This is part two of a seven part series on Building a Eucharistic Marriage. In this podcast, Greg talks about the importance of understanding God's design for marriage as well as the Wedding Feast of the Lamb - the Mass!

This podcast starts a seven part series on building a Eucharistic marriage. Greg will be talking about seven areas that are important in not only building a deep and loving relationship with your spouse but also with Christ through the Sacrament of the Eucharist. This first installment is about the importance of spending time!

Boundaries are important in every part of life: from walls to fences. They keep us safe and secure. But just as important as physical boundaries are our need for personal boundaries. Yet so many people fail to build healthy limits in their relationships with other. This podcast deals with the importance of having boundaries in any relationship.

Rebuilding trust in a marriage can be hard and it does take time and effort. Too many people think that just apologizing is enough. But without an effort to make changes to our damaging behavior, trust will be near impossible to rebuild.

Too often we can get so caught up in trying to make our mark in the world that we neglect making a mark in our own family. We all want to feel like we haven't wasted our life and that we made a difference. But in order to truly be happy in this endeavor, it takes a more God-centered approach with a desire for the betterment of others rather than another trophy on our own shelf.

Who really likes to say their sorry let alone apologize. We live in a culture that is good at teaching us how to point the finger at everyone else when something goes wrong. But if this is how we treat our spouse, always pointing blame and never really looking at the part we play, the relationship will be riddled with frustration and resentment. In this episode, we take a look at the power of seeking forgiveness!

When couples get too busy with life, often the communication between them can become strained and misunderstandings begin to take place. If we don't recognize how this pattern can eventually wear on our relationship, we may find ourselves at odds with the love of our life. We have to recognize the patterns that get us to this point if we are ever going to make the changes needed.

Walking through life can be difficult at times. We look to the past and can do one of three things: Get stuck in the past and all the problems, learn from our mistakes in the past in order to make our tomorrow better, or we can look back at each moment and see the grace of God in our life and count our blessings. Correcting mistakes is important, but finding joy in our marital journey is also critical for strengthening our path forward!

Too often in marriage couples stop spending time communicating with each other for different reasons. The result of poor communication is that couple fall out of knowing who their spouse is and what their needs are. Staying in the "know" of our spouse, as well as spending time getting to know Christ, is imperative for the health and well-being of any marriage.

Ephesians 5: 21-33, has been a great source of angst for many people today and too often they want to discard it as an antiquated teaching of the past. However, if truly understood, it should be the very mission for every marriage. Greg delves into the beauty of this passage and what it has to offer to our nuptial joy.