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I know that when you go to work on sunday, it is a sin. I want to know if doing small things around your home like washing dishes or doing laundry would still be considered a sin. What type of work is not a sin on Sunday?

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RedDuke50 said:
I know that when you go to work on sunday, it is a sin. I want to know if doing small things around your home like washing dishes or doing laundry would still be considered a sin. What type of work is not a sin on Sunday?

Thank you
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Doing dishes and laundry is not a sin. They are necessary things. It would be worse to leave dirty dishes around that attract bugs and get moldy. (Go out to eat, and then you don’t have to worry about dirty dishes!!) 😃

Sunday has been one of my laundry days for years. Otherwise, there are no clean clothes for the week. When all 5 of us had to get ready for the week, laundry day often took more than a day, so it was both Saturday and Sunday. Now with my household down to 2, I will be able to get it all done in much less time, but it will still probably be Sunday, because that has been the pattern for so many years.
 
Catholic90 said:
Doing dishes and laundry is not a sin. They are necessary things. It would be worse to leave dirty dishes around that attract bugs and get moldy. (Go out to eat, and then you don’t have to worry about dirty dishes!!) 😃

Sunday has been one of my laundry days for years. Otherwise, there are no clean clothes for the week. When all 5 of us had to get ready for the week, laundry day often took more than a day, so it was both Saturday and Sunday. Now with my household down to 2, I will be able to get it all done in much less time, but it will still probably be Sunday, because that has been the pattern for so many years.
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seriously though Jesus and the Apostles and early Christians worked and shopped on Sunday - the weekend off for a true Christian should be only saturday and back at work on sunday - twinc
 
twinc said:
seriously though Jesus and the Apostles and early Christians worked and shopped on Sunday - the weekend off for a true Christian should be only saturday and back at work on sunday - twinc
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But I thought that you were not allowed to work on Sunday unless you were someone that helped/saved people.
 
RedDuke50 said:
I know that when you go to work on sunday, it is a sin. I want to know if doing small things around your home like washing dishes or doing laundry would still be considered a sin. What type of work is not a sin on Sunday?

Thank you
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then you know more than I do.

it is not a sin to work on Sunday
it is a sin to miss Mass on Sunday and to totally ignore the sacred character of the day.
work that is discouraged is servile work, namely the work you get paid for the rest of the week, unless the conditions of your employment require you to work on Sunday.
 
Catholic90 said:
Doing dishes and laundry is not a sin. They are necessary things. It would be worse to leave dirty dishes around that attract bugs and get moldy. (Go out to eat, and then you don’t have to worry about dirty dishes!!) 😃

Sunday has been one of my laundry days for years. Otherwise, there are no clean clothes for the week. When all 5 of us had to get ready for the week, laundry day often took more than a day, so it was both Saturday and Sunday. Now with my household down to 2, I will be able to get it all done in much less time, but it will still probably be Sunday, because that has been the pattern for so many years.
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Do it different once and you’ve changed.

Do it for Him.
 
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If you’re worried, pray as you do the washing, thus respecting the holiness of the day

2173** The Gospel reports many incidents when Jesus was accused of violating the sabbath law. But Jesus never fails to respect the holiness of this day. He gives this law its authentic and authoritative interpretation: "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. With compassion, Christ declares the sabbath for doing good rather than harm, for saving life rather than killing. The sabbath is the day of the Lord of mercies and a day to honor God. “The Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c1a3.htm

scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c1a3.htm
 
RedDuke50 said:
I know that when you go to work on sunday, it is a sin. I want to know if doing small things around your home like washing dishes or doing laundry would still be considered a sin. What type of work is not a sin on Sunday?

Thank you
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Manual work, if it is not necessary, would be a sin. The amount of time will determine
whether it is a venial or mortal sin. Long ago we were taught if it is two and a half
hours, then mortal. And also shopping on Sunday was also wrong unless necessary.
The difficulty of answering honestly what is necessary depends on quality of the christian.
 
fred_conty said:
Manual work, if it is not necessary, would be a sin. The amount of time will determine
whether it is a venial or mortal sin. Long ago we were taught if it is two and a half
hours, then mortal. And also shopping on Sunday was also wrong unless necessary.
The difficulty of answering honestly what is necessary depends on quality of the christian.
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I thought the issue revolved around “servile,” not “manual.” Surely “manual work” in the form of recreational pursuits such as gardening, crafts, and similar hobbies would clearly not be sinful.
 
The pharasees taught that work on the Sabbath was a sin and Jesus clearly rebuked them. Does anyone here want to agree with the pharisees?

So what is work? Where does it end?

A college student working a job in a fast food resturant or cutting lunch meats at the grocery store so that they can afford to go to school and become a doctor is hardly a sin.

I know a guy from Haiti who does exactly that and send part of the money home to his family who lives in a tent becuase of the earthquake. Sin?

To me, lugging a golf bag across a grassy field is work. Hey, that’s just me. 🤷 Is it a sin?

Did you know that the pharisees said that you could not walk more than thirty steps on the Sabbath or you were working? What are we all supposed to do, sit there and stare at the cieling?

Let’s not be pharasitical here people. The sabbath is to renew man, not to make man a slave to the calendar. We are to “Enter into his rest” on the sabbath.

I hope those who insist that we must never do any work on Sunday never cause anyone to do any work on Sunday themselves.

