MFP 254: Journeying with Your Spouse - an interview with David & Margaret Bereit
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
The indissolubility of marriage…should not be viewed as a 'yoke' imposed on humanity, but as a 'gift' granted to those who are joined in marriage… God's indulgent love always accompanies our human journey; through grace, it heals and transforms hardened hearts, leading them back to the beginning through the way of the cross. - Pope Francis
The marriage sacrament is meant to heal and transform us into who God wants us to be! But sometimes that journey is not what we would expect. In this interview, David and Margaret Bereit share their story of marriage and David's conversion - the two are completely intertwined! Listen in as we talk about how they walked together in freedom though they were in different places, how they loved each other and their children in the midst of their different faiths, and how David came to join the Church and what that meant for them both. There is some great advice in this interview for those in mixed marriages and for anyone who wants to know how to deeply love friends and family who are in a different place than yourself.
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| 0:00.0 | Family, all in this together. |
| 0:08.2 | Family, we're taking a chance. |
| 0:10.8 | Family, like birds of a feather. |
| 0:13.3 | Family, get off my shoes and dance. |
| 0:15.4 | Hey, we are Mike and Alicia Hernin. |
| 0:17.4 | We have 10 kids and grandkids too, and we are here for every parent. Because we are on a |
| 0:22.2 | mission to empower moms and dads to embrace their sacred calling. So join the conversation. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to the program. Thanks for joining us on the messy family podcast. Yes, and school has started. It's a new day, people. I know we're in the midst of this. While we're recording this a little in advance, right? Our kids just began going back to school. A lot of us have our kids going back to school. And, you know, like people are posting those pictures as always, |
| 0:55.4 | like first day at school. It is kind of a learning curve, though. Like my daughter is doing an online |
| 0:59.5 | school and I just came downstairs just like, it's got to get better. It's going to get better. |
| 1:03.9 | And I know it's going to get better. But even with the kids in school, I don't know about you guys, |
| 1:08.3 | but like the night before my son Jack, who had uniform shorts all summer because it was wearing them to church. |
| 1:17.2 | All of a sudden, cannot find them. |
| 1:18.5 | They disappeared. |
| 1:18.8 | They disappeared. |
| 1:19.7 | Mike and I are literally at Walmart at 10.30 at night. |
| 1:24.2 | Looking for boys uniform shorts. |
| 1:26.6 | I know. |
| 1:27.4 | I'm not going to lose my freaking mind. |
| 1:30.5 | And I don't know. |
| 1:31.6 | Maybe it's just us, |
| 1:32.5 | but it's like, |
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