Show Don't Tell

Catholic Stuff You Should Know

J. 10 Initiative

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Using the film and literature adage of "Show, don't tell," Fr. Jacob leads Fr. Sean down a reflection of Catholic life using the analogies of light and perspective. How can priests and all the faithful show their faith rather than merely tell about it, and how can we all shift our perspective, or change the lighting, so that we can see our faith anew with wonder and awe?

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0:00.0	Welcome to Catholic Stuff You Should Know, a J10 initiative.
0:10.0	Hello, Father Sean, this is Jacob Machado, Father Jacob Machado. We're here at Catholic
0:14.6	Stuff, so also a big shout out to all you listeners out there. Thanks for joining us today,
0:19.6	whenever that is. How are you doing today?
0:21.4	Hello, Father Jacob. This is Father Sean. I'm doing great. It's a Friday. Can't complain about that.
0:28.2	Although people always ask me every Friday like, what are you doing this weekend? I'm like...
0:31.9	Same thing I do every weekend. Try and take over the world. It's like, it's better if you ask like on, well, for me,
0:40.4	on Tuesday, like, what are you doing tomorrow? Tomorrow's your day off. It's different,
0:45.6	different world out here. You've got to school too. I love when you're saying goodbye to kids or
0:50.1	parents picking up the kids. You're like, I'll see you on Monday, father. And you're like,
0:53.8	I'm here on Sunday if you'd like to swing by.
0:59.1	Yep. Yep. Yep. I'll be here for seven different masses on Sunday.
1:06.4	How are the roads in Denver? Did you guys get slammed with snow?
1:12.5	Yeah, I was actually going to go skiing on Wednesday,
1:15.6	and then I got nervous with the roads, so I called it off.
1:20.4	But yeah, the roads, I mean, they always get done.
1:26.0	Plowing and the salt, it goes quick. it melts quick, it's been warm in Denver.
1:31.4	But Wednesday it snowed from like 1 p.m. to like 6 p.m. so it was kind of dicey when I was out
1:38.4	in the afternoon. This is why people listen to Catholic stuff for discussing about work and weather,
1:43.9	all of the favorite small talk
1:45.4	topics. Go Broncos. Go Broncos. Fighting out in the end again. How'd you enjoy Villa this year?
1:54.9	Yeah, so we were up in Villa. We had all the companions together. I think all of us, except maybe the
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