Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
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
Jesus knew that there were some among his listeners who were not loyal to him, who would refuse to have solidarity with him.
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.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
It may be the Second Reading, the one from the letter to the Ephesians, that best illustrates the demands of faith for us today.
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.