Council 112 This is the Faith February 2007

Tony Marino is an Air Force veteran who later received a degree in English Literature at Long Island University. For more than 30 years, he was an insurance agent for Aetna before eventually becoming a private insurance consultant. Since his retirement in 2003, he has devoted himself to the service of St. Peter's Parish in Concord and the Right to Life movement in New Hampshire. Tony has been married to his wife, Annette for more than 40 years. They have ten children and 22 grandchildren.

IV. “HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER, THAT YOUR DAYS MAY BE LONG IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD GIVES YOU.”

The first three Commandments are called the vertical Commandments, because they pertain to our relationship with God. The Commandments, beginning with the Fourth Commandment, are called the horizontal Commandments, because they pertain to our relationship with our fellow man. The Catechism tells us that God has willed, that after Him, we should honor our parents, to whom we owe our life, and from whom, we are provided with knowledge of God. This Commandment constitutes one of the foundations of the social doctrine of the Church, and is expressly addressed to children in their relationship to their father and mother. It also concerns the ties between members of the extended family, and requires honor, affection and gratitude toward elders and ancestors. In addition, it extends to the duties of pupils toward teachers, employees toward employers, subordinates to leaders, and citizens to their country, and to those who administer and govern it. The family is in God’s plan, and marriage and the family are ordered to the good of the spouses and to the procreation and education of children. The uniting of a man and a woman, together with their children, form a family. The institution of a family is prior to any recognition by public authority, and public authority is obligated to recognize the institution as the normal point of reference, by which different forms of family relationships are evaluated. God created man and woman, and in so doing, endowed the family with its fundamental constitution. For the good of its members and of society, the family has manifold rights, duties and responsibilities.

The Fourth Commandment will be discussed further in the next essay. Please see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition, pages 530 through 532, paragraphs 2197 through 2203. Read your catechism, it’s what we believe.

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