Love Your Marriage: Podcast for Catholic Married Couples
Joseph and Crystal Gruber, founders of Our Outpost Marriage Ministry, host this podcast for Catholic married couples. It focuses on helping husbands and wives build strong, faith-filled homes and marriages that reflect authentic Catholic culture. Listeners are encouraged to let their Catholic faith positively impact their daily lives, relationships, and the world around them. The show aims to make Catholic couples more competent and confident in running beautiful, evangelical households.
Episodes
When Families of Origin Overshadow Your Marriage
Sometimes, like some kind of specter, memories of our families of origin may stir and loom over our current marriages. Here are two things we can do as Catholics to gain perspective on where we've come from and where we're going in the sacrament of matrimony!Listen in to find out more!For husbands (starting today!!):https://ouroutpost.kit.com/products/lead-your-marriageFill out this fr
Why Not Invest in Your Marriage?
There are any number of reasons we come up with for not investing in our marriages; we'll go through four, and we'll see how they stand up...Listen in to find out more!For husbands (starting today!!):https://ouroutpost.kit.com/products/lead-your-marriageFill out this free survey to see where you are in your marriage! quiz.ouroutpost.org Interested in supporting our work?
Surfaces Matter in Marriage
Sometimes in marriage, getting to skin-deep is pretty good.Listen in to find out more!For husbands:https://ouroutpost.kit.com/products/lead-your-marriageFill out this free survey to see where you are in your marriage! quiz.ouroutpost.org Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list
What Do Love and Respect Mean in a Catholic Marriage?
We throw the words around, but its worth taking a few minutes to consider what they mean.Listen in to find out more!Fill out this free survey to see where you are in your marriage! quiz.ouroutpost.org Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here
Why Listen to Your Spouse?
There are two main reasons why we stop listening to our spouses; the reason to listen to them lies somewhere in-between-- and above!Listen in to find out more!Fill out this free survey to see where you are in your marriage! quiz.ouroutpost.org Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list
Two Ways to Change How You Feel About Your Spouse and Marriage (The Second Might Be Hard to Believe....)
How we feel about our spouses is often more under our control than we think...Listen in to find out more!Fill out this free survey to see where you are in your marriage! quiz.ouroutpost.org Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here
The Opposite of Adultery
Adultery is bad, but what exactly is the opposite of it?Listen in to find out more!Fill out this free survey to see where you are in your marriage! quiz.ouroutpost.org Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our cours
Marriage Is Not for You
This is probably one of the most pernicious ideas about marriage out there...Listen in to find out more!Fill out this free survey to see where you are in your marriage! quiz.ouroutpost.org Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here
"Love Your Marriage" Montage
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Crests and Troughs in Marriage
On our wedding day, we said--out loud, no less-- that there were going to be good days and bad days.Listen in to find out more!Fill out this free survey to see where you are in your marriage! quiz.ouroutpost.org Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here
Two Foundational Questions for Your Marriage
There are two questions to come back to, again and again, from engagement on through all the years of marriage.Listen in to find out more!Check out our free marriage survey here! https://quiz.ouroutpost.org/Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here
Your Spouse Is Your Permanent Neighbor
Your spouse, as it turns out, happens to be your permanent neighbor, and that has implications...Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healt
Lessons from Marriage Prep
What did you learn during marriage prep--good, bad, or just funny?Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and make decisions
Stories That Are Ruining Your Marriage
It's easy to tell ourselves stories in marriage, but not all stories are helpful! Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and ma
Two Mistakes about Conflict in Marriage
Conflict in marriage is hard, but there are two mistakes we make about conflict that makes it well-nigh insolvable!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have
Being Present to Your Spouse vs. Presenting Yourself Well
How attentive are we to how we present ourselves to our own spouse? Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and make decisions
Adventures vs. Inconveniences in Marriage
Life is either filled with inconveniences or adventures, and it turns out that whichever one it is is up to us!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy con
What Does Your Spouse Need Right Now?
