Encouring others to work on Sunday?

[PeteZaHut]

I tend to be king of scrupulous, so forgive me if this question is ridiculous.

I am in college. I have a paper due on Tuesday. Today is Saturday. My teacher has said that we can submit a draft to her and she will have it back to us by Monday evening. I plan on writing a draft some time tonight. I go to a liberal college, where I would have no clue if someone such as a professor would try to keep Sunday as a day of rest or not. I know that if I submit my draft today (Saturday), there is a good chance that my teacher would review it on Sunday.

Is this the kind of thing where I should not submit the draft today, or am I ovethinking it?

 

[baltobetsy]

It is servile work that is to be avoided on Sunday. Servile work is physical work. Writing or grading a paper is intellectual work, for which there is no restriction.

But even without that distinction, you are not responsible for what another adult does on Sunday or any other day.

Betsy

 

[PeteZaHut]

I always see people posting about how it’s only servile work that we must abstain from on Sundays.

I read this in the Catechism:
“On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God, the joy proper to the Lord’s Day, the performance of the works of mercy, and the appropriate relaxation of mind and body”

It doesn’t seem to distinguish between physical and mental work. It doesn’t really say work at all.

Can anyone clarify this?

 

[PaulinVA]

Pete - the instructor said you would get the paper back on Monday evening.

You are over thinking this. Send the paper in today or Sunday. No big deal.

The instructor is responsible for his/her actions.

 

[jemfinch]

It doesn’t seem to distinguish between physical and mental work. It doesn’t really say work at all.

Can anyone clarify this?

I think “servile labor” was the phrase used in the old (1917?) code of canon law. The current code of canon law (1983) seems to use the same phrasing as the Catechism.

Jeremy