Catholic marriage prep doesn’t have to be terrible

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🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

A wedding is a day, a marriage is a lifetime. That’s what Paul and Maureen Moses like to tell couples (including Zac and his wife) that they prepare for matrimony. Paul and Maureen are coordinators of Catholic Engaged Encounter in Brooklyn and Queens, and have been married for 45 years. They run a weekend retreat that fulfills the infamous “marriage prep” part of getting married in the Catholic Church (though they’ve found that many non-Catholics get a lot out of it, too). Zac and Ashley talk to them about what they’ve learned about marriage in their vocation and how the church can better accompany couples. The hosts are also joined by James Martin, S.J., to talk about how to discern whether the voice you heard during prayer was God or just your ego talking. Links from the show: Come to Italy with us! 5 signs you are hearing God’s voice (and not your ego) in prayer by James Martin, S.J. Catholic Engaged Encounter Catholic Engaged Encounter Brooklyn-Queens Learning to Pray What’s on tap: Rock Red blend from the Waltz family vineyard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.3	drinks I'm Ashley McKinless and I'm joined by Zach Take on Faith, Culture in the News. Often of her drinks.
0:43.0	I'm Ashley McKinless, and I'm joined by Zach Davis.
0:45.0	Yes, in February, the best month.
0:47.0	Not the cruelest month.
0:48.0	No, the worst.
0:50.0	No, it's a good month for me, my birthday, my wife's birthday, we got Valentine's Day, which is the reason we're gathered today is to celebrate some Catholic love this week on the show.
1:00.0	We're talking with Paul and Maureen Moses, who were the coordinators of your Catholic
1:06.1	engaged encounter retreat.
1:07.1	Yes, so they did they did Amanda and I's marriage prep, which was I became very
1:12.4	endear to them this I'm married, so that's good.
1:15.2	And when we were talking about this, you know, what we wanted to do for the show this week,
1:19.8	it comes up a lot. I feel like marriage prep is a very polarizing conversation because I've heard a lot of horror stories about how it's gone terribly for some couples, but I've also heard really great things and people like me and Amanda who've had really wonderful experiences often that people are surprised by.
1:35.0	So I wanted to show people an example of a couple that does this really well.
1:39.0	Yes, and who does marriage very well.
1:41.0	They are adorable.
1:42.0	They've been married for 45 years two kids three grandchildren and it was just such a delight to talk with them together
1:48.5	They are very clearly still in love so that's a great that's a great conversation coming up.
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