Chapter 26 — Part III — The Ten Commandments
Section 554. Q. What special duties are prescribed by the fifth commandment in regard to parents, under the general phrase of honoring them? A. 1. To behave respectfully to them. 2. To obey them. 3. To support and comfort them in sickness and age. 4. After their death, as well as during their lives, to pray for the salvation of their souls; and faithfully to fulfill their last wills, so far as they are not contrary to law, divine or civil. See 2 Macc. xii. 43, 44; Jer. xxxv. 18, 19. (J. Damasc. Serm. de Mort.)