MFP 197: A Salute to Military Families
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." - G.K. Chesterton
As we celebrate the founding of our country, we want to take time to salute and honor those families who serve our country. The decision to serve affects not only those serving in our armed forces but also the spouses and children. In this podcast, we discuss with three military families on the joys and crosses of this vocation they have chosen to live. This conversation is really beautiful because much of what they share is applicable to any and every family. Important principles like trusting the Lord in everything, investing in your community and constantly pursuing your spouse are applicable to every marriage. We also ask about the virtue of patriotism and how to pass this on to our children. We hope this podcast will inspire you, it has inspired us!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the messy family podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family. |
| 0:10.8 | Hosted by our parents, Mike Hernan and Alicia Hornin. |
| 0:15.8 | They're pretty awesome, but they're not experts. |
| 0:18.6 | Because family life is really messy. |
| 0:23.7 | Welcome to the messy family project podcast. No, let's not do that. |
| 0:28.2 | Messy family. Who are we? Hello, messy families. I know. See, I usually say messy family |
| 0:34.1 | project and then I realized this literally just the other day, I realized's our organization messy family podcast man this thing is complicated I know it is |
| 0:43.6 | it is no no but welcome to the podcast we are so excited that you are listening and we have a really |
| 0:48.3 | amazing um some amazing interviews some extraordinary couples it's being released on the fourth of july but |
| 0:55.9 | regardless of when you are listening to this i think this is a really important topic for us to spend |
| 1:00.9 | some time talking about both from those who have walked in the shoes of some of the couples we're |
| 1:06.8 | going to talk to today but also for all of us of us who have to stand on the sidelines sometimes |
| 1:13.3 | as military families who are serving our country. And whether you're here in the U.S. or elsewhere, |
| 1:18.7 | there's something very noble and very amazing about the sacrifices and unique about the sacrifices |
| 1:25.2 | and struggles and the beauty of being members of the military |
| 1:29.7 | and particularly from military service and those who have families. |
| 1:33.0 | And I think we very quickly forget that we have the freedoms that we have in this country |
| 1:37.4 | and the security that we have really due to our members of our military from the beginning |
| 1:43.4 | of the inception of our country. |
| 1:45.2 | And how quickly we forget that. |
| 1:47.0 | And so we want to use this opportunity of the 4th of July to honor those in our military. |
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