God calls us to impart our values to our children and children's children

I left church this morning after mass with much food for thought. The Gospel for the day was Matthew 5: 17-19 which spoke of Jesus' teaching about the law. Father mentioned that in those days, the Jews' idea of the law was structured around 4 things.

The first is the ten commandments, the second is the first 5 books of the old testaments, the third is a combination of the first 5 books of the old testaments and the traditions (if I recalled correctly), and lastly it's the oral and scribed laws. It is the oral and scribed laws that were created by the jews over time and it became more of a binding contract for the jews, of which they had to follow strictly. It is this law that Jesus was against and as written in the Gospel, He came to fulfil the law, which consist of the first three things mentioned above.

This was new knowledge to me. Father then continued about how we are called to impart our values, which must be centered on Christ and the law of the church, to our children and our children's children. The reason, which is of great importance, is that our children are the future of our society. These words just hit me really hard. I am thinking to myself how immensely true this statement is. Although we have yet to become parents, but I just never thought about how paramount the task is to bring up kids.

I now see parents in a whole new light and my parents especially. I pray to God that He will prepare me and Angie for this immense task in the future for us and thank God for the beautiful gift of our parents and all parents around the world. May God be our guiding Light in this world clouded with darkness.