Where is That Spouse I Was Told to Expect?

Holy Conundrums

This week, Everett is joined by his dear friend, Catholic speaker, writer, and author of Real Love, Mary Beth Bonacci.

Mary Beth shares her story about how she began teaching to single Catholics, and the unique needs that they have that the Church isn’t meeting. She responds to the advice to “get out there more” and where the “there” is that you can go. She cuts right to the question that often lies in the subtext when she hears from single Catholics, which is “Where is the spouse I was told to expect?”

There are lots of guarantees in scripture, but a spouse is not among them. She and Everett discuss the question of living a life when the thing you’re hoping for seems to never come, and the hard question of “Is God enough for you?”

Mary Beth also calls out the question that every single person grows to hate, which is “Why are you still single?” (implying, “What’s wrong with you?”). But also, gently… is there a blind spot about yourself that you need to look at with honesty, or some area in which you need to grow?

Mary Beth and Everett also speak frankly about whether singleness is a vocation, chastity, dating, compromise, and settling. All the things.

Our solution: Do not put your life on hold. He put you here to follow his will now, not once you find a spouse.

Learn more about Mary Beth and her ministry at Reallove.net

Learn more about Everett's ministry at https://andrew-ministries.com/

Grab a copy of Everett's new book, One Disciple at a Time: How to Lead Others to Dynamic, Engaged, Life-Changing Faith!

Sneak peek from the cutting room floor: “Is there a beatitude somewhere, ‘Blessed are the chaste, for they shall receive a spouse by their 35th birthday’? Where do we get this stuff??”