Established July 4, 1926
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“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.” (Ex.20:13)
“God has willed that, after him, we should honor our parents to whom we owe life and who have handed on to us the knowledge of God. (Catechism #2197)
“The fourth commandment is addressed expressly to children in their relationship to their mother and father, because this relationship is the most universal. It likewise concerns the ties of kinship between members of the extended family. It requires honor, affection, and gratitude towards elders and ancestors. Finally, it extends the duties of pupils to teachers, employees to employers, subordinates to leaders, citizens to their country, and those who administer or govern it.
This commandment includes and presupposes the duties of parents, instructors, teachers, leaders, magistrates, those who govern, all who exercise authority over others or over a community of persons.
Catechism #2199)
· Children must obey their parents in all things except sin.
· Children are obligated to help their parents in their old age, or when they are sick and helpless, and pray for them.
· Children must honor and obey others in authority while they are under their care, due to respect for their parents.
Are you good to your parents?