“Never be entirely idle”. Avoiding sins.
“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.”— Thomas a Kempis, 15th century
Tag: Gossip
Religious Whisperers. The Sin of Detraction. “Triple Murder.”
Malicious gossip and hatred delights in the troubles of another. It is often manifest, sometimes very subtly, by the sins of whispering and detraction. The apostle John warns: “He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness.”— 1 Jn. 2:9 We Christians— no matter how nice, proper or… Read More Religious Whisperers. The Sin of Detraction. “Triple Murder.”
Religious Whisperers & Detraction: “Triple Murder”
We may feign deep concern for the ones we secretly detest, we may even ask others for prayers for him or her (which request can serve as a particularly odious disguise for vicious gossip), but inwardly this hatred destroys our spiritual life. It is a grave danger. St. Vincent de Paul calls these whispering persons “murderers”… Read More Religious Whisperers & Detraction: “Triple Murder”
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