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Fr. Belet
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Sins of the Tongue: The Backbiting Tongue
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2015
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Sins of the Tongue: Cross-linked to the Bible
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Backbiting Tongue
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Sins of the Tongue: The Backbiting Tongue
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“God has attached an enormous ball to this chain: the obligation of restoring the neighbor's reputation. Saint Augustine's words here are as true for backbiting as for money: "Non dimittitur peccatum nisi restituatur ablatum: No restoration, no pardon.”
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“The backbiting tongue has chosen the very motto of Death as its own: "I spare no one!" Priest or judge, known or unknown, religious or worldling, friend or foe, none of that matters to him. The backbiter spares nothing and no one, not even his father and mother. Why is this so? Because he enjoys talking, so speaking evil gratifies him. He considers it a pleasure when he finds something to criticize in others. He is filled with joy when he can invent and relate things that do not even exist.”
― Sins of the Tongue: Cross-linked to the Bible
― Sins of the Tongue: Cross-linked to the Bible
“Envy is often preceded by a secret pride, which spurs us to wish to be preferred above others, or at least to be their equal. For fear that our neighbor may rise too high and eclipse us, we craftily clip his wings.”
― Sins of the Tongue: Cross-linked to the Bible
― Sins of the Tongue: Cross-linked to the Bible
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