"You can lose your soul by gossiping"
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"You can lose your soul by gossiping"
This hits. I know people who - this is all they do - are so fragmented from this sin they've lost all identity.
Fr Ripperger's lecture on gossiping breaks down the tear and encroachment on the soul that takes place:
Fr Chad Ripperger has some of the best lectures I've heard on the human condition as it relates to the soul. Regardless of what you "identify" as religiously speaking or otherwise, there are undeniable spiritual effects of our thoughts, words and actions. In particular: gossip.
I've written about gossip over the years - here and here are two articles of mine. Gossip is one of the most evil, passive aggressive, insidious and punishable offenses one can make in this life. What the worm-tonguer fails to realize is the punishment that awaits them for their atrocious lies - since gossip, is, lies...