December 2011

The Tongue

The whip leaves a mark but the lash of the tongue shatters bones.
Many have felled by the sword but many more have perished by the tongue.
Look, you put a fence around your property and protect your silver and gold. In the same way, make weights and scales for your words and put a bolted door […]

Controlling Your Language

Children, learn how to control your language; if you are able to watch over it, you will not be taken by surprise.
The sinner will be caught in his own words, as happens to the proud man and to him who curses.
Do not accustom your mouth to foul language for it will be sinful talk.
A man […]

Prayer to Help Prevent and Avoid Sins

O lord, Father and master of my life, do not abandon me to the thoughtless words of my lips or allow me to fall because of them.
Who will deal out punishment to my thoughts and apply the discipline of wisdom to my heart? Let them not be indulgent at my sins or the mistakes of […]