J1ST 013: Marriages: Need for Theology and Practical
Today’s episode goes out to all the married ladies out there with imperfect marriages…so all of us! Chief among them…me!
The ideas behind today’s episode come from the months of research and prayer and soul-searching I have been doing to create the Catholic Wife’s Academy (which will be open for enrollment on August 8th).
And here is the major takeaway I have to share with you today:
To live out our marriages well, we need the beautiful theology AND the practical application.
In other words, we need to know and understand all the wonderful things JPII wrote on love and marriage, but we also need to know and understand some of the wonderful modern research done in the secular realm on marriage, relationships, sex, and simple conversation.
We need both. Yes, we need to be careful and make sure that we are seeing all of this modern thought through the LENS of marriage as a sacrament, but we need both.
We need to KNOW that we need to give ourselves completely to our husbands…and then we need some practical tips to help us actually do that.
And when we don’t have both we can feel like we are left hanging…
But, thank goodness we are Catholic, and smart Catholics at that, with access to everything we need. Praise be to God.
Listen for more and make sure to head over HERE for more details on the upcoming Catholic Wife’s Academy.
I just love you guys, you know that, right?
This was very interesting and well done, Nancy. I have found that in my marriage the biggest struggle we’ve had is with my pride. I balance my pride with self loathing — I had always tried to earn my parents’ love, which never worked. But learning to trust my husband, trust his counsel and his perspective, has been really healing. I know I don’t have to be the smartest/best/hardest working every minute of the day to earn his love because he gives it to me freely.
So beautiful! It sounds like you are married to a wonderful man and that through your marriage God is really teaching you how he loves: no conditions, no limitation. I just love this…and if you ever want to come on the podcast and talk about this very thing, please let me know!!!!!
I came to your website because of a craft. I ended up listening to your podcast about marriage. I enjoyed it very much – very thought provoking. Thank you.
Well I am so glad you found me, and I you.