No Sunday work = no work at all?

[timranck]

My wife is the primary bread winner but since we don’t have any children yet it is not a problem for me to work also and would be a welcome addition to income in order to pay off the few remaining debts we have (though they are not burdensome). I applied at multiple places and it would seem that they all pretty much required working on Sunday. In years past, before we were married, I would work on Sundays because it meant bills didn’t get paid which I know is a valid reason. Since me working would only be extra money that would get debts paid off faster is it right to assume that I am better to not work at all then to work on Sundays?

Tim

 

[Christus_Rex]

I think it depends on:

1. How long you are working for
2. Whether it is neccesary

If it is neccesary and isnt for several hours then it is perfectly acceptable. I think it’s only a mortal sin to work on a Sunday if the work is unnecessary and for several hours.

Hope it helps, someone else will be able to clarify/correct what I have said,
Michael

 

[timranck]

In that case I can’t work on Sundays since it would not be necessary. Now if I got a job and they called on a Sunday saying somebody called in sick and they really need my help that would be different since I would be doing it firstly as a means of lessening the increased burden on others.

Tim

 

[wabrams]

timranck:

In that case I can’t work on Sundays since it would not be necessary. Now if I got a job and they called on a Sunday saying somebody called in sick and they really need my help that would be different since I would be doing it firstly as a means of lessening the increased burden on others.

Tim

I think it would be necessary if you’re trying to better your situation. I believe there are a couple of versus in the Bible about how one shouldn’t carry unnecessary debt or something to that nature. Go to Saturday Mass, work Sunday’s and pay your debt off.

 

[On_my_way]

CCC 2185 states, “0n 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… Family needs or important social service can legitimately excuse one from the Obligation of Sunday rest. The faithful should see to it that legitimate excuses do not lead to habits prejudicial to religion, family lfe and health.”

If it is not needed then it should not be done. It is okay to work as long as it does not take the place of Church (worship), family and your own health. Hope this helps.

 

[Eileen_T]

I just scrolled through Dies Domini (The Day of the Lord) on www.ourladyswarriors.org and couldn’t see an outright prohibition (at a quick glance) as long as a person otherwise fulfills his or her Sunday obligation.

However, I would like to point out that at La Salette, where Our Lady appeared to Melanie and Maximin in 1846, she told them that the fact that man blasphemed God’s name and worked on the Sabbath, not keeping the Lord’s day holy, were “the two things that weigh down the arm of my Son so much.”

As a result of these sins, a great famine was predicted and “children under the age of seven will begin to tremble and will die in the arms of those who hold them.”

The famine happened in Europe as Our Lady predicted.

 

[justice]

My job requires a lot of overtime, during the week and a lot of Sat-
urday’s. They have asked for volunteers for Sunday work and I re-
fuse. I told them the only way I was working Sunday, if they made
it MANDATORY and I would be fired for not showing up.
Even though we have Sat. mass, Sunday is just sacred to me and
GOD comes first in my life, but on the other hand, don’t put all the
responsibility on your wife to carry the financial burden.
My husband makes a little more per hour than I do, but I make
more per year than he does because of the forced overtime.
LOOK INTO YOUR HEART AND PRAY…