Show PARENTS SHOULD TRAIN Sermon at St Marys Sunday on The Mission of Parents At St Marys cathedral catheral on the th occa occasion o sloe sion 6 of the last mass maN Sunday Sunda the Rev He Timothy Brennan who was ws celebrant preached on The Mission of ot Parents Parent taking as his text tet Proverbs Proverb And they shall rise ris up and call cl you blessed ble Father Brennan said sai in part The Th home at Nazareth Nazreth is the model moel of all al Christian Chrisian homes home There was unity and love loe and an reverence and the peace of God Go which all understanding Joseph Josph the simple true workman stands for all al time as the ex example example example ample of what a father ather should be b Mary pure as the lily Iy strong as the eternal hills his in patience and resignation in faith and in hope hop and an in charity is the guid guiding guiding guidIng ing star for all al mothers mother to follow Christ the untreated wisdom Christ God Go and the child has written in eternal letters leters an through the years year at Nazareth Nazreth that love lovean and an obedience is 1 the childs first and last ls lesson an Christian Christan parents parent you ou have to model mol your home on Nazareth you have to Imi Imitate tate the unity unit the love lve the piety the obedience and an the peace pec that reigned there Your duty is noble nobl and sacred for on you today toay depends the formation forton of youthful character and mind Your homes are the schools and arid yourselves the teachers Search the annals of history consult consul your own experience and you will find that the valiant valant soldiers of faith and an therland ff the saviors and defenders of oC the right the men who have been ben con conspicuous conspicuous conspicuous for the purity of their morals moral the probity of their lives lve in court and andin an andIn in camp in the senate and at the bar barin barin barin in the th lordly lorly mansion manaton manson and an in the hum humble humble humble ble cottage have been the sons of moth mothers mother ers era er who were true tre to the dignity digity of their high calling mothers ever faithful to the bonds of duty and the ties te of nature mothers who ruled their homes by the th wand of affection and of love Give us men Give us first the virtu virtuous virtuous ous mothers and such men wilt will wi follow Truly Tuly the home is the nursing ground of saints and heroes and an the parents prents are the preceptors The features feature of moral civilization as Cardinal Manning aptly apty puts it I are first frt the Christian household created crate by the sacrament of Christian marriage second secondly ly I the te Christian people formed forme by b Chris Christian Christian tian tan education thirdly the th Christian Christin state elevated elevate by the higher law of Chris Christian Christan tian tan morals High Calling Caling of Parents Looking out on the world wol today toay you yo will wl find alas aln many parents parent totally un unmindful unmindful unmindful mindful of their high hl h calling Wiser in their generation than han the children of light they busy themselves about many things and neglect the one on thing necessary the Christian Christan education of their children Their one aim is to labor and store t up upa a perishable inheritance for r their tel boys boy and girls There Ther are other parents parets and they ty are aN many who have no love for their tir home bo and who regard their thir children as an en encumbrance e encumbrance cumbrance How many mothers you yo will wn find in the world today toay who are mothers mothe mot motin s sin in nothing else except the name gay butterfly women for whom the names home and children carry crry nothing hal hallowed hl hallowed lowed lowe nothing nothing sacred The security of the nation the purity and stability of o society slet depend not no on o the wisdom the strong arm of kings s or rn o emperors nor on the sup emy of or taw law but upon sound Sund morals morl and virtuous homes homs Christian parents prents by example no less le than precept guide gide your childrens footsteps in the road rd of rectitude the tho paths of God Go Your imperial realm is your home your OUr imperial throne your own fireside your our subjects those thase th little ones that Iono ion ionI ly I lisp Father Father and Mother Iother Rule that Imperial realm well rule it I wisely and ad virtuously with the rod ro of love and af at affection |