George Leo Haydock, on Jdt 15:11

“For thou hast done manfully, and thy heart has been strengthened, because thou hast loved chastity, and after thy husband hast not known any other: therefore also the hand of the Lord hath strengthened thee, and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever.”

“Chastity, &c. This is not in Syriac, &c., and though, generally speaking, celibacy was not esteemed honourable among the Jews, yet chastity was so much the more admired, as it was more uncommon. A widow was deserving of praise for not lightly entering upon a second marriage. (Calmet) — Those who abstain from it, were respected, like virgins, by the Romans. (Val. Maxim. ii. 1.)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.