwamba kutokana na muda kuwa mwanga lazima kuweka juu ya kinara ili iwaangazie wote waliomo nyumbani.