As with many things, remembering to ask the right question is over half the battle...Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and make decisions
Why Catholic Missionaries Started a Marriage Ministry
A little bit about why we started a marriage ministry from being Catholic missionaries.Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and make decisions
Unmet Needs in Your Marriage
This episode is hosted by the always amazing Crystal Gruber, talking about addressing unmet needs in marriage!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and ma
Your Marriage Needs Help
...but don't worry, so does every marriage.Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and make decisions here!Catch our other podcast, A Word fro
Getting Marriage Right
The previous Pope Leo (the thirteenth) had some choice words for those who don't get marriage right...Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and make decisions
Heaven Hunting
When we look at our home, we can see all the ways it falls short of heaven, or see all of the ways we can make it more heavenly!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict,
Intentional Acts of Kindness in Marriage
Maybe instead of random acts of kindness when we feel like it, we should practice intentional acts of kindness in marriage, especially when we don't feel like it!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for importa
Choosing the Good over the Easy in Marriage
Sometimes, when we're discerning, we need to look at the questions we're asking in the first place.Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and make decisions here
Holy Week and Your Marriage
It's Holy Week! Here's a way to look at it to enliven our understanding of the sacrament of matrimony!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and make decisions here
Be Bad at Hospitality
If we want to get better at hospitality, we have to start by being bad at it!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and make decisions here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from
Your Spouse Is Not Enough
Expecting our spouse to provide everything we need in that singular relationship is a recipe for disappointment, frustration, and dissatisfaction. Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, a
Deciding vs. Intending
We recommend couples have a regular time to make decisions together; what often happens is that couples regularly have good intentions together (which isn't bad!), and wonder why things aren't getting better...Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to
Praying for Your Spouse
This one may be ridiculously obvious, but it still deserves to be said: we should pray for our spouses.Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have healthy conflict, and make decisions here!Catch our other podcast, A Wo
Healthy Conflict in Marriage
In a world that shies away from conflict of any kind, and with a dearth of good examples, it's hard to make time for healthy conflict in marriage, but so very good to do so.Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Get our course on how to have a regular time for important things, have h
You Are Your Spouse's Agent
Agents represent their clients and seek opportunities for them-- so too do spouses.Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/
Genesis 1 and Your Home
The first thirteen verses speak volumes about what makes for a good life!Listen in to find out more!Join our paid monthly marriage membership here!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ourou
Your Marriage in History
Your marriage matters, and even has historical import.Listen in to find out more!Join our paid monthly marriage membership here!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/
Revelation of Self to Spouse
What we say, what we do, and how we do them reveal who we are. Why not be more intentional about it?Listen in to find out more!Join our paid monthly marriage membership here!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here:
Getting Trapped in Comparison
Comparison threatens our lives, our marriages, and our families...and it doesn't have to!Listen in to find out more!Join us for the free workshop, "Escape the Comparison Trap," on January 25th, 2026: https://ouroutpost.kit.com/comparisonInterested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpo
Your Spouse as a Cause for Your Holiness
There are two basic ways to see your spouse: as an obstacle to you becoming a saint, or as the pathway to you becoming a saint.Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcast
Your Marriage Is Worth Living
In all its ups and downs, your marriage is worth living!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/If you're
Your Response Matters
We don't get to control our spouse, but we do get to control our response!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/
A Little Phrase to Add Luster to Your Marriage
One little phrase has the power to give perspective, tell our spouse we're going to get through this, and add shine to the present moment!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcast
From Cosmic to Domestic: What the Opening Chapter of Luke Shows about the Home's Importance
Whether we look at the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth or the story of Mary in Nazareth, we're led to seeing the cosmic entering the domestic.Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcast
A Lesson from Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"
I'm midway through Tolstoy's story, "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," and just had to share something about Ivan's marriage that plagues marriages all over.Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https
Biggest Priority as a Married Couple
What's your biggest priority right now? And do both you and your spouse know it?Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Join our email list here!Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/If you'
No Reincarnation
If Catholics don't believe in reincarnation, that has a pretty easy implication for marriage-- if we only have one life to live, we only have one spouse to love!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/
Avoiding Malformation
How much do we owe it to our spouse to be mindful of the content we take in?Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here:
Dating Your Spouse
Yes, we think it's a good idea to keep going on dates with your spouse!Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here:
Who Has a Textbook Marriage?
Whether you like it or not, whether you think about it or not, you do have a textbook marriage...Listen in to find out more!Interested in supporting our work? Give here! Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here:
Avoiding the Comparison Trap
Sometimes it's tempting to turn our attention to the other marriages out there, to see how we measure up...but it's a trap!Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here:
Irregular Times for Important Things in Marriage
What happens when we don't set aside to talk about important things regularly? Maybe not surprisingly, they pop up irregularly...Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here:
The Utilitarian Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve were created not because they were useful, but that it was good that they existed. What happens when they have their first child? Everything gets...a little twisted.Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Catch our other podcast, A Word
Marital Leprosy
**EDIT** after recording, I did indeed discover that modern-day leprosy is very treatable, too! I think my knowledge of modern-day leprosy is probably from circa-St. Damien of Molokai...Anyway, marital leprosy-- not a good condition either, and also treatable...Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/
The Non-Utilitarian Adam and Eve
Why did Adam need Eve? Not for anything practical! Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Catch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/
Find Rest with Your Spouse
It's easy to focus on work, or even on the work of the home, and somehow hard to really enter into rest with our own spouse...Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform here
Chaotic, Noisy, and Busy Home?
