Gossip

Where there is God there is no hatred, envy or jealousy, and there is no gossip that can kill.

These are words from Pope Francis.  He is stating that words can be damaging and cause a great amount of suffering.

There is a story of a man who confessed his sin of gossip.  His penance was to scatter all the feathers from a pillow into the wind, then attempt to gather them.  The penitent replied that would be impossible.  The priest answered that our words do the same thing.  Once we release them we cannot gather them back. 

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