As a single, I approach marriage like I would many other things. With study and preparation. It's the biggest life choice that I'll make and the stakes are too high to get it wrong. I'm thankful that I didn't get married in my 20s because I wasn't mature enough to sustain the type of marriage I desire. I desired marriage for the wrong reasons. I thought it was a fairytale that would alleviate any problems that would come my way. That my husband would be the true source of my happiness. I idolized marriage and put that desire ahead of my relationship with God. Thankfully God has protected me and matured me since then. Meanwhile friends and family members are getting divorced left and right. Because they rushed into marriage leaving God out of the equation. I can't control when my spouse arrives but I can take steps to prepare myself for him in the meantime.
@l458971329 ай бұрын
Wow! You couldn’t have said it any better! You’re Absolutely right
@cwill856710 ай бұрын
Fr. Josh and Fr. Mike are the BEST!😃
@GOSANDO210 ай бұрын
Wow, I put your video on speaker so my 13 year old Daughter & my 9 year old Son could listen, what you said is so true, Marriage is a true blessing My wife & I will make 20 years married this year 🙏🏽
@diannefajardo881710 ай бұрын
Thank you, Fr. Josh and Fr. Mike. You are both holy men. I enjoyed listening to you. My husband and I have been married 43 years. The first time I met his parents, I knew they had a marriage I desired. I agree with learning from looking at good marriages.
@ashtonlochtefeld8 ай бұрын
Wow such a good listen. Fr. Mike and Fr. Josh, both so wholesome. This was so good. So grateful for their Fatherhood. 🙏🏻
@shareenchoudhury-leighton17485 ай бұрын
Preparation for marriage is a greet thing to do, but with the passage of time, things can change, people change Life is unpredictable ... we need to keep God close as he is our ultimate friend, our abba
@superblessed77710 ай бұрын
This was so fun to watch! God bless you Fathers! 😊
@chamoan310 ай бұрын
Well needed. Thank you Jesus!🙏
@t.f.93784 ай бұрын
these are 2 of my top 3 favorite priests and i didn’t expect to get them both in one video. ahhhh i’m fangirling
@marialehunte325110 ай бұрын
Fully enjoying this!
@petrichor529410 ай бұрын
Thank you. Holy marriage and strong families are what’s going to save this country. Not priests, nuns, or singles.
@Seliz4639 ай бұрын
Well don’t discount how priests and religious support marriage with their prayer and sacrifices
@joantreadway7557Ай бұрын
Holy marriage & strong families will save this country but you will also need religious vocations. We need it all. At 74 now, I look back & can honestly say that the truest statement ever is "it takes a village " Dont discount our priests. You need them to make your marriage a sacrament, it's the sacrament which makes your marriage holy. It was the glue that held mine together even past to death do us part.
@jalita2610 ай бұрын
Thanks Fr s
@forevercatholic2434 ай бұрын
This was such a beautiful video. Praise the Lord! God bless you both.
@ashleynovels10 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting!
@paulste7619 ай бұрын
God bless you two ❤
@elizabethmichelin74514 ай бұрын
I am not sure hiw to send in a question. After listening g to tge video from Fr. Mike regarding contact with dead loved ones, my protestant friend has questions. 1. Is time in ourfatiry the same for every one? 1. How does it work there? Does a person stay there until they are good enough to go to heaven? I need to ve able to give the sensible answers. Hello please 😊
@LennyinFlorida10 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@Nedubov7 ай бұрын
This was beautiful! (and not a little cool 😎)
@mrsronireyes841610 ай бұрын
Amen
@barbarawalsh287510 ай бұрын
The only reason we didn’t kill one another well first the only reason we didn’t get divorced sooner than we did was, because neither one of us would take custody of the children, and the only reason we didn’t kill one other was neither one of us, thought the other one was worth the jail time. This is one subject, that grinds my soul.
@emd509510 ай бұрын
Maybe you seek healing, obviously you are drawn to the subject & looking for reconciliation. I'm sorry that you got hurt.
@neenutomi3169 ай бұрын
The young policemen were poorly paid, and he probably said to himself that with those wages he could not feed a family. So he waited to marry until he was earning enough money. By then he was already forty-three. We never learned that he became acquainted with our mother by way of a personal announce- ment; he never told us that. From the book "My Brother the Pope " By Fr. Georg Ratzinger
@maricharlotte483110 ай бұрын
❤
@britaahonen148910 ай бұрын
I'VE NOTIFIED POLICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND POLICE AGAIN, ABOUT THEM.
@britaahonen148910 ай бұрын
No offence but how does he think it works? We know in these counties,
@atdepaulis10 ай бұрын
Are we sure he is an introvert? Haha
@emd509510 ай бұрын
🔥 🗡️ ❤️. ❤️.
@britaahonen148910 ай бұрын
Oh, He's not aware of HAMAS, he's American,
@tlanng944610 ай бұрын
😅❤🥰🙏🙏
@britaahonen148910 ай бұрын
No, we're Muslim here, took they're totally permitted to grab the lines after being hijacked by some naive persons, why, the marriages cost, they know this,
@simonfurman80079 ай бұрын
Amish paradise lol
@Nedubov7 ай бұрын
I thought I was hearing things 🤣
@barbarawalsh287510 ай бұрын
I’m divorced for 21 years. After 20 years marriage. None of what I listen to would ever convince me that I would ever want to get into that pool again there is a great old quote from a comedian I cannot remember, it’s probably an old Henny Youngman joke. Marriage is an institution, but who wants to be institutionalized.
@britaahonen148910 ай бұрын
Sorry. Still report it to police, they hijacked somebody's equipment. 'Your money',..? 'Your money',... Tell this man, it's not their money, tell police.
@britaahonen148910 ай бұрын
Yeah sorry, we've worked with these people before in marriage, I'm not sure these are their concerns,
@britaahonen148910 ай бұрын
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, HOW CAN WE PREPARE FOR THE VOCATION OF MARRIAGE? ASK THEM IF THEY'VE THOUGHT OF MARRIAGE PREVIOUSLY, IF NOT, ITS NOT THEIR MARRIAGE. CONTACT SOCIAL SERVICES.
@britaahonen148910 ай бұрын
IS THIS A TERRORIST ATTACK? WHEN YOUR MUSLIM, AND THE LINES ARE FREE FOR HAMAS TO GRAB, OR ANOTHER GROUP, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN MARRIAGE, HOW DARE YOU,
@Lauradahl-creations10 ай бұрын
Was this a stroking the ego video? 🤔
@tonywiley57719 ай бұрын
I say this with all the respect in the world, but if you are not married then you have no idea what you are talking about. And if marriage is a vocation as you claim then it should pay and we are not paid to be married and if we are paid to be married then my wife says it does not pay enough.
@barbarawalsh287510 ай бұрын
Any evening at the mutual admiration Society. Yes, even the old 66-year-old broad can get a little bit testy. You’ve got 10 years on father Johnsen and it shows. It’s very rare. In fact, this may only be the second time in the 8+ years. I’ve been following you where you disappointed me. Now I know I’m not your audience but you just didn’t feel like the father Mike that I know.