MP 025 : Creating Order in a Messy World

MP 021 : Visiting Family: Honor your father and mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you. ~ Deut 5:16 “Life … Continue reading by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

40 min listen

MP 011 : Family Meals: All great change in America begins at the dinner table. ~Ronald Reagan by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

34 min listen

MP 006 : The Survival Zone: You want to know what it’s like having a fourth kid? Imagine you are drowning and then someone hands you a baby. ~ Jim Gaffigan by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

30 min listen

MP 001 : Parenting as a path to heaven: This is our first podcast conversation which demonstrates our basic approach to marriage, our parenting philosophy, and overall approach to family life. We also ask our listeners: what books have you read and what drives your approach to parenting? by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

24 min listen

MP 008 : Large Families: "For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison." - Teddy Roosevelt by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

34 min listen

MP 009 : Arguing in Marriage: "You get in the biggest fights with those you care about most because those are the relationships worth fighting for" by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

34 min listen

MP 025 : Creating Order in a Messy World: “Half of the time I feel like I’m running an insane asylum… the other half of the time I feel like I belong in one. “ There are so many needs pressing on parents, especially moms, all day, every day. … Continue reading by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

39 min listen

MP 023 : Friendship and our kids: Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. ~George Washington A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter. He who finds one finds a treasure. Sirach 6:14 It … Continue reading by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

37 min listen

MP 005 : Preparing your Tween (and yourself!) for Adolescence: Do you know why God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac when he was 12? Because if he asked him when he was 14 it wouldn't have been a sacrifice! by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

34 min listen

MP 010 : Lying: Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, But those who deal faithfully are His delight. Prov 12:22 by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

31 min listen

MP 017 : Listener Questions: "There are no such thing as stupid questions - only stupid people" (but not your questions!) by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

42 min listen

MP 007 : Family Prayer: The family that prays together, stays together by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

31 min listen

MP 019 : Fatherhood: "All it requires is that you be a man, a real man, which means a man of courage, perseverance, and integrity. You were made a man for a reason. You were made a man to be strong, long husband and father. So listen to your instincts and do what's right. by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

37 min listen

MP 002: When Kids Fight: “Parents don’t want justice – parents want peace!” Isn’t that how we all feel sometimes? We do want peace in our homes, but we also want to teach our kids how to handle conflict. Kids are going to fight. It’s … Continue reading by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

27 min listen

MP 012 : Passing on the Faith: “…the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have the right to enjoy, has a face and a name. It is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the Eucharist” – Pope Benedict XVI The only way our faith as Catholics makes … Continue reading by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

32 min listen

MP 020 : Marriage – Now What?: The task now for believers is to form our own families even more deeply in the love of God, and to rebuild a healthy marriage culture, one marriage at a time, from the debris of today’s decision. - Archbishop Chaput by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

33 min listen

MP 044 : Criticizing Your Husband: Disrespect rarely motivates a man. When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person it merely says something about our own need to be critical. by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

41 min listen

MP 014 : Chores: "The ability of a child to do a chore is inversely proportionate to their desire to do it." ~said Frustrated Mother by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

33 min listen

MP 013 : Submission in Marriage: “Wives be subject to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head of the Church, his body and himself his Savior” Eph 5:22 People hear this reading in … Continue reading by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

49 min listen

MP 016 : Technology and Kids: Life was much easier when Apple and Blackberry were just fruits. by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

38 min listen

MP 004 : Toddlers: “Give me an army of toddlers and I can overtake the world!” – Dr. James Dobson. The toddler years are an amazing time of human development, but this transition from infancy to childhood is challenging for most parents. Join us … Continue reading by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

30 min listen

MP 034 : Challenges of Being a Millennial Parent: You might be a millennial parent if you… have more pictures of your kids than you do of yourself on social media, feed your kids only organic food, regularly ask the internet for parenting advice, have a tattoo or piercing, or... by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

44 min listen

MP 015 : Love Languages: Sometimes we try to love someone in a language they don’t understand. by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

39 min listen

MP 030 : Pope Francis, Controversy, and the Family: “Where there is a family with love, that family is capable of warming the heart of a whole city with its witness of love.” - Pope Francis by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

43 min listen

MP 047 : Building Community: Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other. It is a sign that we don’t need a lot of money to be happy – in fact, the opposite. ~ Jean Vanier by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

46 min listen

MP 031 : Family Pilgrimages: To go on pilgrimage really means to step out of ourselves to encounter God where He has revealed Himself, where His grace has shone with particular splendor, and produced rich fruits of conversion and holiness ~ Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

30 min listen

MP 003 : Kids at Mass: “There goes a future choir member” – said by our pastor as we rushed out of church with our screaming toddler. Getting kids through mass is a challenge for any Catholic parent. We can give you alot of empathy and … Continue reading by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

25 min listen

MP 022 : Dealing with Loss: "Why did God make you? God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven." - Baltimore Catechism by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

46 min listen

MP 018 : Games: I love playing with preschoolers. They make me feel so powerful! Family game night is quickly becoming lost in our technological age, but it is an extremely valuable pastime for families with many benefits. by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

30 min listen

MP 027 : Date Night: Your marriage is only as good as the work you put into it. by Messy Family Podcast : Catholic conversations on marriage and family

44 min listen

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