Every day I wake up with the intention of not swearing or taking the Lords name in vain and every day I fail at least once.😩 All I can do is try every day to be better than the day before.
Hi Pauline! I used to struggle with sins of the tongue. What helped me was this: every time I received Communion (in a state of Grace, of course) I would let Jesus rest and dissolve on my tongue for a little bit, and I would pray that He purify my tongue so that all that came out of my mouth would be for His glory. It helped me a lot and helped hold me accountable too!
Something for Catholics to think about: Are you going to receive Our Lord in Holy Communion on a tongue that is 'dirty' with swearing? We must strive to give Him a pure resting place, in our bodies and in our souls. Thank you Father Mike, for this beautiful talk and reminder. God bless!
@@roachsmacker7821 is that good? We do seem to hear the “F”Bomb multiple times everyday. I live next door to a guy who says it every other word, I swear he does. The walls are thin and I can’t change the man. I pray for him, though, instead of saying, the F bomb - we could just say that’s awesome or you’re awesomely great. We need to find other words to define our feelings. it makes us sound smarter anyway.
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My friend’s Catholic 90-year-old Grandma told her that the Lord spoke to her, audibly, says to stop swearing, and she stopped immediately. True story. That says a lot. Father Mike, I think you would look good in a Chevron mustache style. 👌🏻
@@sowhat... nope. Serious as atrial fibrillation. That was over 15 years ago, and I still remember it. Now, if I could only remember what I was supposed to pick up at the store...
@@sowhat... is it a bad thing somehow? How there’s no way that’s bad unless you’re a liberal and hate guns then never mind converse with me if you want but I’m tired just please leave me alone all I said was they had good morals what else do you want from me!!
My grandmother always says something along these lines: “someone who cusses is giving reason for others to believe they are not educated, because they can’t think of the proper word to describe their thoughts / emotions.”
I think cussing can be quite a fitting way to describe ones feelings. If they limit the usage ofcourse. Constant repetition of some selected words can make anyone's speech sound lifeless
@@chronicmasterbaiter5467 But it is called a curse for a reason. It's like cursing something or someone. Why does the devil like swear words? Why did Joan of Arc call her soldiers NOT to swear? It is a portal to mortal sin as well. I'm not saying you can't go to hraven if you swear a lot, but I'm guessing purgatory is going to be the first stop. IDK. Just my thoughts.
I respectfully disagree, when used among adults. I'm pretty good at self-deprecating humor, and I've used vulgarity many times to get people to laugh at my expense. It's a good social skill for me and has worked well. However, obviously, you need to exercise discretion. I would never curse in front of my parents, or my children, no matter what. Among adult peers though, I found it can bring down guards when used appropriately. I call myself an a-hole all the time in front of my coworkers and they usually laugh. On the other hand I find I admire people who deliberately never curse. Tricky question.
the lord who loves you very very very very much, wants you to rest in his love and his works for you [his death in the cross,] you are forgiven of your sins, you rest let God do the work for you, when i rested in his love and his death for our sins, i felt more of the love and peace of god ruling my heart.
What a great message! I’m sending this on to my kids to teach their children. And I will reinforce as a grandmother. Colossians 3:8 “But now put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth.” Ephesians 4:29 “Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear.” James 3:10 “From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so.” God bless you Fr.Mike! 🙏🏼✝️🙏🏼
So much judgement happening in these here replies. It takes me back a bit. My grandma was religious but didn’t mind dropping a f bomb now and then. There is a time and place, of course, but I never looked down upon her or thought that her heart wasn’t good. It has no determination on intelligence. Idk where that’s coming from. lol
@@ray-cx3he ya but if i use a different word for the f word then it has the same meaning behind it.. you're replacing a word to mean the same thing so why does it matter
I’m giving up swearing for lent and it’s not going well and it’s only Ash Wednesday. Every time i mess up though, I pray the our father, Hail Mary, glory be, and the prayer to Saint Michael. And I have to do it right then, even if I’m in the middle of a conversation. Let’s pray it gets better!
@@Geneva-nb7rt False. We ask for their intercession, which means that we ask the blessed in heaven to pray on behalf of oneself or others. If there's someone by the throne of God, to better believe I want him or her as a praying partner. James 5:16: Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.
My Grandma used to remind my fellow young boy relatives and I growing up the scripture: "Every idle word men shall speak, they shall have to give an account." I've been told that, in the case, "idle" is supposed to mean "not making a positive contribution."
