Homily | October 27 2026 | A Husband Leads By Laying Down His Life (Episode 324)
Heart of the HomilyShow Notes
We face the discomfort many people feel when Ephesians 5 is proclaimed, then read it the way St. Paul intends through mutual submission out of reverence for Christ. We argue that the passage places the heaviest demand on husbands to love with cruciform, self-giving service and reveals marriage as a sacrament that points to Christ and the Church. • mutual submission as the starting point for Christian relationships • first-century household power turned upside down by the model of ...
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