This month we will celebrate the virtue of respect.
God has given us the virtues of friends and companions to keep us company and to help us out along the way.
Every person in our lives carries the Spirit of God and so every person is our brother or sister through Jesus Christ.
As brothers and sister who share one Holy Spirit, we are all valuable to God. We all deserve to be shown courtesy, consideration, sensitivity and thoughtfulness, which are different ways of saying respect.
That respect should come first and foremost from ourselves. We have to respect our selves and then we will be able to respect others. We should also be able to expect to be treated with respect by everyone we meet our brothers and sister in Jesus.
Through prayer and concentration, we can get better at respecting ourselves as well as respecting those around us.
A respectful person:
Treats himself/herself and everyone else with equal consideration and courtesy
Uses a positive tone of voice and body language
Avoids swearing, name-calling, put-downs, and inappropriate gestures
Says Excuse me, Please, Pardon me
Avoids gossip