Religion (Lesson 13)

• LMC

  Respecting our parents, respecting God
• To honor our parents


  1. Obey them

  2. Follow their precepts and teaching
• Following our parents' precepts and teaching will guide our moral life
• Concerned parents will not allow their children to go astray
• Rebelling


  Leads to heartbreak and regret
• Church Teaching


  Obligation of grown children to their aged parents
• Two meaningful points on taking care of aged parents

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• Both parents are to receive equal respect
• Our duty is to take care of our parents at their old age
• Human life is respected, protected, and defended
• As parents become old and feeble, children must provide for them in a kind way
• Fourth commandment


  Bridge of the two parts of the decalogue/ten commandments
• Honoring Parents


  Basic moral responsibility
• Reminds us of the 4th commandment


  Passage from Sirach
• Sirach: '"Honor your Father and your mother, that you may have a long life in the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you."'
• Honoring our Father and mother is a basic moral responsibility
• God is our loving father and creator
• Ways to honor our parents

  • Showing proper gratitude
  • Affection
  • Respect
  • Obedience
  • Care
• Honoring our parents


  Atones for our sins, stores up riches in heaven and receives blessing from the Lord
• Exodus 21:17: '"Whoever curses his father or mother shall be put to death."'
• Cursing one's parents is the height of ingratitude and is a crime punishable by death
• Proverbs 30:17: '"The eye that mocks a father, or scorns an aged mother, will be plucked out by the ravens in the valley: the young eagles will devour it."'