Mamma Margaret | Ep. 79
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12 ماه پیش
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“Honor your Father and Mother,
“Honor your Father and Mother, says the Lord.”
Don Bosco offered the young men a model in his observance of this commandment. He was always most tender in loving his parents. He spoke often and fondly of his father, whom he had not even known, and he prayed daily for the repose of his father’s soul. For his mother, he showed all the respectful attention worthy of a son, and he consoled her with moving piety in her old age. He never put love for her ahead of love for God, but he assisted and helped her with everything she depended on him for.
Don Bosco obeyed her, submitted meekly to her advice, and made no important decisions without mentioning them to her. He was happy to have her help and cooperation for the good of the pupils and to have her act as a mother to all. Don Bosco spoke of her with veneration and showed her the liveliest gratitude for everything she endured while raising him. He especially commended her because she had taught him to love and serve God, instilling a great horror of sin in him. In later years, he remembered his mother with tenderness and childlike respect.
He wanted the boys to obey and respect her. If anyone showed her less than reverence, Don Bosco would mention obedience in his evening sermon, reminding the boys: “I am the director of the house. I obey my mother and respect her. I expect you to do likewise!” He would remind them how she worked for them and listed the many ways she helped and served them. He reminded them of the mothers they had left behind at their homes and repeated the words of Tobias: “Thou shalt honor thy mother all the days of her life. For thou must be mindful of the perils she suffered for thee in her womb” (Tob 4:3-4).
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Don Bosco offered the young men a model in his observance of this commandment. He was always most tender in loving his parents. He spoke often and fondly of his father, whom he had not even known, and he prayed daily for the repose of his father’s soul. For his mother, he showed all the respectful attention worthy of a son, and he consoled her with moving piety in her old age. He never put love for her ahead of love for God, but he assisted and helped her with everything she depended on him for.
Don Bosco obeyed her, submitted meekly to her advice, and made no important decisions without mentioning them to her. He was happy to have her help and cooperation for the good of the pupils and to have her act as a mother to all. Don Bosco spoke of her with veneration and showed her the liveliest gratitude for everything she endured while raising him. He especially commended her because she had taught him to love and serve God, instilling a great horror of sin in him. In later years, he remembered his mother with tenderness and childlike respect.
He wanted the boys to obey and respect her. If anyone showed her less than reverence, Don Bosco would mention obedience in his evening sermon, reminding the boys: “I am the director of the house. I obey my mother and respect her. I expect you to do likewise!” He would remind them how she worked for them and listed the many ways she helped and served them. He reminded them of the mothers they had left behind at their homes and repeated the words of Tobias: “Thou shalt honor thy mother all the days of her life. For thou must be mindful of the perils she suffered for thee in her womb” (Tob 4:3-4).
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