servile work

[Sunbreak]

Part of the problem is that the website referred to is extremist to begin with. These are SSPX people who do not accept the changes of Vatican II. I would not read any of their material.
You will not get a definitive answer to your question from people on the forum. Ask your priest and then stick with what he tells you.

 

[pianistclare]

Yes. That is much of the problem. Many of Angel’s sources are not credible. You can tell by the wording.

 

[on_the_hill]

Angell1–

Here’s a question for you to ponder: Many years ago it was prohibited in my state to make a u-turn in your car on a public street.

About 40 years go, roughly, the law changed. A new law abrogated the old law; thereafter it was permissible to make a u-turn on a public street.

If you were a police officer in 2015, and you saw someone make a u-turn, would you pull him over and issue a citation based on the old law?

Clearly, the answer is “no.” You would have no authority to issue a citation based on a law that no longer exists.

Similarly, Canon Law changes. Very intelligent people spend their lives studying Canon Law. We call these people canon lawyers. Trust them. What they do they do under the auspices of the Magesterium. Read this page: canonlaw.info/a_canonlawyersarearent.htm

"The opinion of a canonist on a specific question, then, is the opinion of one trained to recognize whether a given action is in accord with the legal expressions of Christ’s will for his Church."

 

[Tarpeian_Rock]

in this particular case, it started with a priest’s homily, who said that we shouldn’t do anything that causes others to work, like eating out, shopping, well anything basically

but I was on a mission at that cathedral during the summer and his housekeeper was cooking him up meals on sundays so… not exactly sure how that’s any different

I think I need to learn to take things with a grain of salt sometimes, even if it comes from priests.

thanks again, clare, always appreciated

Canon 1247 forbids activities on the Lord’s Day which, among other things, interferes with the “suitable relaxation of mind and body.” Canon Law also encourages family time and family activities on that day. So let’s say that parents wanted to take their children to a park and as part of the outing, get some ice cream. Healthy and appropriate family time, right? Apparently the priest you heard would forbid such a healthy and wholesome activity: taking the car out could mean it might need gas, causing service stations to be open. Park security and maintenance workers would be needed to staff the park. Clearly people would then be needing to work at the ice cream stand. This goes beyond just a “grain of salt;” if the priest meant to forbid such activities, he was just wrong.