“Well, the children have always come first” is a remark that echoes in the offices of too many marriage therapists. Imagine if their wedding vows had been, “I, John, take you, Jane, to be my beloved wife. I promise to stand by idly, but with deep emotional pain...
It is estimated that 1 in 6 couples struggle to get pregnant. Infertility is often a hidden suffering, and is even considered a “normal,” albeit temporary, difficulty encountered in some marriages, but easily fixed if the couple...
Every year over a million children experience the divorce of their parents, and at least one-quarter of all young adults are children of divorce. And those numbers grow when you include people whose parents never married but later split up, or those whose parents...
What are the secrets of creating a marriage that doesn’t just survive… but THRIVES? Have you ever asked yourself this question? I know we did, especially throughout our courtship and engagement as we were discerning marriage together. We’ve experienced our fair...
This time of quarantine has been a relationship accelerator for so many couples. For Better or For Worse. Starting today, what are five things you can do to make the most of this time together? There is a five-step process that we have seen work miracles in hundreds...
Some of the couples on this list have been married for over seventy years! We can certainly learn from the invaluable advice and insight they have to share. Take a few moments to watch their videos and learn from the wisdom of those who have had years of experience in...
I recently read Catholic-Link's ‘A Single Twenty-Something Shares Her Most Intimate Concerns About Dating, Relationships, and Chastity’ article and my heart went out to the writer and her situation. I loved her willingness to make herself vulnerable to us...
You may recall reading about Catholic Katie and her free resource guide for spiritual leaders a few months ago. Katie is again offering a phenomenal free resource to Catholic Link readers. She has created a Marriage Leadership Challenge which will be an...
Kathryn's story of love and redemption is beautifully told in this video put out by Crossroads Church of Cincinnati, Ohio. Kathryn's testimony reveals a painful past that is all too familiar to so many. She allows us to see how she carried those unresolved hurts into...
There are two foundations that can never be separated: love and memory. Just as a true disciple never forgets the first hour when the master touched his heart: "It was about four o'clock in the afternoon" (Jn 1:39) – and, as Pope Francis says, a believer is...
The greatest challenge of any relationship is simultaneously the source of its beauty, value, and mystery. Here, I am talking about tension. I am not speaking of a psychological or muscular concept, rather a very deep and human one. I have in mind, for example, the...
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