-Tim-
 
Tarpeian_Rock said:
I thought the issue revolved around “servile,” not “manual.” Surely “manual work” in the form of recreational pursuits such as gardening, crafts, and similar hobbies would clearly not be sinful.
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Servile is that work which requires the use of the body rather than that of the mind.
Manual is work with the hands.
Do you see any difference? I myself don’t.
I can only say what we were told long ago since I don’t see anything on it currently.
Sports, crafts, hobbies and other light activities of interest were ok.
Gardening would depend on how light and how long since it was considered more manual.
And of course there is gardening and then there is gardening if you know what I mean.
Washing cars was frowned upon. That is something for the other 6 days.
Also nobody, but nobody mowed lawns.

People at first didn’t do much shopping on Sundays because there wern’t many stores open at first. But then time moved on, more and more stores were open and then the
sermons on “not shopping” began. But as you know the score was, stores 100,
sermons 0. But I believe this still should not be done if possible.

I always had the feeling that if the work caused sweating, then it was time to stop.
Of course this didn’t count if someone had a job requiring them to work.
If you have some specific questions I may be able to remember.
 
fred_conty said:
Servile is that work which requires the use of the body rather than that of the mind.
Manual is work with the hands.
Do you see any difference? I myself don’t.
I can only say what we were told long ago since I don’t see anything on it currently.
Sports, crafts, hobbies and other light activities of interest were ok.
Gardening would depend on how light and how long since it was considered more manual.
And of course there is gardening and then there is gardening if you know what I mean.
Washing cars was frowned upon. That is something for the other 6 days.
Also nobody, but nobody mowed lawns.

People at first didn’t do much shopping on Sundays because there wern’t many stores open at first. But then time moved on, more and more stores were open and then the
sermons on “not shopping” began. But as you know the score was, stores 100,
sermons 0. But I believe this still should not be done if possible.

I always had the feeling that if the work caused sweating, then it was time to stop.
Of course this didn’t count if someone had a job requiring them to work.
If you have some specific questions I may be able to remember.
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All of that is so very easy to say.

But I raise two children by myself, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, 365 days/year. I cook. I clean. I do the dishes and the laundry. I shop for groceries and change the oil in the car. I cut the grass and take the garbage pail to the street. I drive both of my girls to Catholic School every morning and manage to hold down a full time job which pays enough for me to put food on the table and pay their school tuition, which aint cheap. And the kids have not missed Sunday Mass in three years.

If I could “Do it for him” I would.

But before anyone drives past my house and sneers, “Look at that sinner” because I’m breaking a sweat on Sunday, they had better walk a mile in my shoes.

And as to gardening, it is my hobby. I have a beautiful butterfly garden in the back yard which is where I do most of my praying. To me, tilling the soil and tending the plants is ministering to God’s creation. The word “recreation” means re-creation. Nobody can tell me that planting a new butterfly bush on Sunday or trimming my “Pope John Paul II” roses is a sin.

I think anyone who insists that breaking a sweat on Sunday is a sin is a bit pharasitical.

-Tim-
 
So if working on Sunday is a sin, especially cleaning, I can’t play baseball, and can’t work out? :confused: And technically, wouldn’t praying and wearing a hat (even a baseball hat) be a sin (see somewhere in Timothy)? Because the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath, I thought that it was only required that you go to Mass (assuming you’re Catholic). That keeps the Holy Day holy.

But I think the real question is, what is considered servile work? that is, is performing your job, working out, or cleaning dishes servile work? I don’t THINK so, but I’m often wrong.
 
fred_conty said:
Do it different once and you’ve changed.

Do it for Him.
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I really do not have time in my school year schedule otherwise. M-F is filled with school activities and teaching. Saturday is for catch up on sleep and running errands, paying bills, cleaning house, etc. Sunday is to wash everything from the week and get ready for the next school week.
 
TimothyH said:
All of that is so very easy to say.

But I raise two children by myself, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, 365 days/year. I cook. I clean. I do the dishes and the laundry. I shop for groceries and change the oil in the car. I cut the grass and take the garbage pail to the street. I drive both of my girls to Catholic School every morning and manage to hold down a full time job which pays enough for me to put food on the table and pay their school tuition, which aint cheap. And the kids have not missed Sunday Mass in three years.

If I could “Do it for him” I would.
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But before anyone drives past my house and sneers, “Look at that sinner” because I’m breaking a sweat on Sunday, they had better walk a mile in my shoes.

-Tim-
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Exactly right and I completely agree!👍
 
So this afternoon I cleaned out part of my garage, organized my storage room, vacuumed, washed a few loads of laundry, and folded two baskets of laundry. On top of that, I picked up doggie piles from the yard, pulled a few weeds, shopped for groceries for dinner, went out for lunch with my son, cleaned out my car, wiped down the interior of my car, and cleaned my kitchen. Tomorrow I plan to install some shelves and finish organizing the garage. Tuesday school starts! I really could not have done it any other way.

Some are probably thinking why could I have not done all that on Saturday right? Well, my son left for college today, so yesterday HE was washing everything, packing, and we were running around getting all those last minute things.
 
If you are paid for doing work on Sunday then it can be considered a sin, especially if you have been working for the other 6 days. The body does not rest and it goes against God’s wish.👍
 
twinc said:
seriously though Jesus and the Apostles and early Christians worked and shopped on Sunday - the weekend off for a true Christian should be only saturday and back at work on sunday - twinc
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since the sabbath was made for man and not man for the sabbath,then the criterion or yard stick must be what reason or necessity dictates - btw on a secular calendar the week starts on a Monday and ends on a Sunday,whilst on a Christian calendar it starts on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday - go take a good look for the first time - the joke is it no good trying to reason with a Christian who doesn’t even know what day it is - twinc
 
This was an ancient belief that makes absolutely no sense in contemporary society. Please use your own common sense and don’t feel guilty. I’m sure God will not hold it against you.
 
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