I agree with you 100%. My son has an incredibly vulgar mouth and we've asked him repeatedly to stop but he continues to use foul language against us and other people. We pray for him, and we pray for the Lord to calm his troubled waters. I'm not making excuses for him, but we hear it everywhere we go. We will continue to persevere and try to convey to him that this is not the way and intelligent mind speaks. I've tried to quell his language especially around my lovely wife but he just won't get it.
Cameron Walker A great start would be that showing self control by not swearing around your mother, grandparents , siblings, women & children shows respect and love to family and a step closer to being a man who should protect women and children. With PRIVLEDGES comes responsibility. We have found the desire to be treated like an adult and to have privileges is enough of a motivation to at least begin controlling the language. Hopefully practicing virtue will spill out into other environments. Somehow boys think swearing is the beginning of being taken seriously like a man. A good desire but a wrong and very external display of manhood modeled everywhere by men. Hockey, Football spectators .... no longer a place to bring the family 🙁
Does he get any consequences for swearing? Or rewards for not swearing for a stretch of time? Maybe some combination of the carrot and the “stick” (like taking his phone for a day) would make an effect. You know him best, but sometimes just reminding a kid of something or asking them politely doesn’t make a dent. I agree that it’s hard when the language is all around them.
I stopped watching TV and movies a few months ago and my language has cleaned itself up almost automatically. (Well, I’m also praying the rosary a few times a week and staying on top of Mass and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.) I’m no expert and still very much a sinner, but I think a focus on the good, the true, and the beautiful goes a long way toward making our speech more gentle. It helps me to remember that this is not a self-perfection project to build my ego around how good I can be, but a move toward bringing a more loving presence to the world. Pray for me, friends, and I will pray for you! Thanks, Fr. Mike!
I can't stand the amount of times the f word is used in movies and TV these days. So many people talk like this now. So, so ugly and crude. Its a bad habit. People can't say one sentence without these words. If most of the movies or comedies were written without the disgusting crudeness, the show would be half its length . Really hateful to have to listen to how crude some (a lot of) people speak nowadays.
@@MoogieB I was also a teenager in the 70s and the first time I heard the s word used was when I started work and I was so shocked!! 😀 innocent little convent girl that I was then!!
Sick of hearing people use these words with their young children and in general in front of anyone. You can’t sit in a restaurant line even so called nice ones and not hear this vulgar trash!!
The way I draw the line is I ask myself if that was something I would say in the Throne Room of the Almighty. If not, and I've said it or made a habit of saying it, I confess it and avoid saying those words to the best of my ability going forward...
My husband is a military veteran. Specifically, he was a US Army combat engineer - a ground trooper. Very much "boots on the ground" combat arms type of dude. So his language can get VERY salty and VERY creative and yes sometimes VERY hilarious. Very few people swear like a military veteran. He does try to contain it in professional situations, of course....LOL hahaha :D Just a giggle.
Thank u for this video father. Breaking this bad habbit is one of my 2020 resolutions. Keep posting father. You enlighten us so much with your content.
Wow, Father Mike! I can't believe how well you pulled off that talk! I was taught that saying, "D@mn you" is sinful because only God can make that detemination! Keep up the good work.
Britt Gibson sounds like Judas! when he deceived Jesus Christ to the Romans. May the everlasting merciful spirit of the lord,help us overcome our misfortunes & misery to renew in us his ❤️. Let lord be our shepherd to salvation.
May God bless you all prayers out for all. May we proceed in trying to eliminate any notion of sin in our lives including swearing. We humbly pray and wish all of this through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior’s Holy Name, Amen.
I have a new co-worker who cusses frequently. It has started to affect my thoughts so I have been praying on this. She does it out of anger, frustration, grumbling which seems to breed/feed a negative attitude. It is hard to be around. Words have power to build up or tear down. These moods are not conducive to a calm interior life.
Thank you. This is something I've struggled with knowing the boundaries for and debating on how/when/if I should use them, so thank you for your insight!
I do not like to say bad word or use bad language. Sometimes when I am angry I say it and after I have said the bad word / expression I feel guilty and tell myself that I should not have said that. I do not like when someone uses bad language at all. It is not my cup of tea....unless is a comedian like Kevin Hart or Dave Chappelle. God bless you all. Thanks for the video Father and Ascension Presents.
