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Two Become Family: Restoring Confidence in Catholic Marriage and Family life
Renzo and Monica Ortega
Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 169
Renzo and Monica share stories, advice, and encouragement for everyday Catholics navigating the human side of a faith-filled marriage. They both bring a voice of joyful solidarity from their experience living in the trenches with a growing family. Their honesty and witness offer hope to couples who want to find confidence in their vocation to marriage through a candid and faithful discussion.
Renzo and Monica Ortega are Catholic ministry leaders, podcast hosts, authors, and national speakers. Their latest title, Lovemaking: How to Talk about Sex with Your Spouse was published through Ave Maria Press. They host the popular marriage podcast Two Become Family and speak nationally for the St. John Paul II Foundation’s Together in Holiness conference series.
Their testimonies of faith, marriage, and parenting have been featured by the National Catholic Register, the Knights of Columbus, and Augustine Institute. They are coauthors of the children’s devotional Go to Joseph for Children, and Renzo is also the author of the men’s devotional Go to Joseph: 10 Day Preparation for Consecration to St. Joseph.
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SUMMER REWIND: How Heroic Virtue Can Change Your Life and Relationships with the Swaffords
mercredi 11 juin 2025 • Duration 01:11:19
In our first rewind of the summer we are sharing one of our favorite interviews with the Swaffords! It's all about heroic virtue and how virtue can change your life and your relationships. Let's jump in!
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Buy our new book on how to talk about sex with your spouse: Order LOVEMAKING!
Our other books
Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
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Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are some ways you can support our show: Support us on Patreon!
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158. From Maintenance to Mission: Resurrected Marriage Series Part 5
Episode 156
mardi 3 juin 2025 • Duration 36:54
Welcome to part 5 of our new series Resurrected Marriage! In today's episode, we talk about how, as God's grace heals us, we need to respond by moving from maintenance to mission. What is the mission your marriage is living out? We're so happy you're here with us! Let's jump in!
Buy our new book on how to talk about sex with your spouse: Order LOVEMAKING!
Our other books
Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
Read and Subscribe to our Substack: https://twobecomefamily.substack.com/
SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE
Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are some ways you can support our show: Support us on Patreon!
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149. Lenten Series Part 3: Tested Faith, Gratitude, and Hard Conversations
Episode 149
mardi 25 mars 2025 • Duration 39:40
In this episode Renzo shares a little bit about his weekend and The Rescue Project we connect the reality of the Gospel with how God has been challenging us this Lent. Our conversation leads us to talk about faith, gratitude, and how to start having faith filled conversations with your spouse!
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SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE
Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do and pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are some ways you can support our show: Support us on Patreon!
Our other books
Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
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Alex and Melissa From Saints Alive - Taking Leaps In Marriage and Family Life
mardi 16 mai 2023 • Duration 01:00:47
In today's episode, we are joined by the brilliant couple from the Saints Alive radio theatre podcast! Alex and Melissa share about their own lives, what they hope for Saints Alive in the future, and what taking a leap and leaning on grace looks like. Let's jump in!
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SUPPORT OUR APOSTOLATE
Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do, and we pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are some ways you can support our show: Support us on Patreon!
Our Books
Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
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First Baby! Why You Need Sleep, What No One Talks About, and Postpartum Depression
Episode 67
mardi 9 mai 2023 • Duration 01:05:20
In today's episode, we jump into what it was like when we had our first baby. We talk about what new parents should expect, the encouragement that you need to hear, and we recall some tough experiences that everyone should be prepared for. We're so happy you're here with us!
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Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do, and we pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are some ways you can support our show: Support us on Patreon!
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Our Books
Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
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How Do You Argue With Your Spouse?
Episode 66
mardi 2 mai 2023 • Duration 01:00:46
In today's episode, we we argue about arguing! Just kiding, it was just a "discussion". Let's jump in!
Dennis Prager and Matt Fradd debate on P*rn
SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY
Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do, and we pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are some ways you can support our show: Support us on Patreon!
This Episodes Sponsor
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Our Books
Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
FREE RESOURCES
Fertility Awareness Cheat Sheet
Relationship Check-Up
Our Ministry
About Us
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Why You’re Worthy of Love, Even if Your Toddler Won’t Stop Crying
Episode 65
mardi 25 avril 2023 • Duration 50:31
In todays episode, we sit down and talk about the struggle and shame that comes in revealing our little battles. We talk about our worthiness of love, why we need to embrace Christmas and Easter and why we shouldn’t be embarrassed about our crying babies. Let’s jump in!
