On-line shopping on Sunday...mortal sin?

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When I got home from Church today (Sunday), I bought something on-line. I normally avoid shopping on Sundays because I don’t want to create a demand for others to have to work on Sunday. In my own head, my justification for this purchase today was that a great sale is taking place through Monday, and I wanted to be able to get these items before they ran out of stock. I felt that if I waited until tomorrow, I might miss them. Also, my main purpose for shopping was to buy some Miraculous Medals for a friend who gives them out to people and she had recently run out. Maybe the fact that I was buying something religious helped me to justify my shopping at the time. (and maybe that was wrong) The website is in the U.S. and run by Catholics and I have no idea if they have staff working on Sundays.

I have heard so many different opinions on this. Some say that absolutely no business is to be done on Sundays, but then we have priests in our parish who go out to restaurants on Sundays, knowing that it creates a demand for others to work that day.

I plan to go to Mass Monday morning, and now I’m wondering if I should avoid Communion. I won’t have a chance to speak to a priest before then. If this was a mortal sin, I’d like to know!

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BartholomewB said:
I’ve never heard a Catholic say that, only Calvinists.
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I heard at least one Catholic say that. A friend of mine (Catholic) had posted on Facebook about cleaning out her kids’ closets (apparently her teenaged son left a sandwich in there that was about to take on life of its own and had developed a rank smell). I posted about having to clean up after all my critters (two cats and two dogs). A friend of my friend posted and proceeded to lecture both of us about working on the Lord’s Day and that our day would be better spent in prayer than working.

I sent my PM a message and asked if her friend was for real, or just kidding. My friend responded that this was a woman from her parish who was assuredly for real.
 
If you are worried about making people work on Sunday, don’t. Websites are automated so computers do everything from presenting the catalog to processing the credit card. Workers will not be involved until Monday.

No, there was no sin here.
 
If it were a sin, I’d be in deep trouble! I usually attend Mass on Saturday evening, so Sunday is usually my “at home” day. I have shopped on-line, done my on-line banking, worked on my writing, and done housework. Today was my volunteer day, so I worked pretty hard.

When I used to go to Mass on Sunday mornings, I would often go to the grocery store before going home. It’s a long drive & I didn’t want to have to drive to town again on Monday. Besides, I’d run into friends from church in the store!

And I have never once felt the need to go to confession about these things. I really don’t understand the people who do. They make life so hard for themselves.
 
i think as long as you don’t make a habit of it you can shop on Sundays. As long as you do go to Mass, do spend extra time in prayer that day. No harm if you decide to shop. Especially online shopping, they wont even ship it till the next day at best.

In my family, shopping is actually something fun we do. We don’t do it every Sunday, but occasionally, especially since most weeks Sunday is the only day that all our family members have the day off. I work most Saturdays. So that leaves Sundays completely off. We also enjoy cooking or baking on Sundays. I mean we have to eat, plus it’s a way to engage the kids in the kitchen. We also spend time talking about the Mass, or Jesus or just matters of the faith while cooking. I personally like listening to my audio Bible while cleaning the dishes or listen to some Christian music and hymns.

A priest told me once that as long as I do not neglect God that day, it is ok to do some minor stuff. Just do not think of spring cleaning on a Sunday. Unless you have that one day off then you should ask your priest or at least do it while praying or listening to the Bible or some Catholic presentation.

P.S. We are not supposed to neglect God even on weekdays. In fact you can pray at work, whenever you have a moment alone, or just saying Juses I trust in you repetadly in your head, saying it with love of course not vain repetition. This could make a huge difference in your day. Always keep God as the center of you life.

Peace
 
I don’t do work on Sundays and I try not to make anyone else do that either. Sundays are for mass, family, and service. I keep it a day of rest, which means the minimum to get through the day (no huge dinners, washing toilets, etc.). I never thought about keeping Sundays as holy days (the whole day) for God until the Holy Spirit put it on my heart. I don’t generally read the following website, but a link lead me to an article written by Maria von Trapp and then it clicked and I got it: fisheaters.com/sundaysbytrapp.html.

Since setting aside Sundays it’s made a big difference and it’s so nice. Really turns out to be a gift from God, as well as a devotion to Him. I also don’t shop online on Sunday since I try to have at least one day where I’m not focused on material things. Although your situation was a bit different. God bless!
 
AllieT said:
When I got home from Church today (Sunday), I bought something on-line. I normally avoid shopping on Sundays because I don’t want to create a demand for others to have to work on Sunday. In my own head, my justification for this purchase today was that a great sale is taking place through Monday, and I wanted to be able to get these items before they ran out of stock. I felt that if I waited until tomorrow, I might miss them. Also, my main purpose for shopping was to buy some Miraculous Medals for a friend who gives them out to people and she had recently run out. Maybe the fact that I was buying something religious helped me to justify my shopping at the time. (and maybe that was wrong) The website is in the U.S. and run by Catholics and I have no idea if they have staff working on Sundays.

I have heard so many different opinions on this. Some say that absolutely no business is to be done on Sundays, but then we have priests in our parish who go out to restaurants on Sundays, knowing that it creates a demand for others to work that day.

I plan to go to Mass Monday morning, and now I’m wondering if I should avoid Communion. I won’t have a chance to speak to a priest before then. If this was a mortal sin, I’d like to know!

Thoughts?
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NO!!
 
You suspect that buying a religious medal on Sunday or eating at a restaurant on Sunday might be a mortal sin? Of course not.
 
Did you love God first on this Sunday? Did you make going to Mass your first priority? Then don’t worry about it. (In my opinion).
 
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