This week, we’re cross-sharing a Fairest Love Podcast conversation with Michael Pakaluk to discuss a couple’s path to holiness though the extraordinary life of his late wife, Ruth Pakaluk, whose cause for canonization is currently moving forward in the Catholic Church. We discuss Michael and Ruth’s journey from atheism at Harvard to a life of deep Catholic faith, highlighting how they lived out the beauty of sacrificial love through seven children and a terminal cancer diagnosis. Michael offers a rare, husband’s-eye view of what heroic virtue looks like in the middle of a busy home and provides profound advice for couples navigating their own seasons of crisis or illness.

To learn more about Ruth Pakaluk’s life, a couple’s path to holiness, and the progress of her cause for sainthood, visit the official website for her cause or read Michael’s compilation of her letters, “The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God”. Also, be sure to check out his book, “The Company We Keep: True Friendship and Why it Matters”, through Scepter Publishers.

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS, or wherever you listen!