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Originally posted by aephi alum
My parents (both Catholics) renewed their vows for their 25th anniversary. The ceremony was essentially the same as a wedding Mass. They were given a booklet with 3-4 different options for each of the readings. They were also told that they didn't have to use any of the options, as long as they followed the pattern of first reading from the Old Testament, second reading from the New Testament, Gospel reading from the Gospels.
1st Corinthians 13 is one of the options. Another option is the reading that goes "you who are wives, be submissive to your husbands." (  )
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I never understood why everybody hates that reading (which is from Ephesians 5) so much until I heard it a wedding at my boyfriend's conservative Lutheran church this summer, when I realized that churches must be leaving off the second part.
The second half of the passage tells men to love their wives as Christ loved the church, being willing to sacrifice his life for her.
I have no beef with that passage and will probably include it in my own wedding, and I think we all know I am a feminist man-hating hippie.