Quotes from today:
The man who wishes to understand himself thoroughly-and not just in accordance with immediate, partial, often superficial, and even illusory standards and measures of his being-he must with his unrest, uncertainty and even his weakness and sinfulness, with his life and death, draw near to Christ. He must, so to speak, enter into him with all his own self, he must "appropriate" and assimilate the whole of the reality of the Incarnation and Redemption in order to find himself. If this profound process takes place within him, he then bears fruit not only of adoration of God but also of deep wonder at himself. How precious must man be in the eyes of the Creator, if he "gained so great a Redeemer", and if God "gave his only Son "in order that man "should not perish but have eternal life" - JP2
Pope Francis on Sharing everything with Jesus
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Our Books
Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
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Fertility Awareness Cheat Sheet
Relationship Check-Up
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Fr. Timothy Gallagher - Discernment of Spirits in Marriage
Episode 64
mardi 18 avril 2023 • Duration 01:03:53
In today's episode, we sit down with Fr. Timothy Gallagher as he brings the spiritual wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola to life!
More from Fr. Tim Gallagher
Discerning Hearts Podcast
Discerning of Spirits for Married Couples
SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY
Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do, and we pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are some ways you can support our show: Support us on Patreon!
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Our Books
Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
FREE RESOURCES
Fertility Awareness Cheat Sheet
Relationship Check-Up
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Dr. Matthew Breuninger - Family of Origin, Boundaries, and Marriage as a Sacrament of Healing
Episode 63
mardi 11 avril 2023 • Duration 01:14:59
In today's episode, we sit down and chat with Dr. Matthew Breuninger! We have a wonderful discussion about setting boundaries, and families of origin, and we got to hear some powerful insight into how God uses marriage to heal us. We're so happy you're here with us, let's jump in!
To find Dr. Breuninger and his work visit:
Franciscan University
Finding Freedom in Christ: Healing Life’s Hurts
Wellspring Counseling and Coaching
SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY
Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do, and we pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are some ways you can support our show: Support us on Patreon!
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Used code MON15 at checkout for 15% off your starter kit.
Our Books
Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
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Fertility Awareness Cheat Sheet
Relationship Check-Up
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About Us
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Will We Have Stretch Marks in Heaven?
Episode 62
mardi 4 avril 2023 • Duration 34:44
In today's episode, we prepare our hearts for Holy Week by contemplating Aquinas and asking whether or not their will be stretch marks in Heaven.
Mentioned in today's episode:
St. Thomas Aquinas: Whether Christ's body ought to have risen with its scars?
1) He kept His scars not from inability to heal them, "but to wear them as an everlasting trophy of His victory.
2) Secondly, to confirm the hearts of the disciples as to "the faith in His Resurrection"
3) Thirdly, "that when He pleads for us with the Father, He may always show the manner of death He endured for us"
4) Fourthly, "that He may convince those redeemed in His blood, how mercifully they have been helped, as He exposes before them the traces of the same death"
5) Lastly, "Christ knew why He kept the scars in His body. For, as He showed them to Thomas who would not believe except he handled and saw them, so will He show His wounds to His enemies, so that He who is the Truth may convict them, saying: 'Behold the man whom you crucified; see the wounds you inflicted; recognize the side you pierced, since it was opened by you and for you, yet you would not enter.'"
The Two Thieves Short Film
The Preparation of the Gifts By Breaking the Habit
SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY
Thank you all for your ongoing support. We love what we do, and we pray that it is a blessing to you and your families. If you are benefitting in some way from what we're doing, here are some ways you can support our show: Support us on Patreon!
This Episodes Sponsor
Inito Fertility Monitor
Used code MON15 at checkout for 15% off your starter kit.
Our Books
Go To Joseph: 10 Day Consecration to St. Joseph
Go To Joseph For Children
FREE RESOURCES
Fertility Awareness Cheat Sheet
Relationship Check-Up
Our Ministry
About Us
Connect with us and send us a message on Instagram
YouTube Channel
Episode Music by Alex_MakeMusic from Pixabay
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