Chapter 6Chapter 644thth Commandment Commandment

““Honor your Honor your

Father and your Mother.”Father and your Mother.”

IntroductionIntroduction

Placement of this commandment is Placement of this commandment is important - it opens up the 2nd part important - it opens up the 2nd part of the Decalogue.of the Decalogue.

After honoring God, we must honor After honoring God, we must honor our parents who gave us life and our parents who gave us life and handed on to us the knowledge of handed on to us the knowledge of God.God.

IntroductionIntroduction

First 3 commandments are First 3 commandments are concerned with how we love God.concerned with how we love God.

The remaining 7 The remaining 7

address our address our

interactions with interactions with

other humans.other humans.

Love of neighbor is learned at home Love of neighbor is learned at home

first!first!

On the Role of the Christian On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World Family in the Modern World

Familiaris ConsortioFamiliaris Consortio by Pope John Paul II by Pope John Paul II

• Encourages the family to be a “community of life and love” • The family is a “domestic church”

(a microcosm of all the Church should be) - a place where love is taught & learned

FamilyFamily

• Nurtures relationships that bond people together

• Is a “school” where people learn how to love and treat their neighbors

• “Mutual service” - love is freely given and received

FamiliesFamilies

are the heart of society are the heart of society

and the heart of the Churchand the heart of the Church build upon the Church build upon the Church

FamilyFamily

God’s plan has established the God’s plan has established the family as an “intimate family as an “intimate community of life and love.”community of life and love.”

Families, at their core, are about Families, at their core, are about love: it is the role of the family love: it is the role of the family to give and receive love, which to give and receive love, which reveals God’s love for us and reveals God’s love for us and Christ’s love for the Church.”Christ’s love for the Church.”

4 General Tasks of the Family4 General Tasks of the Family

forming a community of personsforming a community of persons serving lifeserving life participating in the development of participating in the development of

societysociety sharing in the life and mission of sharing in the life and mission of

the Churchthe Church

Family - a Community of PersonsFamily - a Community of Persons

Husband & WifeHusband & Wife

Parents & childrenParents & children

All RelativesAll Relatives

All united in love to form communityAll united in love to form community

Love - Essential to Human Life - Love - Essential to Human Life - We Can’t Live Without ItWe Can’t Live Without It

Parents’ Role: Parents’ Role: responsible for responsible for the love, care the love, care and education of and education of their childrentheir children

Children’s Role: Children’s Role: love, respect, love, respect, and obey their and obey their parentsparents

----

Through Through mutual servicemutual servicesacrificesacrificethe living out of virtues the living out of virtues

the family is truly a domestic church.the family is truly a domestic church.

FamiliesFamilies

The The

of society & of the Churchof society & of the Church

But…But… We may not always We may not always

experience them in experience them in

the manner in which the manner in which

they are described in they are described in

this beautiful document.this beautiful document.

There is no family that does not There is no family that does not know howknow how

selfishnessselfishnessdiscorddiscordtensiontensionconflictconflict

violently attack & at times mortally violently attack & at times mortally wound its own communion: there wound its own communion: there are many & varied forms of are many & varied forms of division in families.division in families.

But, at the Same Time…But, at the Same Time…

Every family is called by the God Every family is called by the God of peace to have the joyous & of peace to have the joyous & renewing experience ofrenewing experience of

RECONCILIATONRECONCILIATON– Communion reestablishedCommunion reestablished– Unity restoredUnity restored

Love - Essential to Human Love - Essential to Human Life - We Can’t Live Without ItLife - We Can’t Live Without It

----

Through Through mutual servicemutual servicesacrificesacrificethe living out of virtues the living out of virtues

the family is truly a domestic church.the family is truly a domestic church.

FamiliesFamilies

The The

of society & of the Churchof society & of the Church

Assisted Living: When Its Your Assisted Living: When Its Your Turn to Care for Your ParentsTurn to Care for Your Parents

by Kathy Saunderby Kathy Saunder Mutual Service:Mutual Service:

– just as parents provided for their just as parents provided for their child’s every need (food, clothing, child’s every need (food, clothing, shelter, and love) there may come a shelter, and love) there may come a time when the child must provide time when the child must provide these for the parentsthese for the parents

– this is not without its stresses, but this is not without its stresses, but reaffirms our hope of practicing reaffirms our hope of practicing genuine love in the worldgenuine love in the world

How You Treat the Most FrailHow You Treat the Most Frail

is an indicator of how society is going.is an indicator of how society is going.

Taking Care of Elderly ParentsTaking Care of Elderly Parents

Illustrates the commandment to Illustrates the commandment to honor our father and mother.honor our father and mother.

This can cause family strain and This can cause family strain and tension amongst siblings.tension amongst siblings.

Taking Care of Elderly ParentsTaking Care of Elderly Parents Everyday is an Everyday is an

opportunity to opportunity to

be compassionate be compassionate and to honor your and to honor your father and mother.father and mother.

Yet, there is a Yet, there is a great joy of great joy of being able to being able to care for your care for your parents & parents & journey with journey with them to their them to their death.death.

DefinitionsDefinitions

Redemptor Hominis – John Paul II’s Redemptor Hominis – John Paul II’s

first encyclical (1979): world’s first encyclical (1979): world’s problems require a deeper problems require a deeper understanding of the human person understanding of the human person and of Christ (The Redeemer of and of Christ (The Redeemer of Man)Man)

Conjugal – pertaining to marriage Conjugal – pertaining to marriage Supernatural – pertaining to God as Supernatural – pertaining to God as

opposed to the natural order of opposed to the natural order of creationcreation

DefinitionsDefinitions

Hospice – the practice of offering Hospice – the practice of offering medical, emotional, & spiritual care medical, emotional, & spiritual care to a dying person in the patient’s to a dying person in the patient’s home or in an inpatient facilityhome or in an inpatient facility

Dementia – a usually progressive Dementia – a usually progressive deterioration of mental powers such deterioration of mental powers such as memory & judgmentas memory & judgment

Alzheimer’s Disease – the most Alzheimer’s Disease – the most common form of dementiacommon form of dementia