Hi Father Mike love you best clean shaven Thanks for all your wonderful videos, you are truly a man of God. God has blessed you with a gift of communication, and a lovely humorous personality. All ages are drawn to you. Please continue to speak to us with wisdom, clarity, and truth.
Ok father Mike. It's so tough for me sometimes because I watch your videos everyday. And then sometimes I come across your older videos now and click on them....and this one. This Opening 👌. The laugh I got from your own mustache joke. True belly laugh, thank you! It's funny how watching you on RU-vid allows some of us who are just "meeting you" (well last year but still) to actually watch you age backwards 🤯 when we come across videos from 3 or 5 or 7 years ago. Thanks for going on this journey of life with us Fr. Mike 🤗👍🙏
I agree. We must use our words to build others and not break them down. If we can do that, I feel similar questions can be answered with our own judgment (but we must still continue asking God for wisdom anyway!)
Michelle Novak 1 Peter 1:3-9 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.
Love the mustache Fr. Mike! Amazing lesson too! Thank you for putting up these videos. I have an extreme interest in studying theology, and all your videos inspire my prayer life and faith to keep going. You make theology so interesting and always remind me that loving the study of theology can make an incredible impact on the world. God Bless Father Mike, and thank you!
A good video. It hits on three very important thoughts. My litmus test is this: would I use that word/phrase if Christ were in the same room with me? If yes, then there is no sin. . I keep in mind that God (i.e. Christ) is present everywhere. As Jesus promised his disciples, "Surely I will be with you always to the end of the age..." And acknowledge by the Psalmist. "You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely." . That should help me know when and where it is "okay" to swear. The answer I have found so far is "swearing is never okay." . The Bible is an excellent guide, as always: "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. " Ephesians 4:29-31. . Whenever someone says it's okay to swear in such-and-such times, I'll leave that up to them and Christ to work thru when the time comes. As for me, I would not attempt to make such a case.
Not using the Lord’s name when I do it, but swearing is my vice. For pain, frustration, silliness, etc. & it helps me to get it out than it would be to keep it inside &/or take it out in a worse way.❤️🙏🏼😊
Swearing is disrespectful to those around you and hurtful to yourself as well. (Hearing those words is bad for you and reinforces doing it.) It may take a while to keep mum or substitute another word when you feel a swear word coming on, but you can train yourself out of swearing.
Hey, so we watch your videos after choir practice on Thursdays, ya know, as ya do. So today one of our friends with a beard shaved it into a moustache and one of the girls in choir HATES moustaches. As soon as you put your hands down the entire car, in this whole Cookout parking lot SCREAMED. We geeked, and we geeked hard. The girl ironically almost said a curse word but we love it :) keep up the good work, Fr Mike's upper lip
I absolutely LOVE hearing your perspective Fr. Mike! I have two girls, grown now, and one day we were working to get one moved across town and I accidentally slammed my finger against the truck bed, hitting it hard, and I used a colorful word that started with "F"! Both girls swung around and stopped in their tracks LOL. They never heard me use "THAT" word before! Oops. They never let me live it down🤣🤣🤣🤣
The word ‘blasphemy’ or ’taking God’s name in vain’ actually means using the name of God to cheat or abuse other people, or to justify evil-doing. Swearing is thoughtless and stupid, but it does create a bad atmosphere, like environmental pollution. I remember reacting to younger colleagues. A young woman kept saying “Jeeesus” when she got annoyed. When I asked her to stop, she said it didn’t matter, as she didn’t believe. I told her I found it offensive because Jesus is someone I care about. She didn’t seem convinced, so a quarter of an hour later, when I got irritated about something, I used her own personal name as an exclamation. Her reaction was: “What? I didn’t do anything wrong!!!” So I told her, if she thought it was okay to use Jesus’ name, then surely she wouldn’t mind my using her name in the same way. That made my point. She never used that name as an exclamation again.
Is swearing a sin? Fr. Mike answered that question in the first minute when he wouldn't refer to any of those words directly XD Also, I think you can rock the mustache, Fr. Mike, if you go full handlebar!
Hey Fr. Mike. This topic finds it's way into the confessional with me all too often. I'm working on it. Thanks for the video. I'll put a little extra in the collection plate this Sunday so you might be able to afford new razor blades. 😁
Psalm 141:3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. Pray and ask God to guard your mouth, and help you to keep bad words from your lips. Say to yourself, " I will not speak words that satan wants me to say, and let him have power over my tongue. I will say what Jesus wants me to say, and He will Bless me."
