Is Sunday really the Sabbath Day?

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The Bible refers to Saturday as being the Sabbath. How did the Catholic Church arrive at Sunday as the Sabbath and are we committing a mortal sin by not obeying this Commandment and keeping Saturday holy? I am a returning Catholic and this has got me confused. I don’t want to be committing a mortal sin by not keeping Saturday holy. Please help me understand what is right. Thank you. Sandie
 
The obligation to set aside time for worship is part of the natural law which is binding on everyone. Not all of the laws found in the Old Testament are part of the natural law and those which are *not *part of the natural law—e.g., the obligation to worship on Saturday —were only ever binding on the Jews. Christians are not bound by them. Since Jesus was resurrected from the dead on Sunday, it makes sense for Christians to set aside Sunday for worship. The earliest Christians did this and Catholics continue to do this still today.

For more on this see: Why We Are Not Bound by Everything in the Old Law
 
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