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Whatever kind of educational decisions you make for your family, or were made for you, or are being made in your community, it's worth stepping back and seeing what the fruits have been thus far. Are we producing workers, fighters, or pray-ers today? As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

Some people think annulments are just Catholic divorce. And they're not.  They're also not-good things, but they're a different not-good thing than divorce. As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

Marriage is pretty well foundational to everything. In this episode, I show why. As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

Of all the teachings of the Catholic Church, one that undergirds so many of the devotions is to make the idea of loss customary.  And that's a good thing. As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

The marital act is certainly misunderstood by many, and yet is one of the greatest natural goods at our disposal. This episode doesn't get into details, but still not recommended for youths...     For Catholic singles or those interested in changing the dating culture: https://ouroutpost.stellarwebsystems.com/donations/pool/4432d1da-9690-11f1-9d39-16ffeab70ea9 As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

Here's the link for giving a testimonial, interest in beta-testing, and donating!  The dating world has only gotten more confusing over the past decade, and we've been working on how to counteract that in small ways. We'd like to do so in a larger way, and we'd love for you to help! Listen in to find out more! As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

Even though many an uncle have told me that there are only two reasons to lie (to gain an advantage, and practice), still, I think lying is not the best policy as a Catholic...    As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

There's a virtue to speech, very much related to the virtue of courage. That means the defects are very much like the defects of courage. And we could all stand to grow a little more in how we communicate. Listen in to find out more! As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

Put briefly, gossip isn't good. At greater length, throwing words around carelessly is a lot like throwing stones around carelessly, so we'll look at three common sayings about throwing stones to elucidate the dangers of gossip. As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

So often, different programs/ministries/apostolates in the Catholic world are started way back when, and seem to be never-ending-- but how do people join? How do they leave? And how to we help people find gentle and clear ways to help discern?  Listen in to find out more! As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

Pope Leo's new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, includes two striking Biblical images, the construction of the tower of Babel and the rebuilding of Jerusalem. The fact that he presents the City of Man and the City of God as two realities under construction is very striking, and worth thinking on. This episode doesn't begin to exhaust the images, but it hopefully prompts more reflection! Find the encyclical here: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html  As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

We maybe psych ourselves out when it comes to making invitations, but it's better to be making bad invitations than to make no invitations...    As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

Joseph is joined by Santonio Hill, another alum of FOCUS and quite the storyteller!  His website is here: https://www.santoniospeaks.com/ Santonio runs Catholic Balm-- if you're interested in all things Catholic and beard-related, check it out! https://catholicbalm.co/collections?utm_source=ouroutpost&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=santonioguest As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

Dietrich von Hildebrand, in The Roots of Moral Evil, mostly discusses pride and concupiscence. But there's a funny little chapter in the back on the book on immanent logic, and getting stuck inside an activity to the point of immorality. Once you see the trap, it's easy to see how we can get caught up in it for an hour, or a day, or a lifetime. Worth a listen! As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!

Everything made of matter will eventually fail, including our daughter's cochlear implant. Purposes will eventually be frustrated, and without meaning to undergird what we do, it would be easy to fall into despair. Join Joseph as he reflects on the years spent trying to introduce our daughter to a world of sound, and how to process her infection that led to losing the implant. Listen in to find out more! As always, if you're Catholic and married, take this free quiz to see how you're doing and how we might be able to help! quiz.ouroutpost.orgsupport our work by going here!join the monthly marriage membership here!join our email newsletter list here!catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/send us an email at [email protected] you're a Catholic husband, you can get a free course on "Happy Wife, Happy Life"-- discover the truths and the lies behind the sentiment, and learn a little more about leadership in the home! https://ouroutpost.kit.com/happywifehappylifeand please rate, review, and share!