Thumbs up on the stache. I worked in a place where many of us swore from the pressure. I don’t think any of us were proud of it. We kept falling off the no-swear wagon, however hard we tried not to. I suspect the odd recruit decided against the job because of the way we expressed ourselves. Retired now and in remission.
Father your videos are great help, motivation and encouragement for me. It's my must-see video of every day. Thank you! I am incredibly grateful for the God's gift in form of your priesthood. Seriously. :D You are doing great job - don't you ever forget about it. :D Keep preaching and pray for me, please. God's grace makes you say things I really need to hear, in the form I really like to watch( funny moustache thing and so on). Hope you will read it. :) Violett, Poland
Great video! You touched on this a little bit during this video, but I would love if you can do an entire video on humor. I have been wondering about what some guidelines are that we could use to judge if we should make a joke or not. Also I think it would go well with your past two videos about different types of speech. Lastly, there are some really good Bible passages about the importance of good/proper speech and I would love it if a little more scripture appeared in your future videos!
I born Muslim ( sunni) , but I'm going to practice christianity, it's not a bout I didn't questions every thing but I'll practice it as habit only & see the ends 💗💗💗
Don't only practice Christianity, declare that Jesus is your lord and savior too. That's the most important. Repent your sins to God The Father in the name of God The Son Jesus Christ. God bless you, I hope in the course of 1 year of you commenting this that you have found Jesus.
I am a Lutheran seminary student and one of my instructors was actually dropping f-bombs in class. My classmates told me to 'get over it' and when I spoke to the instructor about it he told me that cursing was Biblical. When Jesus cursed a tree, it died, so this false equivalency falls way short. We all need to communicate with grace and kindness, ever mindful of the power of words and the respect due to our listeners.
Dawn Schaeffer , more to your point there is no reason to swear. There is always an alternative and a better alternative. A lot of swearing is habit, break the habit. Every time you swear, stop, apologize to God and think of an alternative. Develop new habits. I have heard Robin swear and I have heard him not swear and he was always funny.
Eph. 4:29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Col 3:8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Eph. 5:4 Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. But seriously, become Catholic! ;) That's why I did. I was in a Assemblies of God Seminary.
I admit I curse like a drunken sailor but I absolutely refuse to the best of my abilities to say G*d D***. It's really, in my mind, one of the worst things to say. I feel this way because if you think about it you are asking an all powerful omnipotent being to bare down their unbridled fury and wrath and judgement upon something.
My prayer to everyone who reads this 🙏May the Lord bless you and keep you. May his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the Lord turn his face towards you and give you peace. 🙏 I nod in agreement with you. We should speak words that build each other up. The earth is hard to live in. We need to hear more words of love and empowerment rather than build thick skin and join in on what most people think is okay to do. I'm quick to think of 1st Cortinthians. Love is patient and kind...love does not dishonor others...Love is slow to anger.....I've heard swears that stir up anger for both the speaker and listener and stirs up embarrassment for the person that is either younger or doesn't have the tact to respond. Embarrassment leads to internal torment. Swearing does not glorify, magnify, or honor God. Swearing does not bless anyone.
Fr. Mike, I thank God for you as you touch my life and my kids’ and so many others. I put my youtube account on restricted mode as my children use youtube a lot. I do not understand how your video was not ‘viewable’
Cont’d... sorry for abrupt pause... hmmm... just letting you know about the inappropriate filtering of your video, Fr. Mike. You are trying to reach the youth and hopefully through this post someone can help take this video off of restricted mode. God bless, Fr! Keep up the faith fight!
"Swearing is a sign of lack of intelligence and an inability to think of a better way of saying something." -Is lacking the intelligence to see passed logically fallacious arguments against swearing and unable to to think of any better arguments than the overused "it makes you seem unintelligent" argument.
Swearing is a sign of inability to express the things they want to say. It may be an intellectual thing but also said out of fear, distress, frustration. That doesn't make it right, however, some level of understanding as to why people swear, is also required.
Respectful conduct is essential to know more about ourselves and others. Usage of foul language and bad words is profanity. God loves pleasant people. Let’s not add to ourselves this additional misfortune.
definitely the least pleasant people I've encounter have pretty much all been those who are over-sensitive and stingy against swearing quite honestly lol.
