Sundays

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What would constitiute ‘unnecessary’ work that should be avoided on Sundays?

Does anyone have a good resource they fall back on?

The reason why I ask is because my house is undergoing renovation and Sundays are basically the only time that I can work on my house and get help. The renovations are pretty critical to my family’s well-being; it’s not like I’m putting on some superfluous deck or addition…It’s actually re-insulating, doing wiring/infrastructure/plumbing, installing new heating, etc.

Thank you in advance for any good resource you can point me towards.

 

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I think I’ve found what I needed to know here: vatican.va/holy_father/be…christian_life

Thank you bookcat

The meaning of rest and of work

1. Finally, it is particularly urgent nowadays to remember that the day of the Lord is also a day of rest from work. It is greatly to be hoped that this fact will also be recognized by civil society, so that individuals can be permitted to refrain from work without being penalized. Christians, not without reference to the meaning of the Sabbath in the Jewish tradition, have seen in the Lord’s Day a day of rest from their daily exertions. This is highly significant, for it relativizes work and directs it to the person: work is for man and not man for work. It is easy to see how this actually protects men and women, emancipating them from a possible form of enslavement. As I have had occasion to say, “work is of fundamental importance to the fulfilment of the human being and to the development of society. Thus, it must always be organized and carried out with full respect for human dignity and must always serve the common good. At the same time, it is indispensable that people not allow themselves to be enslaved by work or to idolize it, claiming to find in it the ultimate and definitive meaning of life.” (209) It is on the day consecrated to God that men and women come to understand the meaning of their lives and also of their work. (210)

 

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What would constitiute ‘unnecessary’ work that should be avoided on Sundays?

Does anyone have a good resource they fall back on?

The reason why I ask is because my house is undergoing renovation and Sundays are basically the only time that I can work on my house and get help. The renovations are pretty critical to my family’s well-being; it’s not like I’m putting on some superfluous deck or addition…It’s actually re-insulating, doing wiring/infrastructure/plumbing, installing new heating, etc.

Thank you in advance for any good resource you can point me towards.

I would save that kind of work for other days (unless necessity intervenes)…and enjoy the Lords Day with your family