In this episode, we continue with part three of our series on the identity of Bride: Faithful and Honoring Love. We discuss where we have been wounded or where we have wounded others and how that affects current relationships. We chat about how being guarded can inhibit vulnerability and how to navigate our blocks to grow in intimacy. We offer insights into how to come before the Lord with our preconceived ideas and allow Him to speak the truth, as well as how to maintain fidelity in relationships. This week, let us not resign ourselves to mediocrity, but recommit to loving well.
Sister Miriam’s one thing - Tweet about faithful married love
Heather’s one thing - Restore the Glory Episode 35 “Healing in Marriage with Heather Khym”
Michelle’s one thing - “Be Devoted” by Dr. Bob Schuchts, “Intimate Allies” by Dan Allender and Tremper Longman III, and “Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love” by Dr. Edward Sri
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“Nothing cools love quite like resigning oneself to mediocrity.” - Fr. Jacques Philippe
Scripture for Lectio Divina: “Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man[a] there was not found a helper as his partner. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken.” Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed. - Genesis 2:18-25
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S09 E17: You are so Beautiful to Me
S09 E16: The Power of Play and Leisure
S09 E15: HerStory Part 4 - Esther
S09 E14: HerStory Part 3 - Mary Magdalene
S09 E13: This Present Paradise Part 6: An Interview with Claire Dwyer
S09 E12: This Present Paradise Part 5: Let Love In
S09 E11: This Present Paradise Part 4: The World Within
S09 E10: This Present Paradise Part 3: Redeeming and Declaring
S09 E09: This Present Paradise Part 2: Abiding in Family
S09 E08: This Present Paradise Part 1: Dwelling in the Spirit
S09 E07: An Invitation to God’s Mercy Part 2: An Interview with Fr. Josh Johnson
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S09 E05: St. Joseph: With A Father’s Heart
S09 E04: HerStory Part 2 - Deborah
S09 E03: HerStory Part 1 - Hannah
S09 E02 The Year of the Word: An Interview with Father Mike Schmitz
S09 E01: The Word of the Year
S08 E15: Advent Part 4: Mary’s Mantle
S08 E14: Advent Part 3: Warrior Mother
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