St Paul: Husbands, If You Want a Submissive Wife, Be Deserving of Her

That controversial passage…

When Ephesians 5 was read at Mass a few weeks back—“Wives, be subject to your husbands…”—I couldn’t help but reflect on the comeback this vision of marriage has made in recent years and, more practically, the implications these words carry for men.

We grew up hearing how these sentiments exemplified the tyranny and unfairness of the past. A chronically i…