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2200. Observing the fourth commandment brings its reward: “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.”8 Respecting this commandment provides, along with spiritual fruits, temporal fruits of peace and prosperity. Conversely, failure to observe it brings great harm to communities and to individuals.


Aprofunde seus conhecimentos

123. Why does Jesus call upon his disciples to take up their cross?

300. What is interior penance?

519. In what way do Christians participate in political and social life?

298. When did he institute this sacrament?

108. Why did Jesus manifest the Kingdom by means of signs and miracles?

290. When must one receive Holy Communion?

522. How does one bear witness to the truth?


Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:

What is the relationship between love and obedience according to the Bible?

What is the story behind the miracle of Elisha’s resurrection of the Shunammite’s son in 2 Kings 4?

What is Abraham’s example of faith, and what can we learn from him? (Hebrews 11:8-12)

What is the relationship between truth and joy mentioned in 2 John 1:4?

What does the image of the river of life in Ezekiel (Ezekiel 47) represent?

How important is courage and boldness according to Proverbs 28:1?

What is the message behind the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican?