By Most Rev. Joseph Strickland, The Wanderer - The Catholic Catechism teaches, “The divine fatherhood is the source of human fatherhood; this is the foundation of the honor owed to parents” (CCC, n. 2214). Fathers are the foundation of families, they give them identity and meaning, in life and in death... The Gospel of St. Luke presents this exchange between the disciples and Jesus where they ask Him to teach them how to pray: “Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples. He said to them, when you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. ….