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 the thought  that  they  always  honored  their parents, and  were  ever  to  them  a  cause  of  joy, and never  of  sorrow.

4. Now  they  are  standing  before  the  Eternal Judge. He looks  graciously  upon  them,  for His all-seeing  eye  discerns  in  them  a  resemblance to  Himself,  since  they  were  obedient  to their  parents  as  He  was  during  His  life  upon earth. He needs  no  further  testimony,  but  He calls  their  parents  as  if  to  receive  a  triumphal reception, and  invites  them  to  witness  the  reward bestowed  upon  their  good  children  in  the sight of  the  whole  world.

Then He  says  to  these  dutiful  children "What you  did  to  your  parents,  you  did  to  Me. Come,  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  possess  ye  the kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation of  the  world." But who  can  depict  the  indescribable glory  and  blessedness  of  that  kingdom I  Therefore  honor  your  father  and  mother, in order  that  you  may  be  a  partaker  of  the eternal joys  of  heaven.

Remember the  warning  words  of  the  Holy Spirit : "  Son,  support  the  old  age  of  thy  father, and  grieve  him  not  in  his  life.  Forget  not  the groanings of  thy  mother"  (Ecclus.  iii.  14;  vii.  29).

Honor and  love  your  father  and  mother, Cherish them  as  you  cherish  no  other, So shall  God's  blessing  surely  attend Your path  of  life  to  its  very  end.

VEN under  the   old  covenant, namely in  the  Book  of  Ecclesiasicus,  the  Holy  Ghost  thus  exhorts  us:  "With