What a high regard Jesus had for speech and conversation: "I tell you, whatever idle words men may speak, they will have to give an account of them on the day of judgment. An idle word is that which does not benefit either the speaker or the listener, and comes from an empty and impoverished interior. This uncontrolled way of speaking, these ways of speaking that are hardly compatible with a person who seeks the presence of God wherever he is, are usually a symptom of lukewarmness, of a lack of interior content. The good man draws good things from his good depths; and the bad man draws bad things from his bad depths.
The Lord will ask for an account of these conversations, in which good could have been done and was not done. "After seeing how many lives (tongue, tongue, tongue, tongue with all its consequences) are spent, it seems to me that silence is more necessary and kinder. -And I understand very well that you ask for an account, Lord, of the idle word". From vain and superficial conversation to gossip, to gossip, to gossip, to whispering or slander there is usually a very short way. It is difficult to control the tongue if there is no presence of God. Of us, of every Christian who wants to follow Christ, it should be said that under no circumstances have we ever been heard to speak evil of anyone. On the contrary, we should be able to affirm that, like Christ, we have gone through life doing good. We should also be able to do this through our words, through simple conversation full of concern for others. Even the greeting itself should bring good to those we meet every day: it is like saying to them: what a joy to have met you on my path!
Hablar con Dios