Matthew 15:5-6 - But you say, "Whoever says to his father or his mother, 'Whatever profit you might have had from me is given to God' need not honor his father." For the sake of your tradition you invalidate the word of God.
Here we have a clue as to how we honor our father and our mother - supporting them as they get older and can no longer work. However, for some of us this is not an issue yet. How do we support them when they need no financial support? Again, what about those of us whose parents are toxic and dangerous to our welfare? How do we honor them? These are questions that each of us must answer for ourselves. It might be a daily struggle or one we have already answered. Yet this passage makes clear that no matter how bad our parents were, we must come to some way to honor them as our parents.
And, if we can help them and it is not dangerous for us physically, mentally or spiritually to do so, helping them out financially and with other things as they age is what God and Christ call us to do.
Obligatory reminder: it does not say we must love them. For many of us that is not a realistic goal.
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