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maryjk
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I know a number of people that have said this.
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PatriceA
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And there is a HUGE difference between someone that WANTS to work on Sundays and those that are FORCED to work on Sundays, if their Sabbath is Sundays. So some Christians prefer to work on Sundays, as long as they are making their Sunday obligation, so what. Maybe to them its even charity work so those that have families can spend the day together.
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Bookcat
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As to the question of eating out:
Yes…one may eat out!
Such is included as an example in the Catechism.
Read this section for a fuller treatment of Sunday and how we are to live it and help others to live it.
vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P7O.HTM
And also read this document from Pope Benedict XVI
vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis_en.html#The_eucharistic_form_of_the_christian_life
Let us live according to the Lords Day!
Let us Rejoice for he is Risen and he gives us true life!
Enjoy your dinner
Yes…one may eat out!
Such is included as an example in the Catechism.
Read this section for a fuller treatment of Sunday and how we are to live it and help others to live it.
vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P7O.HTM
And also read this document from Pope Benedict XVI
vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis_en.html#The_eucharistic_form_of_the_christian_life
Let us live according to the Lords Day!
Let us Rejoice for he is Risen and he gives us true life!Enjoy your dinner
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thistle
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As to the question of eating out:
Yes…one may eat out!
Such is included as an example in the Catechism.
Read this section for a fuller treatment of Sunday and how we are to live it and help others to live it.
vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P7O.HTM
And also read this document from Pope Benedict XVI
vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis_en.html#The_eucharistic_form_of_the_christian_life
Let us live according to the Lords Day!
Enjoy your dinner
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DeoJuventute
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The rule of thumb I go by when you’re talking about commercial activity on Sunday is whether or not the commercial activity is really necessary or not. It’s very hard to say what’s a sin, per se, when it comes to Sunday observance, because our culture is not at all observant of Sunday rest. In much of Europe and Latin America you have to really go out of your way to buy, eat, or do commercial activity on Sunday, but that’s not the case here.
And I also know that in Ireland, for example, there is a long tradition of heading to the pub after Mass.
All of that said, if you don’t really need to go out to eat on Sunday, then perhaps you shouldn’t. What is and isn’t a sin is probably a question best left to a priest.
And I also know that in Ireland, for example, there is a long tradition of heading to the pub after Mass.
All of that said, if you don’t really need to go out to eat on Sunday, then perhaps you shouldn’t. What is and isn’t a sin is probably a question best left to a priest.
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Bookcat
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Necessity can be part of a rule of thumb for some things concerning Sunday…but it is not the rule of thumb on such moments of leisure as eating out. Such is a traditional activity that is even noted in the Catechism. It is not a sin.
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yellow8yellowM
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I also believe that several posters here have translated the Catechism improperly.
If taken in context, this line in section 2187 (below) is directed toward those people who are required to work because of traditional activities such as sports or employment at a restaurant. It is not directed at people who decide to eat at the restaurant.
Whether it is sinful or not, eating at a restaurant on Sunday is not the most charitable thing to do. Do we want to do the bare minimum, or strive for perfection?
If taken in context, this line in section 2187 (below) is directed toward those people who are required to work because of traditional activities such as sports or employment at a restaurant. It is not directed at people who decide to eat at the restaurant.
Whether it is sinful or not, eating at a restaurant on Sunday is not the most charitable thing to do. Do we want to do the bare minimum, or strive for perfection?
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bmullins
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What about the poor unwed mother who needs to feed her children, and is working the Sunday shift because she has no choice. Is it more charitable to avoid a restaurant because you don’t want the person to have to work… or to leave them there working for tips and minimum wage, forcing them to be there for 8 hours anyway without the money from you?
We need to be careful not to make the same mistake as the Pharisees, withholding things from others because we have already dedicated them to God.
We need to be careful not to make the same mistake as the Pharisees, withholding things from others because we have already dedicated them to God.
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yellow8yellowM
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Should we vote to increase the complexity of the tax code to create more jobs for accountants? Should we start fires to ensure that no firefighters get laid off?
We should be doing what is right, not what is convenient or habitual.
Regardless, if nobody in the entire world spent a single penny on Sunday, then there might be temporary blip in the economy. But more than likely people could wait one more day and would end up spending the same amount of money, just spread over six days instead of seven.
And even if I’m wrong about the little economic example I gave, we should remember the sermon on the mount. God would rather us be poor and out of work than disobedient.
We should be doing what is right, not what is convenient or habitual.
Regardless, if nobody in the entire world spent a single penny on Sunday, then there might be temporary blip in the economy. But more than likely people could wait one more day and would end up spending the same amount of money, just spread over six days instead of seven.
And even if I’m wrong about the little economic example I gave, we should remember the sermon on the mount. God would rather us be poor and out of work than disobedient.
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yellow8yellowM
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In my opinion it would be most charitable to take the $30 you were going to spend at the restaurant, buy $10 worth of food at the grocery store on Saturday, and give the remaining $20 to the poor mother so that you can both observe the Lord’s Day.
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wendy_w
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I work in the hotel industry and we have to work on sundays. Even through I don’t like to its part of my job and supports my family. I never miss my sunday obligation and I find a mass that works with my schudule. In a prefect world I wish no one had to work sunday.
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nickybr38
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I asked my Priest about shopping (and eating out on Sunday is included in that) on Sunday and he said it is absolutely not a sin. I trust him to be a holy man so I’m not sure why people insist it IS a sin.
I trust him to be a holy man so I’m not sure why people insist it IS a sin.
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Luvtosew
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The resturants need Sunday business along with the waitresses, so yes lets all eat out.
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Luna_Lovecraft
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You’re free to think whatever you want, but it’s not a sin to eat out on the Lord’s Day. It’s also not a sin to shop or work on this day.
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devoutchristian
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Is leisure in general an acceptable reason for making other people work or is it only legitimate in the case of traditional activities?
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