Who is the patron saint of profanity?

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Does anyone know who the patron saint of profanity is?
I know that there are tons of patron saints out there.
If there isn’t one for profanity, is there one for impurity?
Thank you.
 
St Joan of Arc - she got an army full of battle-hardened soldiers to cease swearing (at least around her). That could almost count as a miracle in itself.

There’s in fact a story that she rebuked a soldier who was swearing - saying ‘how can you sin when you’re so close to death’. He laughed and continued, fell in a well half an hour later and drowned :eek:

I reckon she’d be a powerful help against swearing!
 
I am told that St Jerome could …um… “turn a phrase” when he wanted to (probably in several languages).

But I suspect you are asking about a patron *against *profanity…

😛
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arewethereyet said:
Does anyone know who the patron saint of profanity is?
I know that there are tons of patron saints out there.
If there isn’t one for profanity, is there one for impurity?
Thank you.
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Since you used saint instead of Saint that would be me. What do do you want to know, I used to be a hard core soldier.😉
 
John Nepomucene is invoked against calumny, slander, and indiscretions. Also the patron saint of silence 😉
 
LilyM said:
St Joan of Arc - she got an army full of battle-hardened soldiers to cease swearing (at least around her). That could almost count as a miracle in itself.

There’s in fact a story that she rebuked a soldier who was swearing - saying ‘how can you sin when you’re so close to death’. He laughed and continued, fell in a well half an hour later and drowned :eek:

I reckon she’d be a powerful help against swearing!
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St Joan of Arc!
Thank you so much for your helpful reply and sharing such powerful stories with me. This may be a hard habit to break since “swearing” goes all the way back to my childhood as something I was taught to do…BUT I am ready to QUIT!!!
I want to make my Lord proud of the woman I am!!!
God bless…
arewethereyet
 
tee_eff_em said:
I am told that St Jerome could …um… “turn a phrase” when he wanted to (probably in several languages).

But I suspect you are asking about a patron *against *profanity…

😛
tee
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Nonetheless, thank you for your reply!
God bless…
Karen
 
vocatio said:
Since you used saint instead of Saint that would be me. What do do you want to know, I used to be a hard core soldier.😉
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First of all, a big THANK YOU for fighting for the rights of mankind. You are a blessing, for sure!
I meant the patron saint of profanity or even impurity (though the first reply stated that St Joan of Arc is the one I am looking for - however if there are more out there, that would be good too.)
I am ready to change and am hopeful God will do a wonderful work in me.
God bless…
Karen
 
St Aloysius is the saint traditional appealed to for help with the virtue of chastity and purity, also of course our Blessed Mother and St. Joseph.
as for profanity, recalling the cliche “swearing like a sailor” perhaps St. Brendan or St. Elmo, patrons of sailors could help here. St. John Chrysostom, called “golden-tongued” or "honey-tongued’ because of his great preaching and words of wisdom, could also be appealed to for sins of the tongue, as could St. James, who warned about these sins in his epistle.
 
The best way not to hear profanity is to ask that it not be used around you. I don’t know who the saint is, but that would be a good one to look up.
 
In seriousness, another patron is Bl John Garbella, founder of the Holy Name Society, which promotes reverence for the Holy Name, and whose members pledge against perjury, blasphemy, profanity and obscene speech.

Frequent recitation of the Divine Praises, I’m told, is a good way to make reparation for using such language.

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The Blessed Virgin Mary is good enough for me to keep me straight. We keep my Mother’s picture everywhere in the house. Devotion to the Blessed Mother will keep anyone pure.

I was just joking about my Army days. I don’t talk like that anymore. Gen. Paton explained that fowl language is an integrate and necessary part of the military (something like that). I was fortunate enough to have been graced with some NCO’s that were effective with no use of fowl language and I learned from their example. They were highly respected during my service. I wish I could say the same in the National Guard. It made me sick to hear all that trash mouth. They took it to a new level. We need Christian men in the ranks to set examples. How would you like to put your life on the line for a fowl mouthed soldier that exhibited little to no respect for human dignity? I thank God today that I was blessed with poor medical healt to be deployed with such a unit. Pray for our military men and women especially in this situation.

PAX tecum
 
puzzleannie said:
St Aloysius is the saint traditional appealed to for help with the virtue of chastity and purity, also of course our Blessed Mother and St. Joseph.
as for profanity, recalling the cliche “swearing like a sailor” perhaps St. Brendan or St. Elmo, patrons of sailors could help here. St. John Chrysostom, called “golden-tongued” or "honey-tongued’ because of his great preaching and words of wisdom, could also be appealed to for sins of the tongue, as could St. James, who warned about these sins in his epistle.
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Wow!
You really know your saints!!
Thank you for your reply and for your help.
I will keep these saiints in mind as who to pray to besides our Lord and Mother Mary, of course!
God bless…
Karen
 
mahleh said:
The best way not to hear profanity is to ask that it not be used around you. I don’t know who the saint is, but that would be a good one to look up.
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Exactly.
But as the saying goes “old habits die hard” and unfortunately I was taught to swear as a child.
But you do have a good point.
Thanks.
God bless…
Karen
 
tee_eff_em said:
In seriousness, another patron is Bl John Garbella, founder of the Holy Name Society, which promotes reverence for the Holy Name, and whose members pledge against perjury, blasphemy, profanity and obscene speech.

Frequent recitation of the Divine Praises, I’m told, is a good way to make reparation for using such language.

tee
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Thanks, again!
But, first of all, what does BI stand for?
And what are the Divine Praises?
I’ve heard that before but can’t remember what it is.
God bless…
Karen
 
vocatio said:
The Blessed Virgin Mary is good enough for me to keep me straight. We keep my Mother’s picture everywhere in the house. Devotion to the Blessed Mother will keep anyone pure.

I was just joking about my Army days. I don’t talk like that anymore. Gen. Paton explained that fowl language is an integrate and necessary part of the military (something like that). I was fortunate enough to have been graced with some NCO’s that were effective with no use of fowl language and I learned from their example. They were highly respected during my service. I wish I could say the same in the National Guard. It made me sick to hear all that trash mouth. They took it to a new level. We need Christian men in the ranks to set examples. How would you like to put your life on the line for a fowl mouthed soldier that exhibited little to no respect for human dignity? I thank God today that I was blessed with poor medical healt to be deployed with such a unit. Pray for our military men and women especially in this situation.

PAX tecum
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Thanks, again!
I do pray to Mary and I’m sorry you had to put up with that kind of behavior while you were active.
I will pray for our soldiers in that kind of situation along with praying for them in general also.
I have received one or two emails with pictures of soldiers huddled together, praying.
Very powerful!!!
God bless…
Karen
 
arewethereyet said:
Thanks, again!
But, first of all, what does BI stand for?
And what are the Divine Praises?
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As [user]Mirdath[/user] notes, BL is the abbreviation for “Blessed” the title of one who has been Beatified, but not yet Canonized a Saint.

Most people’s most frequent encounter with the Divine Praises is their recitation during Benediction, I imagine. The litany is:

Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary, most holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and His Saints.

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