De honore parentum exemplo Christi, qui in evangelio suum patrem honorare se asserit, scilicet quo ad dilectionem, subiectionem et conversationem. Christus vero in evangelio hodierno patrem se honorare fatetur, ut sic nos etiam suo exemplo instrueret quid agere debemus. De ipso itaque parentum honore tria mysteria declarabimus: Primum dicitur dilectionis, quod honorandi sunt parentes propter beneficiorum multiplicitatem, propter parentum caritatem et propter irrationabilium exemplaritatem. Secundum subiectionis: qualiter filii debent parentibus esse subiecti et de triplici gradu superioritatis spiritualis, temporalis et corporalis. Tertium conversationis, quod filii debent cum parentibus conversari cum benignitate, cum humilitate et cum pietate.

On honouring parents according to the example of Christ, who in the Gospel claims to honour the Father, which means in love, subjection and in conversation. Certainly Christ in today's Gospel claims honouring the Father, so that He may instruct us by his example on what we ought to do. Therefore, on the honouring of parents, we shall clarify three mysteries:  The first concerns love, for we must honour parents for the multiplicity of benefits, for the charity of parents, and for the example of the irrational (i.e. the animal world). The second concerns subjection: how children should be subject to their parents and the threefold degree of spiritual, temporal and corporal superiority. The third concerns conversation, how children should converse with their parents with courtesy, humility and piety.

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