“What a dog sh- game!” It sounds funny in context to a streamer, but these streamers also take massive breaks from all the burnout over the original game. Hearts are affected even if it sounds funny coming out of their mouths.
Stresssssssssss causes some swearing , and wish I never was raised around it as it is a go to coping method . Trying to reset this and the one thing a person just feels dirty when someone swears in your home but how quick we are to use it in our own context. Purity of heart and mouth and soul is the goal . But we are so human .
God still loves you regardless and sees you more than just a person that uses cuss words as long you’re not harming being hateful to other ppl God will still love you and forgive you.
@@timothyfreeman97 I've been considering the Permanent Diaconate for about a year and will be speaking with the Vocations Director for the diocese in a few weeks. People that know ask me "why are you dragging your feet?" "Because I need to decide what kind of mustache! 70's adult film star, handlebars or a goatee! That's the worst part of discernment!"
I don’t wanna seem like that person who’s a naysayer for no reason, but I think the “it makes you seem unintelligent” thing is ridiculous. All the other arguments are making everything so much of a big deal, it’s frikkin exhausting. Let’s be real, 95% of whatever “profound” thing you have to say isn’t going to be an earth-shattering statement worth overthinking. I grew up where both my parents cussed regularly to add a little “kick” to what they were saying. Cuss words give a hint of stubbornness when someone “lays down the facts”. It is sometimes used to discourage the other person from taking the matter further as the speaker had the final say. The way I was taught, vulgar language is better used as a means to convince the other person your mind won’t be changed instead of a mere “vehicle for anger”. When “rational discussion is encouraged” with others who have that same or greater level of stubbornness, then the argument is as good as lost. Now, it is better to curb vulgar language with people who will have a calm and rational discussions, as the exchange is not about winning but understanding. But not everyone is a pretty-prissy-goody-two-shoes like that. Oftentimes, you have to make it undeniably clear that you put your foot down on your statement by using strong language. The lack of this display of willpower is embarrassingly emasculating and is telling of a waning resolve. Think about it: outside of the stereotype of curse words being “uneducated”, what is another idea a person using that language entails? Toughness. You don’t hear a wimpy person using cuss words. They’re usually overly polite and effeminate. And when a wimp does cuss, they’re lost in a sea of four-lettered-words without any intrinsic meaning to any of their sentences. Meanwhile a mentally tough person would “lay down the facts” and punctuate with an f-bomb or an s. The point is: *cuss words add a flair to mental resilience.* Than you for coming to my TED Talk.
So you are wimpy if you don't swear? Its exactly the opposite, swearing shows that you do not have the mental willpower to not say those words. You are tough when you are strong enough to choose what words come out of your mouth.
You’d look good with a handle bar mustache! 😎 I am a livestock farmer the the short cut for feces is used quite often and is only directed at the livestock. 😂
I can't believe it when I was going to when I was in junior high and high school I heard those type of words. And my brother told me when his kids were in preschool They were using those type words I can't believe how much things have changed in the public schools.
Kinda ashamed of myself, I really noticed once I started working on a UPS warehouse I almost increassed the amount of cussing by like 2,000% I find it hard for me to watch what I say when a finger gets jammed or lifting a really heavy package. I was really hoping for this video as I'm new to the job and noticed this change in myself recently.
Fr Mike u were struggling to find the right words--poor u. Me I swear at annoying situations, however, I think they are vulgar, but in saying that, I think gossiping without swear words is infinitely worse.
Thank you Father. Most people do not even have the intent of using vulgar language to express something good. I'm always amazed, too, that people with potty mouths don't know how to increase their vocabulary :)
You can calm your envy, you can flee from your lust, you can cure yourself from harmful addictions, but swearing is wat you will always be dealing with! Watch your tongue or have it cut from your head, save your life by keeping whispers unsaid!
Superman it’s like someone’s opinion I came across somewhere. Pennies go through a lot of stuff too.It’s through our worthy mentoring that we maybe polished & shine again as new!🌟✨
I agree with using swear words, for humor. I do it it too and me and my pals get a good chuckle...however when I swear playing online video games...that's a sin. Trying to get better but I still mess up. Hopefully by the grace of God all our tongues may be purified in his name
An exorcist said that all swear/cuss words brings curses upon you. I was taught not to say them. Where in the Holy Bible did Jesus use these bad words? No where. He said to be perfect as the Heavenly Father. Keep praying for help.
