When preparing for Confession, we tend to skip the 5th Commandment: "YOU SHALL NOT KILL: Nothing to declare on this subject. Next!" But, wait: There are plenty of slow fire killers: make sure you are not one! The Sermon on the Mountain opens the Ten Commandments to an unrestricted love of God and people; but curses and insults break this love, therefore they are sins against the 5th Commandment. In some paragraphs of the so-called "Gospel of Matthew" we can identify the pen of a professional Lawyer. Today's Gospel echoes Jesus' declarations in juridical terms, possibly referring to cases the author has handled in Court. So insult in civil courts is an offense deserving penalties. And modern psychology proves that insult can at times develop a trauma that destroys a personality forever. "But I did not intend to hurt anyone!" Yeah, you did not intend, but you did hurt! To heal the wound before it turns chronic, we should seek reconciliation the way today's Gospel puts it (more urgent than prayer and sacrifice!). And, to prevent new wounds, better keep our tongue under control!