Marriage, we've heard, is hard. But it's probably harder than it needs to be. We talk about what good marriage formation looks like (well, insofar as we talk about how most of us don't receive what the Catholic Church has in mind for being fully prepared for marriage...), and then five really common issues that plague couples that desire to be missionary-minded in their ordinary, everyday lives.

For reading more about the stages of marriage preparation, we recommend strongly Familiaris Consortio, by St. John Paul II, specifically paragraphs 66 and 69. 

http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_19811122_familiaris-consortio.html

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For those who noticed this came out a few days later than normal...two babies woke up in the middle of our recording session, and that pushed production back. If you notice a difference in audio in the middle, it's because we tried to pick up from where we left off...

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