Most Catholic families treat Lent like a 40‑day diet instead of a 40‑day transformation for their homes. In this episode, we show you how to stop “giving up chocolate and quitting by week two” and start using Lent as boot camp for your marriage and family.

We’re talking to Catholic couples and families who are tired of going through the motions—Ash Wednesday, fish fries, a small sacrifice—and then hitting Easter with nothing really different in their hearts or homes. Instead of random Lenten promises, we walk you through a simple, 5-part framework to help you actually grow closer to God, closer to your spouse, and closer as a family.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• Why most Catholic families quietly waste Lent year after year
• How to think of Lent as spiritual training, not just punishment or “ Catholic dieting”
• A simple way to treat these 40 days as a reset for your marriage
• How to start leading your kids spiritually in small, realistic ways
• A practical, 5-part plan that makes Lent doable in real family life (without becoming monks)

This conversation is for:

• Catholic couples who want a stronger, more prayerful marriage
• Catholic parents who want to bring their kids into Lent in a meaningful way
• Families who feel spiritually “stuck” and want a clear, simple Lenten plan
• Anyone who’s ever started Lent strong and fizzled out by the second week

We’re not just talking about little sacrifices—we’re talking about real transformation in your home.

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Marriage isn’t about getting what you want—it’s about getting each other to heaven.

In this episode of The Catholic Couple, Bobby and Katie unpack one of the most counter-cultural truths of Catholic marriage: the path to holiness is paved with interruptions, inconveniences, sacrifice, and the Cross.

From daily annoyances to seasons of real suffering, marriage constantly invites us to die to ourselves. In this conversation, we talk honestly about:

• Why marriage is full of interruptions (and why that’s not a mistake)
• Doing things you don’t want to do—and how that forms virtue
• How spouses become each other’s crosses
• Why inconveniences are actually graces
• How sacrifice sanctifies us and makes us more like Christ
• The true purpose of marriage: mutual sanctification and salvation

Catholic marriage isn’t about comfort, happiness, or self-fulfillment. It’s about love that costs something. Love that looks like the Cross. Love that transforms us if we let it.

Whether you’re newly married, struggling, or decades in, this episode will challenge how you view marriage—and invite you to see even the hardest moments as opportunities for grace.

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In this episode, we unpack a powerful article we discussed on the show that tackles one of the most pressing questions of our digital age: What is an algorithm, really—and what is it doing to our souls? with guest, TJ Burdick

we explore how modern AI systems are not neutral tools, but machines designed to exploit our weaknesses, feed our vices, and keep us addicted to a hyper-reality that slowly pulls us away from real life, real relationships, and ultimately, God.

We dive into his article on CatholicExchange.com

• Why algorithms are not “smart” in the human sense
• How hyper-reality fuels addiction, isolation, and despair
• The spiritual and psychological cost of constant digital consumption
• Why only humans—not machines—can love, sacrifice, and seek the common good
• What a truly Catholic use of technology looks like in a world dominated by AI

This episode isn’t anti-technology—it’s a call to choose reality, practice virtue, and reclaim our humanity before ethics are completely removed from the digital systems shaping our lives.

As St. Paul reminds us, we weren’t made to finish the doomscroll—we were made to finish the race.

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