Father Mike Schmitz

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and say i made it through the entire year and didn't subscribe once i don't care what father mike asked me to do i don't care a bit just kidding it is day 351 and we're reading james chapters 3 4 and 5 colossians letter of saint paul to colossians chapters 1 and 2 as well as the book of proverbs chapter 30 verses 7 through 9

The letter of James chapter three, taming the tongue.

Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness.

For we all make many mistakes.

And if anyone makes no mistakes in what he says, he's a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

If we put bits into the mouths of horses that they may obey us, we guide their whole bodies.

Look at the ships also.

Though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

So the tongue is a little member and boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire!

And the tongue is a fire.

The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell.

For every kind of beast and bird, a reptile and sea creature can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

But no human being can tame the tongue, a restless evil full of deadly poison.

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the likeness of God.

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing.

My brethren, this ought not to be so."

Does a spring put forth from the same opening fresh water and brackish?