“Isn’t it absurd to send children out to jobs and to school, and to do all you can to prepare them for these, and yet not to ‘bring them up in the chastening and admonition of the Lord’ (Eph. 6:4)? … Discipline is needed, not eloquence; character, not cleverness; deeds, not words. These gain a man the kingdom.”

                           -St. John Chrysostom

 

For Reflection: 

On my “top ten wish list” for me and for my children, how near to the top is salvation? What am I doing to make it Number One and in what specific ways am I following through to attain the goal?