Do You go shopping on Sundays?

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So do you go shopping on Sundays?

We have made the choice to not shop on Sundays. At first we would say we shouldn’t shop on Sunday, but then it was easy to go get a few things.

Now we will do without and preplan for our weekend so as to not go to the stores on Sunday.

Why? Because society doesn’t respect God or worship. We think our little quest will help our neighborhood to become a Holier place.
 
I don’t like shopping on Sunday. It feels too secular, and then there are the crowds…

I do occasionally go if we’re out of something like milk or bread. I’ll usually go at night, though.
 
Yes, but only for essentials … If I can get it done during the week then I prefer not to on Sundays…
Remeber the Blue Laws anyone???
Annunciata:)
 
Yes, I remember Blue Laws.

I didn’t come in contact with them until I was in college, though. Of course, then I found them stodgy.

I have obviously changed a bit since then. 😃
 
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RomanRyan1088:
I really don’t see shopping as “Work”
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I think the concern is more for the people who work at the stores…most of whom are baptized Christians, and should be able to spend the whole day with God and their families.

We try to avoid all shopping and eating out on Sundays. If we need something that’s truly essential, we’ll go to a place that would have been open anyway, even in the “old days”: 24-hour pharmacies, roadside diners, etc.

Maria von Trapp (of “Sound of Music” fame) was surprised to find that Sunday, as a special day, was pretty much ignored in the USA. She thought this was due to rebellion against Puritanism, which made Sundays seem like a boring, stuffy, repressive time. The truly Catholic Sunday – as celebrated in her native Austria, and other Catholic countries – is active, joyful, spiritual, athletic, musical…but definitely not commercial.

kensmen.com/catholic/sundaysbytrapp.html

The Holy Father has an encyclical on this…“Dies Domini”. Well worth reading.

cin.org/jp2/diesdomi.html
 
I try not to unless absolutely necessary, I do work quite a bit and don’t always have time.
Gosh my sister the sister scolded me for putting in a load of laundry on a Sunday and asked me if there was any other day I could do them. :o
I know you are supposed to keep the Lord’s day holy, but some times it is necessary. My mother would not do laundry, shop or do anything to take away from God’s day. I do understand, but I am pretty sure God will understand if he made such a beautiful day that everyone needed to go to the beach and use up all my clean towels.
 
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Mamamull:
Yes, I remember Blue Laws.

I didn’t come in contact with them until I was in college, though. Of course, then I found them stodgy.

I have obviously changed a bit since then. 😃
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:amen: Annunciata:D
 
I put “No” but I realize that “Yes, but only for essentials” is probably more accurate. I really don’t like to go, but somehow it always seems we end up going. We managed to skip it today, though. I also try to not to do any non-essential housework on Sundays (an excuse for me to be lazy, yay 😉 ).

Summer Marie
 
It’s difficult to get all the tasks around the house done just on Saturday. I try to do public “work” or busy-ness such as shopping on Saturday, but occasionally we need to get food or a birthday present, etc. Especially those who are single parents or where both parents work during the week and may have other weekend commitments, I could see how it would be difficult to do domestic work only on one day.

I try not to do anything on Sunday that depends on others to work – ex. grocery workers, mall workers, etc. I know that they’ll still have to work anyway, but at least I’m doing my part in trying to make Sunday more holy. Perhaps if everyone did this, less people would have to work on Sunday, and more people would be able to spend it with their families. Whether they are religious or not, this is a good thing.
 
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Good point, only the people that serve us are working many of them would rather not be working so we are sort of not making it easy for them.
Some employers make it obligotry to work so in a sense we would be doing the hard pressed workers a favour, if we didn’t shop on that day.
 
All stores are closed here on Sunday only once a month the mall is open on Sunday but I would never go shopping then.

Emmy
 
Wow, Emmy! I had badly assumed all of Europe was not worried about Sundays and Holy Days. Thanks for waking me up.

I do shop a particular hobby store near me that is never open on Sundays. They get more of my craft money just because.
 
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milimac:
I try not to do anything on Sunday that depends on others to work – ex. grocery workers, mall workers, etc. I know that they’ll still have to work anyway, but at least I’m doing my part in trying to make Sunday more holy. Perhaps if everyone did this, less people would have to work on Sunday, and more people would be able to spend it with their families. Whether they are religious or not, this is a good thing.
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I agree. I don’t expect to see this happening but as Mother Theresa said " we are not called to be successful but to be faithfull".

Moe
 
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Mamamull:
Wow, Emmy! I had badly assumed all of Europe was not worried about Sundays and Holy Days. Thanks for waking me up.

I do shop a particular hobby store near me that is never open on Sundays. They get more of my craft money just because.
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Stores aren´t even open 24/7. They will close at 6 pm only once a week till 9 pm and on Saturdays 5 pm. I have no problem at all with it. On all Holy days stores are closed too. (Christmas , Easter, Pentacost all 2 days)

Emmy
 
I live so far from town that when I go to church I just about have to stop to get something at the grocery store on the way home.
No sin in that!
I also have to feed all my animals, make the bed, wash the dishes, etc…
Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
 
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ridesawhitehors:
Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
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Amen.

We do our grocery shopping on Sundays. It’s usually a family outing. A good time is (usually) had by all.

– Mark L. Chance.
 
Could it be said that Sabbath was recreated by the ressurection of Jesus? Sure He did it for us, but he didn’t say we could just choose any activity on the the day of the week that we honor His triumph over the graveHe did talk about keeping the Lord’s day holy, though. Sure it is easy to go shopping on Sunday. It took me a long time to realize that I needed to make a change. If we spend the day honoring our recepion of the Blessed Sacrament and how Jesus is changing us to be more like Him.

Even if it is a family activity, you are keeping other families from being together.
 
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Mamamull:
Even if it is a family activity, you are keeping other families from being together.
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Nonsense. Fiesta isn’t open on Sundays just because I go grocery shopping on that day.

– Mark L. Chance.
 
Yep, if need be. BUT, try to instill in our family it is for the most part a day of rest. I don’t think someone goes to hell for shopping or movie going, etc. on Sundays though.

God Bless~
 
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