Open Your Ears and Speak the Truth

August 11, 2026

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Open Your Ears and Speak the Truth

A priest with 27 years of experience in the confessional opens with a striking observation: he has heard dying people in their 80s and 90s still carrying wounds from something a parent said to them decades earlier. "They bring up how their mother, father, said something that stuck within their whole life." This sets up the episode's central argument—that the human tongue, given by God for praise and truth, is routinely used to destroy, and that most Catholics are guilty of either speaking destructively or remaining silent when they should speak.

The Damage of Words

The priest draws heavily on Scripture and the Church Fathers to establish the gravity of sins of the tongue. He cites Proverbs ("a slippery mouth working ruin"), Ecclesiasticus ("the stroke of a whip makes a blue mark, but the stroke of a tongue will break the bones"), and Saint James, who notes that nothing can control the tongue. Saint Bernard's warning is especially stark: "One speaks and he utters only one word, but he kills the souls of a multitude of hearers."

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **Opening Thanks and Context** - The speaker thanks Father Robinson and the parish for their graces, noting the chapel's growth as a sign of God's fruit.
2 (01:41) **The Power and Danger of the Tongue** - The speaker contrasts the Gospel healing of a physical impediment with the spiritual harm caused by sins of the tongue.
3 (03:40) **The Domestic Church: Words That Shape Children** - The speaker argues that charity begins at home, where words spoken to children and spouses have lifelong consequences.
4 (04:49) **Immodest Jokes and Scandal** - The speaker condemns the telling of impure jokes, even in traditionalist circles, as a grave mortal sin.
5 (05:44) **Biblical Warnings on the Tongue** - The speaker cites Ecclesiastes, St. James, and St. Augustine to underscore the uncontrollable and destructive nature of the tongue.
6 (06:57) **Sins of Omission: The Duty to Speak** - The speaker introduces the concept of sins of omission, where failing to speak when required is itself a sin.
7 (07:36) **The Enemy Within the Church** - The speaker argues that attacks on the Church from within are worse than those from without, citing recent Vatican heresies and ambiguity.

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Show Notes

In this sermon Father discusses the proper use of the tongue, emphasizing that sinful speech—including calumny, insults, immodesty, gossip, and verbal abuse—can seriously damage other people and incur responsibility before God. Christians have a duty not only to avoid sinful speech but to speak up in defense of the Catholic faith and Truth, particularly when confronted with error, while doing so with charity and a willingness to instruct those who are sincerely mistaken. We must all remain spiritually vigilant, pray for those who have been led astray, praise God with our speech, defend the Church and the innocent, and never separate Charity from Truth.

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St. Alphonsus’ Daily Meditations and Readings for Every Day of the Year

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