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'Never Insult Your Parents! They Gave You Life,' Pope
Mario Schiavone
Parents deserve all our respect - Pope Francis
Pope Francis deviated from his prepared text during his Sept. 19, 2018, weekly General Audience in a cloudy St. Peter's Square to stress on the need to never insult the parents as they gave us life.
Continuing his series of catecheses on the Commandments, this week the Pope reflected on the Fourth Commandment: "Honor your mother and father." Reflecting on what constitutes 'honor,' the Pope said: "To honor one's father and mother means to recognize their importance also with concrete acts which express dedication, affection and care. But there is more to it than just this."
Reminding of the full phrase related to the Commandment in Deuteronomy: "Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you." (Dt 5:16), Pope Francis said that "honoring parents brings you a long and happy life."
In his reflection, the Pope observed that the Commandment does not speak about the goodness or merit of parents.
"It does not speak about the goodness of the parents, it does not require that fathers and mothers are perfect. It speaks of an act of children, aside from the merits of parents," he noted, saying, "It says to us something extraordinary and freeing: even if not all parents are good and not all childhoods are serene, all children should be happy, because the reaching of a full and happy life depends on the just recognition toward those who gave us the world."
Pope Francis deviated from his prepared remarks to say that if children have distanced from their parents, "return." He also added that children should never insult or curse against their parents: "Never insult your parents! Your mother, your father. They gave you life!"
Pope Francis concluded, saying: "This marvelous life is offered to us, it is not imposed: "to be reborn in Christ is a grace to freely welcome, and is the treasure of our Baptism, in which, through the work of the Holy Spirit, one there is of our Father, the One in heaven."
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