{"id":595,"date":"2013-03-19T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithonthecouch\/?p=595"},"modified":"2013-03-19T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T19:15:00","slug":"40-days-to-a-better-marriage-tip-of-the-day-for-tues-319-celebrate-st-josephs-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithonthecouch\/2013\/03\/40-days-to-a-better-marriage-tip-of-the-day-for-tues-319-celebrate-st-josephs-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Days to a Better Marriage Tip-of-the Day for Tues 3\/19:  Celebrate St. Joseph&#8217;s Feast"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/335\/2013\/03\/images6.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-596\" title=\"images[6]\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/335\/2013\/03\/images6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a>Today is the feast of St Joseph who, among other things, is the Patron of Workers.\u00a0 Today celebrate his feast in your marriage by surprising your spouse and doing one of the jobs around the house you usually leave for your spouse.\u00a0 Change that lightbulb.\u00a0 Clean up the kitchen.\u00a0 Bathe the baby.\u00a0\u00a0 Give the gift of service to your spouse by doing something you wouldn\u2019t usually consider \u201cyour job.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s a great way to both serve each other a little better and understand each other a little better too!<\/p>\n<p><em>For the next 40 days, M2L will offer a tip-a-day for improving your marriage. 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