Swearing

I’ve recently been involved in a number of conversations about Christianity and swearing.

This week, a Catholic friend whom I very much respect suggested the possibility that it might be okay to “swear intentionally in the proper context”. I took some time to write a substantial reply on social media, so I thought I’d share it here as well, as I think it sums up my main thoughts on the subject…

Objections To Swearing

1. Biblical Baseline

The first objection I see to swearing is the clear motif from Scripture concerning Christian speech. To begin with, we are told that the words of our mouth are important:

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Psalm 19:14
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Music Monday: Overcome

In the morning when I rise
And only shadows meet my eyes
Even then oh what is there that I should fear?

Though the wolves be at my door
Your love comes like a lion’s roar
Louder than the doubt that tries to steal my hope
By Your strength, restoring courage to my soul

Alleluia! Every battle won, every fear undone
Alleluia! You will overcome, You will always overcome

The nails, our shame, our sin, Your crown
The war was ours but still You fought
Oh we laid You in a grave meant for us
But no stone could keep You from the ones You love

[Bridge]
My night shall be as bright as day
The power of hell will fade away
Your strength will rise before the dawn
Your kingdom stand, You overcome
My night shall be as bright as day
The power of hell will fade away
Your strength will rise before the dawn
Your kingdom stand, You overcome
You overcome
You overcome

Audio Rosary

So, a while back, my fiancée (back in the days when she was just my girlfriend) said she wanted me to record the rosary onto MP3 for her.

Well, our anniversary is coming up this week, so I thought now would be a good time to finally do it. So today I’m going to do four posts, one for each set of mysteries. Here’s the RSS feed:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/AudioRosary

UPDATE (10th May 2020): I have also added The Divine Mercy Chaplet.

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