Category: Marriage
March 30, 2026
Communication in Marriage: How Husbands and Wives Build Trust and Intimacy
Communication in marriage is the foundation of trust, intimacy, and unity. Discover how husbands and wives can overcome misunderstanding and build a deeper relationship through a simple, practical framework.... READ MORE
March 23, 2026
Ephesians 5 Explained: Male Headship and a Wife’s Submission in Marriage
Few passages of Scripture provoke more debate than Ephesians 5. This article explains the biblical meaning of male headship and a wife’s submission in Christian marriage.... READ MORE
January 15, 2026
When She’s Not Giving What You Need
When a wife lacks interest in sexual intimacy, many husbands feel rejected and powerless. This reflection presents a Catholic understanding of marital union and how sacrificial love can open the door to healing.... READ MORE
December 19, 2025
Biblical Masculinity: Why a Husband Must Protect His Wife and Family
A husband is like the center on a football team’s offensive line. His task is not glory, but sacrifice—to place himself between danger and what he is sworn to protect. When he weakens, his family is exposed. When he stands firm, they flourish.... READ MORE
November 12, 2025
Questions Every Couple Should Ask Before Marriage
Most couples believe love and faith are enough to build a marriage. But what if they aren’t? Too often, the real cracks appear after the vows because they never talked about what truly matters. ... READ MORE
October 27, 2025
She’s Checked Out Emotionally: Advice From Three Men
This post will share wisdom gleaned from three men who each have been married for over 25 years, and who endured acutely painful periods, often many years, during their marriage, in which their wives did not respond to any of their efforts to enhance their marriages…But over the long haul they are winning their wives over.... READ MORE
October 2, 2025
How the Evil Spirits Tempt a Husband to Have Contempt for His Wife
The evil sprits will strive to instill contempt in a man's heart for the Blessed Virgin Mary, women universally, but particularly for his own wife.
In regard to his wife, this contempt will become manifest in four ways:... READ MORE
October 1, 2025
Over 20 Ways to Affirm Your Wife Emotionally, Spiritually and Practically
“It didn’t come with a manual.” I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a guy say that about marriage and fatherhood.
But it is true…and it is a hard truth. The two most difficult “jobs” for a man—being a husband and a father—commence with little to no training courses, hands-on experience, or papal encyclicals.... READ MORE
August 27, 2025
Should a Husband Tell His Wife About His Sexual Sins and Addiction
Men have said something along these lines: “I have confessed my porn use—my sexual addiction—to a priest, I have gone to therapy, but I am still haunted by it.
Do I tell my wife?”
Below is an interview with Jim O’Day, Executive Director of Integrity Restored where we discuss whether a husband is to tell his wife about his sexual addictions, and if so, how?
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August 21, 2025
She’s not Responding – 4 Things A Husband Can Do
At retreats, men’s conferences, radio shows, via email, I inevitably hear husbands lament that their wife is checked out, no longer responding to him and their marriage is nearly finished.
They live like brother and sister. They are now sleeping in different rooms...... READ MORE
August 13, 2025
The Subtle Ways Husbands Drift Away Without Realizing It
According to wives, these are the top six things that men do (or not do) that cause drift and distance in their marriage.
They are listed from least mentioned to most mentioned, and finally the most frequently cited factor that nearly all the women surveyed mentioned and some mentioned repeatedly....... READ MORE
July 30, 2025
The Measure of a Man: How He Relates to Woman
It has been said that no woman can teach a man how to become a man—only a man can do that.
As true as this may be, woman is indispensable in helping the boy become a man.
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July 15, 2025
Why Your Wife Isn’t Secure in Your Love—and What to Do About It
One thing—without fail—makes a wife happy.
She wants this above all.
At the core of her being—wants this.
I wish I knew this when I was young.
If I had, I would not have caused my wife so much pain.... READ MORE
May 7, 2025
Women: Agony And/Or Ecstasy
A wife is one of God’s most tremendous blessings, but also can be the source of significant angst, frustration, and heartache. Woman, the garden—created to be a delight—can often become a place of incredible tension, and resentment…... READ MORE
April 23, 2025
Do You Need Her?
A while back I posted a video “Why Men Really Need Women.”
The comments associated with that video were enlightening:
“To pay alimony and feeling dumped.”
“Let's all be honest here, it's those ‘Holes’. Without those ‘holes’, men don't really need them, and most men wouldn't even be interested in spending time, attention, effort & money on them.”
“We don't need them.”..... READ MORE
April 9, 2025
How to Love Her: 3 Ways
Have you ever experienced your wife becoming resentful toward you, or perhaps resistant to you?
Resistant to your ideas, thoughts or proposals?
I know I have.
When this occurs, I am often bewildered as to why my wife is behaving this way toward me.
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March 12, 2025
Women Should Lead the Family?
Some contend that Christ’s vision, the biblical understanding, the Church’s teaching regarding marriage includes the controversial notion that a husband is the head of his wife.
But how can that be? Isn’t that type of thinking the height of inequality?
What if a husband is not as intelligent, holy, self-giving as his wife?
Or worse, what if a man is abusive, dismissive, or neglectful?
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February 26, 2025
How to Discuss Sex With Her—7 Tips
Early in our marriage my wife’s and my sexual desire and libido aligned nicely.
But due to complications during the birth of our third child, my wife’s OB warned her that if she became pregnant, complications could ensue, she could possibly hemorrhage and perhaps die.
Almost immediately sexual intercourse ceased...
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February 25, 2025
Protect Your Wife
The worldly man, the fleshly man initially benefits from these errors.
Yet, in the long run, women do not respect or respond to such a man.
The strength that a man believes he has by using a woman, becomes his weakness.
Believing that she is a slave to him, he becomes enslaved by his disordered passion for her.
Women desire men who use their strength to protect them, rather than neglect them.
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February 24, 2025
Hard Truths Regarding Men and Women
Feminism is the ideology of women believing that they can live without men. Feminism convinces women that they are not be shackled to the role of being a wife, having children, being married, or having a husband. Feminism convinces women that they must be liberated from marriage, motherhood, and the family. ... READ MORE
February 18, 2025
Get Control Over Your Life By…
Shortly after his betrothal (the first stage of Jewish marriage) to Mary, St. Joseph was faced with a crushing crisis: his wife was pregnant without his cooperation. According to the mandates of the
Mosaic Law, a woman who became pregnant before the second stage of Jewish marriage (the solemnization) was to be executed by stoning as a consequence of her infidelity to her husband and to the Law...
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February 11, 2025
Marriage: A Blessing or a Curse?
From the moment that a man allows another person to occupy the dominion of his heart, it becomes vulnerable, and he risks being sorely tried and severely wounded.
The Sacrament of Marriage is an intense fire that purifies and perfects a man in his efforts to love his wife as Christ loves the Church...... READ MORE
February 5, 2025
Women Said This Makes Men Look Weak
...Recently, my wife and I had the opportunity to ask married women what makes men, specifically husbands, appear weak.
After gathering all the feedback, I was surprised that not one woman mentioned height, physique, muscles, or wealth…not one...
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January 29, 2025
Vali-Dating Your Wife: How to Date Her
I had just turned thirty.
Jim, the husband of a female friend of mine, Mickey, had just died.
His death was one year prior to their 50th wedding anniversary.
I stopped by Mickey’s to check in on her.
During our conversation I asked her what the secret to their marriage was.
Mickey mentioned several factors.
But when she talked about “weekly date-night” she lit up...
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