Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A parent's role

The Elder was once asked, "My daughter is living a dissolute life, how can I save her?" To which he responded: "Only with your own holiness. A parent's holiness saves their children."

- Elder Porphyrios, "Wounded by Love"

3 comments:

  1. Parents should pray for their children -- as well as for themselves -- but they should also instill high moral values on their children.

    Parents also need to set a good example for their children by living a heart-warming, loving, and spiritual Christian life.

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  2. Very true. Worth a post in and of itself. I need to find a book on the topic that isn't overly sanctimonious.

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  3. Fabulous book isn't it? I used an excerpt from it in my last Handmaiden article. Had I the chance I would've quoted the entire section on parenting! :)

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