It is hard to overstate the earthly significance of parents. Parents are privileged to play a formative role in their children’s development by providing love, support, nurture, discipline, protection, and guidance. A father’s love, care, and faithful example is instrumental to the child’s well-being and spiritual formation. It has been said, “Every son quotes his father, in word and in deed.” In this way, father’s often serve as one of their children’s first and most influential models of life and faith.
