Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Has the growing sensitivity to gender language and the Christian “discipleship of equals” suddenly rendered invalid and irrelevant the teaching of Ephesians on the sacrament of matrimony?
John Kavanaugh, SJ
“Wives should be submissive to their husbands.” This sounds like fingernails on a blackboard. Feels like sandpaper on wounds. Tastes like abuse.
John J. Pilch
Peter thinks he speaks for the Twelve, but Jesus knows better. Actually, any Mediterranean person would know better. In the Mediterranean world, allegiance between each member of a faction and its leader is strong.
The desire to follow Christ alone and to be with him always is a good thing leading to our salvation, … yet we may learn this from the Old Testament as well.
Reginald H. Fuller
The household code is turned upside down—the emphasis rests no longer on the duty of the wife to the husband but on the husband’s love for his wife.