Roman Catholic Church:
We are in St Joseph’s Church (El Saladillo), near Camposol and Mazarrón Country Club urbanizations (exit 17, RM3 motorway).
Schedule of Mass in English:
Saturday: Mass at St Joseph’s, El Saladillo, near Mazarrón Country Club @ 4.30pm (in English)
Schedule of Confessions: One hour before Masses. (Also on request.) Call 676 219 445 or email ocarpena@slsonline.org
Sermons of the Cure of Ars – Saint John Maria Vianney, the parish priest of Ars-The Evil Tongues
There are some who, through envy, for that is what it amounts to, belittle and slander others, especially those in the same business or profession as their own, in order to draw business to themselves. They will say such evil things as:
“Their merchandise is worthless” or “They cheat”;
That they have nothing at home and that it would be impossible to give goods away at such a price.
That there have been many complaints about these goods.
A workman will say that another man is not a good worker, that he is always changing his job, that people are not satisfied with him.
If their neighbour is well spoken of, they will be very annoyed and will tell you: “He is just like everyone else. He has his own faults. He has done this, he has said that. You didn’t know that? Ah, that is because you have never had anything to do with him.”
A great many people slander others because of pride. They think that by depreciating others they will increase their own worth. Everything they say and do will be good and everything that others say and do will be wrong.
The great bulk of malicious talk is done by people who are simply irresponsible, who have an itch to chatter about others without feeling any need to discover whether what they are saying is true or false. They just have to talk. Yet, although these latter are less guilty than the others — that is to say, than those who slander and backbite through hatred or envy or revenge — yet they are not free from sin. Whatever the motive that prompts them, they should not sully the reputation of their neighbour.