Should I Do This On The Lord's Day?

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My mother has asked me to take some photos of something she wants to sell. Should I be doing this on a Sunday as it seems a like something you would get a servant or slave to do?
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FAH said:
My mother has asked me to take some photos of something she wants to sell. Should I be doing this on a Sunday as it seems a like something you would get a servant or slave to do?
Many Thanks.
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Using a camera to take photos is not forbidden, nor is it slave work. It’s not even work.
 
FAH said:
My mother has asked me to take some photos of something she wants to sell. Should I be doing this on a Sunday as** it seems a like something you would get a servant or slave to do?**Many Thanks.
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Is this a joke???
 
FAH said:
My mother has asked me to take some photos of something she wants to sell. Should I be doing this on a Sunday as it seems a like something you would get a servant or slave to do?
Many Thanks.
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Hi FAH,

I think you worry too much. 😉

God Bless,
Joan
 
You would be honouring your mother and doing something that you probably enjoy (photography). I think you are just fine.

Peace.
 
FAH said:
My mother has asked me to take some photos of something she wants to sell. Should I be doing this on a Sunday as it seems a like something you would get a servant or slave to do?
Many Thanks.
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Servile work on Sunday is not considered a grevious sin unless carried out for more than 2 hours.
We can do servile work for two hours and not be in sin but to work longer is considered a sin.
source. “My Catholic Faith” by Most reverend Louis Laravoire Morrow,S.T.D. bishop of Krishngar.
printed 1958
 
If your seriously worried about this you need to seek professional help. Rapidly.
 
FAH said:
My mother has asked me to take some photos of something she wants to sell. Should I be doing this on a Sunday as it seems a like something you would get a servant or slave to do?
Many Thanks.
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Slave, take some pictures for me!😉

You worry too much. You got the scruples.

Edit: Being scrupulous is a sin, right?
 
FAH said:
My mother has asked me to take some photos of something she wants to sell. Should I be doing this on a Sunday as it seems a like something you would get a servant or slave to do?
Many Thanks.
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If you have a slave to do this kind of work, you have much bigger problems then keeping the Lord’s day holy.
 
FAH said:
My mother has asked me to take some photos of something she wants to sell. Should I be doing this on a Sunday as it seems a like something you would get a servant or slave to do?
Many Thanks.
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I’m going to answer you without any teasing.

If your mother asks you to take some pictures of something she wants to sell, it is all right to do this, even on a Sunday. “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” and "honor thy father and mother.’

In Biblical times, and even for the upper class people in western society until the early 20th century, servants and slaves were commonplace. They are NOT so today. Therefore, many activities which would have been delegated to them are performed by ‘free people’ and ‘family’ and they retain no vestige of their former status as something done by ‘the hired help’. We have to be careful when we are reading literature and writings done long ago which detail things like slaves etc. not to assume that the same ‘status’ for certain ‘works’ as being ‘for slaves’ exists in the current day.

For the most part, unless your parent is telling you to do something objectively sinful (to lie, to steal, to sell your body), you are under the obligation to obey your parent. If you really cannot tell whether what they ask is objectively sinful, obey your parent as far as conscience allows and if possible consult a priest before doing what is asked, if not, consult the priest as soon afterward as possible.
 
GEddie said:
Not really, just a priest’s counsel over scrupulosity.
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Okay. There is “scrupuloisty” and there is “OCD”. No, not saying anything negative against the OP, but it might take more than a priest to help with this.
 
Equites_Christi said:
What an unfortunate acronym
:rolleyes:
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It’s all a matter of context. Before “STD” stood for what you were thinking, it indicated - as in this case - “Doctor of Sacred Theology.” And if you were in the insurance business, it stood for “Short Term Disability.” Another example of how we’ve lost certain terms to the pervasive sexualization of our social mindset.
 
Tantum_ergo said:
I’m going to answer you without any teasing.

If your mother asks you to take some pictures of something she wants to sell, it is all right to do this, even on a Sunday. “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” and "honor thy father and mother.’

In Biblical times, and even for the upper class people in western society until the early 20th century, servants and slaves were commonplace. They are NOT so today. Therefore, many activities which would have been delegated to them are performed by ‘free people’ and ‘family’ and they retain no vestige of their former status as something done by ‘the hired help’. We have to be careful when we are reading literature and writings done long ago which detail things like slaves etc. not to assume that the same ‘status’ for certain ‘works’ as being ‘for slaves’ exists in the current day.

For the most part, unless your parent is telling you to do something objectively sinful (to lie, to steal, to sell your body), you are under the obligation to obey your parent. If you really cannot tell whether what they ask is objectively sinful, obey your parent as far as conscience allows and if possible consult a priest before doing what is asked, if not, consult the priest as soon afterward as possible.
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Best response so far!! 👍🙂

-Chris
 
Equites_Christi said:
What an unfortunate acronym
:rolleyes:
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crossed my mind as i typed it.
Tarpeian_Rock said:
It’s all a matter of context. Before “STD” stood for what you were thinking, it indicated - as in this case - “Doctor of Sacred Theology.” And if you were in the insurance business, it stood for “Short Term Disability.” Another example of how we’ve lost certain terms to the pervasive sexualization of our social mindset.
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Thanks now i know what those credentials mean.
 
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