{"id":146135,"date":"2016-02-11T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/sharpening-your-tongue-a-regnum-christi-essay-on-charity-in-our-words\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:00:00","slug":"sharpening-your-tongue-a-regnum-christi-essay-on-charity-in-our-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/sharpening-your-tongue-a-regnum-christi-essay-on-charity-in-our-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharpening Your Tongue: A Regnum Christi Essay on Charity in Our Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"146135\" class=\"elementor elementor-146135\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d083c87 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d083c87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23cb8f53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23cb8f53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0692633510\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0692633510&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rcspiritualit-20&amp;linkId=d373e57508a6440f2894b014d2a168e3\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sharpening-Your-Tongue-Thumbnail-188x300.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12914 size-medium lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12914 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sharpening-Your-Tongue-Thumbnail-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\"><\/noscript><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">In the Regnum Christi Movement, we have always emphasized the importance of charity in words. 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