In (Flu Season) and In Health
Being your spouse’s servant when they are ill or injured can be disgusting and exhausting. Letting them be your servant in turn can be humiliating! But what if every gross moment is part of your vocational journey?
Being your spouse’s servant when they are ill or injured can be disgusting and exhausting. Letting them be your servant in turn can be humiliating! But what if every gross moment is part of your vocational journey?
A sacramental marriage comes with the beautiful blessing of sacramental grace. Do you avail yourself of that grace? Did you know you are allowed to and encouraged to ask for renewed grace on the daily??
My children challenge me- force me, even!- to grow in virtue. How is God challenging you to foster the fruits of virtue in your marriage?
Roe v. Wade has been overturned, but there is a lot of work left to do. We need not only pro-life laws but a culture of life to support them. And that culture must start right in your own home and family!
How does your spouse know you love him or her faithfully? If you show up for the small things, you will show up for the big ones, too.
How can you make your spouse’s burden lighter- even when you don’t really feel like it today?
Three ways to pray, fast, and give alms for Lent…while strengthening your marriage! Plus an update on my book and writing…
I can’t finish off this year of blogging without spotlighting and honoring the most exemplary Christian marriage of all time: the marriage of Sts. Mary and Joseph, parents of Jesus. Did you know all 10 of these things?
Our last Spotlight Couple of 2021, the Lasnoskis, have coauthored a book that has helped inspire and encourage my own book! More importantly, they have a strong Catholic marriage and are raising nine little saints, too! They have a lot to teach us all.
Let’s wrap up our discussion of the Catholic marital vows with this thought: How can we love our spouses “til death do us part,” even if we are still young?