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Many years ago, Mark's father shared a conversation he and Mark's mother had early in their marriage. His mother had told his father that she loved God most, him second, and herself third. He'd told her the opposite: he loved her most, God second, and himself third. He said he was even a little hurt that she didn't love him as much as he loved her. It was an absurd conversation between two newlyweds, and Mark can't remember why his father shared it. It stuck with him because

"There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known." How would you behave if you knew that everything you did will eventually be exposed? The money you secretly withdrew from savings to gamble. The time you vented to a colleague about all the things you don't like about your spouse. The credit card your spouse doesn't know about. The hidden cache of pornography. The group chat where you and your siblings made jokes about your partners. I

"Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give." We have written a lot in this blog about marriage as a vocation, that is marriage as a spiritual discipline lived out in the daily give-and-take between spouses and before God. We offer many posts exploring research on these topics, and providing tools for building stronger relationships in our vocations. We have spent less time writing about an equally vital aspect of sacramental marriage: it is a mission. We a