...(stealing one from Openbook) what did you hear on Sunday? Was "let women be subject to their husbands…” addressed in the homily? Of course my take (or at least a portion of my take on the passage) can be found here. Pope Pius XI in Casti Connubii (see especially paragraphs 25-29, which deal with this specifically) makes clear this passage isn't just for 1st century Christians. But that doesn't mean we deal with it the same way some of our fundamentalist-type Protestant brethern do either.
Our pastor commented that each reading today contained a hard message for some. When he got to St. Paul's letter, he basically said that St. Paul was calling married couples to a deeper and more supernatural love for each other-more of a competition of love than a setting of boundries. I will leave it at that, as I don't want to put words in his mouth and I can't do justice to how he put the rest.
I do find it interesting that these readings are put together. If you read the Gospel first, where many disciples have left because of Christ's teaching of the Eucharist, and then see how St. Paul relates human marriage to Christ's marriage to His Church, it does inspire fear an awe for the role of a husband. It is a hard teaching-not so much to believe, but to live!
That they are both are hard teachings may be expected, but interesting how it is paired. How can you abide by the Church's teaching on marriage and family life if you don't believe in the Real Presence-because Sacramental marriage is intertwined with the Christ's pouring out His Blood on the cross-that is with the Eucharist.
No wonder the two crises in the Catholic Church and humanity today have to do with belief in the Real Presence and the sacredness of marriage!
No comments:
Post a Comment