The Conor Gallagher Show Suffering Will SAVE Your Soul: Hard-Won Wisdom on Parenting & Family Life | John & Claire Grabowski
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Dec 29, 2025 Join John and Claire Grabowski, seasoned experts in marriage and family theology, as they delve into the profound connection between suffering and spiritual growth. They explore how every child is called to holiness and the eternal stakes of parenting. The Grabowskis also discuss the importance of naming children with care, the reality of forming virtues in a 'domestic church', and how commitment transforms marriages beyond the myth of soulmates. Heartfelt stories, including their granddaughter Nora's legacy, illuminate their message of hope and divine grace.
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Vocation Begins At Conception
- Every baptized person has a vocation to holiness that parents must nurture from conception onward.
- Helping children grow in holiness enables them to hear God's call to marriage, priesthood, or religious life.
Make Family Prayer Non-Negotiable
- Make family prayer the default: pray together, sing, read scripture and saints' lives to form encounter with the Lord.
- Treat parents as primary faith educators and do not outsource the child's spiritual formation to institutions.
Soulmate Is Made Not Found
- The cultural idea of a single perfect 'soulmate' is misleading but marriage can become a true soulmate union by grace and work.
- Marriage grows into a unique, sanctifying bond when spouses cooperate with God's grace through forgiveness and effort.
