How to Love Your Difficult Parents
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
4.9 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The Ten Commandments tell us to “honor thy mother and father”, but what does that really look like? Especially for adult children?
Parents are not perfect, and sometimes they make mistakes that leave us and others wounded. So when God tells us to honor them, what does he mean by that? There’s a certain respect that all are owed simply by their personhood, and then there’s a respect that someone deserves because of their role or position. But what if our parents are dishonorable people? Does this commandment change once we’re adults out of their direct care?
Today, Father Mike explains how we can love difficult parents.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | when I have a parent who is dishonorable, |
| 0:02.3 | when I'm anticipated for my parents, |
| 0:04.6 | how do I interact with them, |
| 0:05.8 | and when they get old, what am I called to do for them? |
| 0:08.7 | How many of you have filed a make sense, |
| 0:18.1 | and this is a sentient presence? |
| 0:19.2 | I've been asked a lot recently, |
| 0:20.7 | what do I do as a grown child, an adult child of my parents? |
| 0:25.0 | Because I get it. |
| 0:25.8 | When I was a kid, fourth commandment, really big deal. |
| 0:27.9 | And you know, honor thy father and mother got it. |
| 0:32.2 | No problem, but now that I'm an adult, |
| 0:34.6 | I find myself in two categories. |
| 0:36.6 | One is, what if my parents are, |
| 0:39.4 | says honor my father and mother, |
| 0:40.6 | honor thy father and mother? |
| 0:41.6 | What if my parents are actually acting in a dishonorable way? |
| 0:45.2 | Question number one. |
| 0:46.3 | And secondly, okay, now as an adult, |
| 0:48.7 | do I have different obligations? |
| 0:49.8 | Do I have a different way that I interact with my parents |
| 0:52.1 | when it comes to that commandment, |
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