Tis_Bearself
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The other thing is, somebody is probably working on Sunday in order to bring you the things that you would buy on Monday. Driving the truck of goods to get to the store…making the baked goods so they will be fresh…etc.
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Just a few random thoughts:
This issue goes far beyond restaurants and retail sales.
Do you like to spend Sunday afternoons reading the newspaper? It was delivered by somebody working on Sunday. Your Monday newspaper will be written by people working on Sunday.
Like to enjoy a nice movie on TV or listen to your favorite radio station on Sunday? People are working at those stations.
Movies? Swimming pool? The local gym? All require people to work in order to operate.
Traveling a long distance to visit someone? Somebody needs to work at the gas station so you can fill up to make it home. Do you travel to by bus, train, airplane? All require people to work.
How about going to a ball game? Ticket sellers, ushers, concession workers - even the athletes themselves if they are professionals - all work on Sunday to put on that game.
The point I am trying to make is that there are many, many people whose Sunday labor we rely on. Drawing the line between what is essential and non-essential is very difficult.
When I was in high school, I worked for a gas station and ended up having to work Easter Sunday morning. Not my first preference, obviously, but by going to the earliest Mass I was able to make it to work on time. Shortly after I opened, a friend of mine drove in with his parents. My friend’s mother commented to me how sad it was that I had to work on Easter…while I was filling their car with gas.
This issue goes far beyond restaurants and retail sales.
Do you like to spend Sunday afternoons reading the newspaper? It was delivered by somebody working on Sunday. Your Monday newspaper will be written by people working on Sunday.
Like to enjoy a nice movie on TV or listen to your favorite radio station on Sunday? People are working at those stations.
Movies? Swimming pool? The local gym? All require people to work in order to operate.
Traveling a long distance to visit someone? Somebody needs to work at the gas station so you can fill up to make it home. Do you travel to by bus, train, airplane? All require people to work.
How about going to a ball game? Ticket sellers, ushers, concession workers - even the athletes themselves if they are professionals - all work on Sunday to put on that game.
The point I am trying to make is that there are many, many people whose Sunday labor we rely on. Drawing the line between what is essential and non-essential is very difficult.
When I was in high school, I worked for a gas station and ended up having to work Easter Sunday morning. Not my first preference, obviously, but by going to the earliest Mass I was able to make it to work on time. Shortly after I opened, a friend of mine drove in with his parents. My friend’s mother commented to me how sad it was that I had to work on Easter…while I was filling their car with gas.
Tis_Bearself
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I would imagine the electric company and the water department have people working just to keep the utilities going so that the church can flip the lights on and have running water in the restroom sinks for when people come to Mass.
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hergratefulchild
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Yes, its all in perspective… I opted to work every other Sunday so I feel I have one and my co worker also has one
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SeriousQuestion
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I didn’t know those could be sins. I will try to avoid them in the future.
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hergratefulchild
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They are not so sins
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SeriousQuestion
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So sins?
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Cruciferi
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Here are my Sunday Offenses:
- Shopping
- Working
- Exercising
- Eating Out
- Cutting Grass
- Chores
- Laundry
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hergratefulchild
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The current state of the world is not aligned to the word of God. It could be a sin not to rest at least every seventh day.
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SeriousQuestion
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Hah I don’t have a lawn.
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Cruciferi
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Tis_Bearself
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Not working on Sunday made sense when people lived in small agrarian or nomadic communities. There was probably nothing happening on Sunday that couldn’t be done on Saturday or Monday. They also worked dawn till dusk every other day of the week. If they didn’t have a mandated rest and worship day, most of them would never do it.
There was no need to send a truck to drive 100 miles so the store shelves would be stocked the next day. No utilities or electronic media to keep running. The biggest thing you might have to do was build a fire to keep warm.
Our challenge today is to still make the time for God despite distractions.
There was no need to send a truck to drive 100 miles so the store shelves would be stocked the next day. No utilities or electronic media to keep running. The biggest thing you might have to do was build a fire to keep warm.
Our challenge today is to still make the time for God despite distractions.
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PHXsunsAZ
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It never fails, I always end up craving chick-fil-a on a Sunday
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somecanadian
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I always thought it was okay to do those things?
Like, what if cleaning relaxes me? What if, while cleaning, I listen to religious podcasts, or pray… or just in general find peace and mental solace?
Like, what if cleaning relaxes me? What if, while cleaning, I listen to religious podcasts, or pray… or just in general find peace and mental solace?
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Bon_Croix
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Americans are spoiled. They think everything is essential.
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Bon_Croix
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Truth is that the CCC is weak in this area b/c the bishops have been week in this area.
Hence, so many questions about it.
It is a failure on the part of Western Society, partly and probably mostly due to the secular nature of our laws in the U.S as well as our lack of “doing something about it”.
Hence, so many questions about it.
It is a failure on the part of Western Society, partly and probably mostly due to the secular nature of our laws in the U.S as well as our lack of “doing something about it”.
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TheLittleLady
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Not to mention the parishes who have paid staff who work on Sunday.
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LundyLund
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Didn’t Jesus tell us that the sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath? He gives examples of “work” that is totally acceptable (David eating the bread, his disciples picking heads of grain, a farmer rescuing his cattle) even on the sabbath.
I’ve tried to shift my menial tasks that I used to do every Sunday to Saturday (grocery shopping, laundry, etc.). Not because I think it’s necessarily wrong to do those on Sunday, but because I want to make sure I keep Sunday special, and that goes beyond just mass. Going out to eat is something my family does only on occasion, so I don’t see a problem going out on Sunday.
I’ve tried to shift my menial tasks that I used to do every Sunday to Saturday (grocery shopping, laundry, etc.). Not because I think it’s necessarily wrong to do those on Sunday, but because I want to make sure I keep Sunday special, and that goes beyond just mass. Going out to eat is something my family does only on occasion, so I don’t see a problem going out on Sunday.
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TK421
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What do you think?
imo there is something special and wonderful about having family meals on Sundays with an especially large and long meal with lots of conversation.
But I don’t think any moral theologian will tell you it is wrong to go out to eat.
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