Is Swearing a Sin?

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike comments on whether swearing, as in using vulgar language, is a sin. He gives three times when using vulgar words can be sinful:

If I use the vulgar word against someone, directing it toward them
If I use a word connected to a sexual act, because sex between persons is meant to be holy and reserved for spousal love
If I use a vulgar word in public, since it can scandalize people—especially if young ones are present.

Remember that we are called to always be charitable. Our words mean something. We are called to build people up, not bring them down. The words we choose reflect and express what’s in our hearts “for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45). What do you want to express, words that are at best crude or words that build people up?

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0:00.0	Commenting on how people look in a negative way saying you don't like that is very rare
0:07.0	unless the guy is mustache.
0:12.1	Check this out.
0:15.1	Woo!
0:23.0	Hi, this is Father Mike Schmitz.
0:25.1	This is The Sentient Presents.
0:26.1	I made a video about taking the Lord's Name in Divine.
0:29.2	People ask in addition to that about taking the Lord's Name in Divine, they say, what about
0:32.9	swearing though?
0:33.9	So if cursing is taking the Lord's Name in Divine, I'm not sure the appropriate use of
0:37.4	the term.
0:38.4	But what about vulgar language?
0:39.6	What about swear words?
0:40.6	What we typically consider to be swear words?
0:43.2	What about those?
0:44.2	Are those sins as well?
0:45.2	Because obviously, taking the Lord's Name in Divine is a serious sin, right?
0:48.8	Graves sin, we talked about that before.
0:50.6	But what about the words that are kind of just, you might call off-color words or off-color
0:55.1	language that kind of thing?
0:57.1	Would that be a sin?
0:58.1	Because that seems arbitrary, right?
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