Julie Nelson and Chris Magruder walk through more than 20 practical, faith-rooted ways to love your husband and renew your marriage, drawn from Kim Schadt's popular list on Catholic-Link. From daily prayer and hidden acts of service to physical intimacy and asking forgiveness, this episode offers real, doable habits for building a stronger Catholic marriage. Julie and Chris also share personal stories from their own marriages and explain why investing in your husband is really an investment in your own holiness.
Julie and Chris spend the full show unpacking Kim Schadt's list of more than 20 practical ways to love your husband and renew your marriage, encouraging listeners to pick just one or two habits a week rather than trying to do everything at once.
Prayer and Spiritual Life
The hosts start with the spiritual foundation: praying for your husband daily, offering the Eucharist on his behalf, protecting his own devotional life without pushing him to pray your way, and praying a decade of the Rosary together — specifically the second luminous mystery, where Jesus turns water into wine.
Everyday Acts of Love and Affirmation
Small, consistent gestures matter most — a hidden act of service, a daily word of affirmation, ten minutes of undivided attention, and fifteen minutes of quiet decompression time when he first gets home from work. Julie and Chris share how these habits have played out in their own marriages, including a nightly cup of chocolate milk and a decompression phone call on the drive home.
Communication, Intimacy, and Forgiveness
The hosts also cover harder topics with honesty: physical intimacy as a renewal of wedding vows, communicating through wounds or difficulty in that area, asking your husband directly about his needs instead of assuming, and the humility of asking "will you forgive me?" after a disagreement.
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Read the Full Article
This episode is based on Kim Schadt's article on Catholic-Link, "Over 20 Practical Ways to Love Your Husband and Renew Your Marriage."
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