Why You're Telling Little Lies and How to Stop

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

You probably don't outright lie on a regular basis. But, do you exaggerate? Do you give half truths sometimes, or leave things unclear on purpose? Do you hide some facts in order to smooth things over?

Today, Fr. Mike shows us the very-human reasons we all struggle with these "white lies", and how to tell the "full" truth more often.

"Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil." —Jesus in Matthew 5:37

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0:00.0	Okay, so here we are.
0:01.5	How many times further?
0:02.5	Mm-hmm, how do we start this?
0:04.5	It, um, okay.
0:08.1	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is a sentient
0:09.8	present.
0:10.6	My family used to all do Iron Man trathons.
0:13.1	If you were going to get married into the family,
0:14.4	you had to do an Iron Man trathon.
0:15.8	It was great, super fun.
0:17.1	So the Iron Man trathon is kind of a big deal.
0:19.4	I mean, in the sense that it takes a long time to train.
0:21.7	It's a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike and a 26.2 mile marathon full run.
0:28.8	So I did it a couple times.
0:29.8	In fact, the thing I find is interesting is that someone will say,
0:32.2	Father Mike, have you done an Iron Man trathon?
0:34.2	Like, yeah, I've done, you know, 2 or 3.
0:35.6	Now, how many have I done?
0:37.4	I say 2 or 3.
0:39.4	How many have I done?
0:40.7	I've done 2.
0:41.9	Wait, then why do I say 2 or 3?
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