Ordinary 21

Look at Paul's letter. It starts "be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ." We should receognize each other as part of the Body of Christ. The reverence we show toward the Eucharist should be applied to the whole Body of Christ. Start with respecting your own body as a temple of the Holy Spirit. Recognize Christ in each other. Humbly acknowledge the possibility that God is working through others for our welfare and we should listen to them and discern what they are saying.

Discernment is a key to understanding what Paul is writing. "Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord." That does not mean in all things if a husband is not a godly person. It does mean in all things when the husband is acting and thinking like the Lord. So we must discern the working of the Lord.

All of us, husbands, wives, singles must love one another as Christ loves his Church.