4th Commandment Chapter 13 Ppt

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Chapter 4

HON

OR YOUR FATHER AND

YOUR MOTHER


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Love is true when it creates the good of persons and communities; it createsgood and gives it to others. Only one who is able to be demanding with himselfin the name of love can give love to others. Love is demanding.

In the realm of loving ones neighbor the love between the spouses is primaryfollowed closely by parent-child relationships.

Good moral conduct between parents and children and vice versa, as well asamong siblings is essential because those relationships are closely related (nopun intended) on the family tree

These relationships reflect the supernatural love that is at the heart of

Christian Morality. The love between husband and wife gives origin tochildren, and also joins brothers and sisters together. Therefore, ethicallycondemnable conduct in the heart of the family is often called unnatural andeven monstrous.

1. LOVE: THE FOUNDATION OF

THE FAMILY


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The Catechism tells us:

2199The fourth commandment is addressed expressly to children in their

relationship to their father and mother, because this relationship is the mostuniversal. It likewise concerns the ties of kinship between members of the

extended family. It requires honor, affection, and gratitude toward elders and

ancestors. Finally, it extends to the duties ofpupils to teachers, employees to

employers, subordinates to leaders, citizens to their country, and to those who

administer or govern it. This commandment includes and presupposes theduties of parents, instructors, teachers, leaders, magistrates, those who govern,

all who exercise authority over others or over a community of persons.

PART 1, CONT.


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The wisdom of Sirach continues:

Listen to me your father, O children; act accordingly, that you may be kept in safety. For the Lord honors afather above his children, andhe confirms a mothers right over her children. Those who honor their father

atone for sins, and those who respect their mother are like those who lay up treasure. Those who honor theirfather will have joy in their own children, and when they pray they will be heard. Those who respect theirfather will have long life, and those who honor* their mother obey the Lord; they will serve their parents astheir masters.*Honor your father by word and deed, that his blessing may come upon you. Fora fathersblessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mothers curse uproots their foundations. Do not

glorify yourself by dishonoring your father, for your fathers dishonor is no glory to you. The glory of onesfather is ones own glory, and it is a disgrace for children not to respect their mother.

My child, help your father in his old age, and do not grieve him as long as he lives; even if his mind fails,be patient with him; because you have all your faculties do not despise him. For kindness to a father willnot be forgotten, and will be credited to you against your sins; in the day of your distress it will beremembered in your favor; like frost in fair weather, your sins will melt away. Whoever forsakes a fatheris like a blasphemer, and whoever angers a mother is cursed by the Lord.

PART 2, CONT.


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St. Paul gives advice to parents regarding the

education of their children: Fathers, do not

provoke your children to anger, but bring

them up in the discipline and instruction of

the Lord.In this instruction, the love for their children

is presupposed. Three things in this verse are

to be noted:

1. parents should educate their children with

discipline

2. they must not be excessively rigorous(dont be a complete harda*s with your kids)

3. form them in the teachings of Jesus

Parents must correct their children. They are

born with immense potential for good and

evil and must be guided in good moral

behavior.

4. PARENTS RELATIONSHIP WITH

THEIR CHILDREN


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Parents have a duty to provide for the spiritual and physical needs of their

children as well as for their education. Children, in turn, have the obligation to

accept their parents instruction and follow it. It is much more difficult in the

modern world for this to occur because of the culture which encourages childrento reject the direction of their parents.

Parents must educate their children in the faith. At minimum the parents should:

teach simple prayers to be said at bedtime with the parents participating

the Catechism and the lives of the Saints for children should be introduced

Studies show that the Father of the child has an especially important role to playin the religious education of his children and the forming of their religious habits

Parents must also remember that there is a direct connection between their

personal religious practice and that of their children

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Parents must respect and encourage

the vocational choices of their

children to religious life, the married

life or single virginity.Although providing a good

intellectual environment is important

it should never be considered more

important than that of their religious

and moral training.

PART 4, CONT.


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Children are expected not only to

honor their parents but to obey them

as well! (Even though they probablyembarrass you quite a bit) The

Christian has an obligation to do so

because it pleases Christ.

Children, obey your parents in everything,

for this pleases the Lord. Colossians 3:20

5. CHILDRENS RELATIONS WITH

THEIR PARENTS


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The Catechism tells us:

2215 Respect for parents (filial piety) derives from gratitude toward those who, by the gift

of life, their love and their work, have brought their children into the world and enabled

them to grow in stature, wisdom, and grace. "With all your heart honor your father, and donot forget the birth pangs of your mother. Remember that through your parents you were

born; what can you give back to them that equals their gift to you?

And also:

2217As long as a child lives at home with his parents, the child should obey his parents in

all that they ask of him when it is for his good or that of the family. "Children, obey yourparents in everything, for this pleases the Lord."22 Children should also obey the reasonable

directions of their teachers and all to whom their parents have entrusted them. But if a

child is convinced in conscience that it would be morally wrong to obey a particular order, he

must not do so.

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Parents are called to behave in such a way as to merit the honor and love of

their children. We must mutually honor one another.

The commandment honor your father and your mother indirectly tells

parents: Honor your sons and daughters. They deserve this because they arealive, because of who they are, and this is true from the first moment of

conception. PJP II, Letter to Families, 15 (1994)

Even when a parent doesnt act in an honorable way, his position as parent

requires respect nonetheless. Children have an obligation to support their

parents with prayer. (and cleaning up after yourself doesnt hurt either)

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The blood ties extend to grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins.

Until recently, it was frequent to see families that lived together including up

to two or three generations. It is the norm today to have only the immediate

family living together.Families must remember that care for other parts of our families should

extend to the young, the old, the sick, the handicapped and the poor.

6. RELATIONS WITH OTHER

MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY

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