Catholic reflections, By Ryan Pinto

 

TOPIC: Honour your father and mother

 

Dear brothers and sisters

We have to obey our parents for we all blessed by God with parents. We have to respect gift of parenthood by obeying in what parents say, speak politely and we should try our best to make them happy no matter how old they are. Even though our parents are old we should behave like a child with them and not like a boss because we have money.

 

 Now a day’s children never obey our parents. Children ignore parent’s good words, we talk back, we raise our voice against them, this shows dishonour and disrespect towards our parents. Children which ever age we reach we have no authority over our parents. parents are in the place of God and are our earthly trainers they give what we want if they can and try their level best to bring us up.

 We have to thank God and ask God to bless our parents whether they are alive or dead, for parents take lot of pain to develop us into good human being. But we all do not understand this love for if we cannot obey our parents whom we can see then how can we obey God whom we cannot see. For God plans good things for us so only if we obey whatever God says.

We must pray for all the orphans, for they are children of God. Remember dear brothers and sisters parents are a big gift from God and parents are in the place of God if we disrespect them it is like disrespecting God’s commandments.

For we have no authority and rights over any one we have to treat every one small and big as how we treat our parents we have to obey God always for He is the provider of our soul and we are His sheep for God treats us like children

Disrespect towards parents can cause life on this earth to end early. as God said honour your father and mother so that your days may be long and prosperous. Let us not abandon and sadden our parents but rather let us look after them well till they are alive. Parents sometimes are harsh on us it is not their fault it is a way of discipline

 

Let us ask God to bless us with the gift of obedience so that we can walk in His way of light righteously by obeying our parents and making them happy always by the grace of God we will be faithful to Gods commands. Amen.