{"id":1992348,"date":"2025-09-02T07:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1992348"},"modified":"2025-09-02T07:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:43:07","slug":"why-gossip-destroys-souls-fr-stephen-zigrang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-gossip-destroys-souls-fr-stephen-zigrang\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Gossip Destroys Souls \u2013 Fr. Stephen Zigrang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xAeI7q-JeT0?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Why do we need the Church to be saved? Just like the deaf man in the Gospel could not heal himself, we need the sacraments and the priests God has appointed to bring us His grace.<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Stephen Zigrang @SaintJosephSA  reminds us that baptism brings us into the Church, but our lifelong work is avoiding sin\u2014especially sins of the tongue. Gossip, detraction, and slander are not harmless; they steal reputations, sow division, and even close the gates of heaven.<\/p>\n<p>The solution? Silence. Choose your words carefully, because silence is golden, and it protects both your soul and your neighbor\u2019s good name.<\/p>\n<p>\u271d\ufe0f Subscribe for more Catholic preaching to strengthen your faith and guide your walk with Christ.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xAeI7q-JeT0\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do we need the Church to be saved? Just like the deaf man in the Gospel could not heal himself, we need the sacraments and the priests God has appointed to bring us His grace. Fr. Stephen Zigrang @SaintJosephSA reminds us that baptism brings us into the Church, but our lifelong work is avoiding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1992349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1756798986_maxresdefault.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}