“Love is never something ready made, something merely given to man and woman, it is always at the same time a task which they are set. Love should be seen as something which in a sense never ‘is’ but … Continue reading
MFP 190: Healthy People Make Great Families, an Interview with Dr. John Delony
“My kids don’t get to hurt me. That is way too much responsibility for them.” ~ Dr. John Delony So many of us don’t have a healthy relationship with our emotions and don’t have the boundaries that we all … Continue reading
MFP 189: Marriage as a Healing Sacrament: an interview with Chris and Natalie Stefanick
“For a Christian, joy isn’t what happens when life is going perfectly; it’s what happens when you know you are loved perfectly, even when life is a mess.” ~ Chris Stefanick Sometimes we look at other couples and think, … Continue reading
MFP 188: Cheerios in the Pew: Wrangling Kids at Mass
“In the adult, the space of acceptance is never whole, yet it is in the child. The child is really capable of listening impartially and unselfishly, the child is receptive to the greatest degree.” – Sofia Cavalletti, Founder of … Continue reading
MFP187: You’re a Better Parent Than You Think! An Interview with Dr. Ray Guarendi
“When parents nag kids, we get ignored. When they nag us, we keep answering. Just who is smarter? Maybe we have strong-willed kids because we (parents) are not strong-willed.” ~ Dr. Ray Guarendi In this episode, we have an … Continue reading
MFP186: The Role of a Catholic Husband
“The world’s greatest need is great men, someone who will understand that there is no greater conquest than victory over oneself…” ~ Fulton Sheen Host Hijack!! Alicia’s brother Paul joins Mike for some manly conversation (but don’t worry, Alicia … Continue reading
MFP185: “I will survive!” Life with Toddlers and Infants
“Without ideals we are aimless, but never let ideals eclipse the reality of our situation” ~ Mike and Alicia Hernon Living life with infants and toddlers is no joke. And the more you have the crazier your life is! … Continue reading
MFP184: Creating a Safe Place to Make Mistakes
“Instead of trying to protect yourself through your fear, learn to live dangerously! – by doing and saying what you think, know, and believe to be right, by not caring that you may be mistaken at times” ~ Dr. … Continue reading
MFP183: Catholic Home Management
“One earns Paradise with one’s daily task.” ~ Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Chores, laundry, meal preparation, etc, etc…. It never ends! But even this part of family life is an area in which God wants to enter into our … Continue reading
MFP 182: Witnesses to Grace – Couples Overcoming Challenges
“If their love is a true gift of self, so that they belong each to the other, it will not only survive but grow stronger, and sink deeper roots… only when love between human beings is put to the … Continue reading
MFP 181: The Role of a Submissive Wife
The world says husbands and wives have the same or even interchangeable roles. Some fundamentalist Christians and even Catholics say wives should let their husbands decide everything (even in regards to sexual intimacy!) and wives should obey as long as … Continue reading
MFP 180: Monks, Parents and Prayer
Lent is a great time to take inventory of our spiritual life and ask ourselves, “How am I doing in my relationship with God?” To help us all do that, we decided to interview Mike’s spiritual director of many years, … Continue reading
MFP 179: Adolescence is Coming (if not already)
Re-release of MP005 Preparing your tween (and yourself!) for adolescence. You try your hardest to raise your teenagers with patience, honesty and good manners, but they still end up being like you. – Anonymous There is much confusion among … Continue reading
MFP 178 : Marriage is a great mystery
It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but the marriage that sustains your love. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer After attending our niece’s wedding recently, we had some time to reflect on the significance of marriage not only in … Continue reading
MFP 177 : Kids & Money: the Messy Family Take
“Teaching kids how to handle money is more than dollars and cents, it’s about character and responsibility” – Dave Ramsey Handling money is a subject that can bring about strong emotion in couples, but it’s a life skill that we … Continue reading
MFP 176: Intentional Family Life
The family is a kind of school of deeper humanity. But if it is to achieve the full flowering of its life and mission, it needs the kindly communion of minds and the joint deliberation of spouses. – Gaudium … Continue reading
MFP 175: It’s All Worth It! an Interview with the Hernon Kids
Having all our adult children along with our grandchildren at our house over the holidays reminded us that all the sacrifices we have made over the years (and continue to make!) are all worth it. We thought our listeners would … Continue reading
MFP 174 : Epic Intimacy with Damon & Melanie Owens
Lovers do “for love” what never would be done for a reason, or a rule, or a doctrine or a law. True love “loves” and needs to suffer — not for suffering’s sake alone, but for the sake of … Continue reading