How do you know if you are gossiping or simply sharing your struggles with friends? 

Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress joins Jessica today to shed light on St. Thomas Aquinas' teaching on gossip. Jessica and Fr. Joseph-Anthony discuss:

• Gossip's role in spiritual warfare
• How Aquinas breaks verbal sins or injuries into 5 categories: reviling, backbiting, tale-bearing, derision, and cursing
• Ways that you can overcome the sin of gossip in your life, including asking God to "set a guard over your lips" (Ps 141:3).

Fr. Joseph-Anthony Kress is the chaplain at the University of Virginia. He is an Eastern Province Dominican friar and co-host of the Godsplaining podcast with four other Dominican friars. You can listen to Godsplaining here