Sometimes people assume that our home is chaotic, noisy, and busy-- and in a certain sense they're right, and in another sense, there's more to the story!Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform
A Home Worth Fighting For
Both Chesterton and Tolkien are quoted that the reason to fight is not for love of the fight or hatred of the enemy, but love of what is being defended: the home.Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform
Home Life Less Interesting than...Everything Else?
It's often the case that the life of the home is put on the back-burner compared to everything else, and here are two reasons why we may fall into that trap!Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform
Simple Communication Hack for Your Marriage
If it feels like your spouse doesn't listen well, why not try to set up the circumstances for success for them to do so?Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform here
Creating a Hellish Marriage
Pope Pius XI, in Casti Connubii, talks about some of the preconditions for an unhappy marriage. Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcas
What Would It Take To Become More Hospitable?
Every once in a while, it's worth stepping back and considering the amount and the kinds of hospitality we can offer in our marriage.Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform here
Poking at "Happy Wife, Happy Life"
There's a common expression: "Happy wife, happy life." But most ways of understanding it not only fall short of helping to create a happy marriage, they distort and make a happy marriage more of a mirage than anything else...Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/
Serious Reasons to Avoid Are Seriously Worth Discussing
The Church teaches that there may be serious reasons to avoid procreating in marriage, and it's good to know that marriage was built with addressing serious issues in mind!Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform
Four Stages of Marriage Preparation
There were three stages of marriage preparation that St. John Paul II wrote about in Familiaris Consortio, and just a little while later, he talks about the preparation couples should get post-marriage, too.Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource libr
Titles of Your Spouse
How do you view your spouse? Do you think of them as their best qualities, their worst, or some mix?Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A Word from O
Attentive Listening to Your Spouse
As you may know, the attentive and reverent reading of Scripture has an indulgence attached to it-- showing that it's a path to healing and reconciliation with God and neighbor. In an analogous way, listening attentively to our spouse may also be a path to healing and reconciliation!Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpos
Roses of Your Marriage
What were the most meaningful moments in your relationship with your spouse? And where was Jesus in those moments?Whether they were joyful, illuminating, sorrowful, or glorious, we can be sure that Jesus was there, and that Mary wants you to know about it.Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/
First, Last, and Only Spouse
There's a prayer in the chapels of the Missionaries of Charity, that the priest might pray the Mass as if it were his first, his last, and his only time doing so. What happens when we approach our spouse in this way?Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource lib
Morning Offering with/for Your Spouse
Maybe you have the habit of praying a morning offering, maybe not-- but have you tried offering your day alongside your spouse, or for the sake of your spouse?Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform here
What Your Wedding Ring Means
I think a lot of us look down and see our wedding ring on our hand, and don't give it another thought. But it's worth a thought or two!Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other
What's Your Story?
We all have a story of how we ended up being married-- but we don't all take time to appreciate it!Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here:
Being Part of a Complete Community
Oftentimes, we can feel like we're alone on the journey of marriage. But what if we really are missing pieces of a complete community? Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A
You + Your Spouse = Image of God
We're all made in the image and likeness of God, and that goes extra hard when we're talking about the pairing of male and female, and even harder when we're talking about the sacrament of matrimony.Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ Join our free resource library platform
Choosing Playfulness
Whatever the circumstances, we can choose our attitude, and may I recommend playful?Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ --the husband series begins on May 6th, 2025!Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outp
The Education of Love
St. John Paul II is pretty clear that love needs ongoing formation.Listen in to find out more!Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/ --the husband series begins on May 6th, 2025!Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here:
Rituals in Marriage
What rituals do you have in your marriage, and do you like them?Listen in to find out more!Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/
Desire for Comfort vs. Readiness to Change
At home, is your go-to desire for comfort or for loving your spouse?Listen in to find out more!Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/
Do You Date Your Spouse?
Honest question! Do you date your spouse?There seem to be three schools of thought on this one...Listen in to find out more!Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutp
Soul of Loving Your Marriage
What is the well-spring that feeds the love of your marriage?Listen in to find out more!Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/If y
Being a Son or Daughter of Encouragement in Your Marriage
St. Paul traveled for a time with Barnabas, whose name means 'Son of Encouragement'--what if we were like Barnabas to our spouse?Listen in to find out more!Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/Check out upcoming events here:
You're Going to Die
We have one life to live, and one spouse to love...and related to that is the fact that we're going to die at some point, and that raises the question: Is my spouse going to be better off after me because of how I love them now?Listen in to find out more!Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here:
Why Your Marriage Is the Worst
There are three main reasons we might think our marriage is the worst...Listen in to find out more!Join our free resource library platform hereCatch our other podcast, A Word from Our Outpost, here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/Check out upcoming events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/If you'
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