The Lord's Day vs Sabbath Day

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Hi All,

I was hoping someone could help clear things up for me. I’m aware that the Jews celebrate the Sabbath on Saturday, and hold that as their day of rest. I was always taught that Sunday is the Sabbath (which is why we keep Sunday Holy by attending church and keeping it as a day of rest)

I read somewhere recently that Catholics also hold Saturday to be the traditional Sabbath, and that Sunday is “The Lord’s Day” since his Resurrection happened on Sunday.

Now I’m confused. Is Saturday the sabbath? Should we be resting from work and attending Mass on both days? What is the difference between the Sabbath Day and the Lord’s Day?

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Saturday is the last day of the week. This is the Sabbath when God rested from his work and invited mankind to enter into that rest.

Christians celebrate the Lord’s Day, the first day of the week, when Jesus rose from the dead, a new beginning.

-Tim-
 
=PeaceBeWithU;12540963]Hi All,
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I was hoping someone could help clear things up for me. I’m aware that the Jews celebrate the Sabbath on Saturday, and hold that as their day of rest. I was always taught that Sunday is the Sabbath (which is why we keep Sunday Holy by attending church and keeping it as a day of rest)
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I read somewhere recently that Catholics also hold Saturday to be the traditional Sabbath, and that Sunday is “The Lord’s Day” since his Resurrection happened on Sunday.
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Now I’m confused. Is Saturday the sabbath? Should we be resting from work and attending Mass on both days? What is the difference between the Sabbath Day and the Lord’s Day?
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The Church was and is empowered personally by Christ in
Mt. 16:18-19 with All the keys to MY Kingdom {singular} anf the POWERS to :bind: and to loose; which at that time and place means the POWERS of unlimited Governance.

ALSO see Mt. 28:16-20 and John 17:18 & 20:21 where Christ sends them forth with HIS Authority and Powers. READ also John 17:11-26

The Church did and was empowered to Choose Sundays as THEE Holy Day of rest.

Saturday came MUCH later to accommodate those who HAD to work on Sundays. BOTH are valid and licit.🙂 BUT only Sunday is a “day of rest.”

God Bless,

Patrick
 
PeaceBeWithU said:
Hi All,

I was hoping someone could help clear things up for me. I’m aware that the Jews celebrate the Sabbath on Saturday, and hold that as their day of rest. I was always taught that Sunday is the Sabbath (which is why we keep Sunday Holy by attending church and keeping it as a day of rest)

I read somewhere recently that Catholics also hold Saturday to be the traditional Sabbath, and that Sunday is “The Lord’s Day” since his Resurrection happened on Sunday.

Now I’m confused. Is Saturday the sabbath? Should we be resting from work and attending Mass on both days? What is the difference between the Sabbath Day and the Lord’s Day?

:confused:
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Yes Saturday is still considered the Sabbath. No we do not have to rest and worship on both days. Christians are not bound to observe the sabbath any more. That law passed away with the coming of Christ. (See Colossians 2:16) We are obligated to worship God though, and the day the Church decided we should do that is Sunday, to celebrate the Resurrection. That’s why we worship on Sunday and not Saturday.
 
One of the reasons Jews observe their day of rest on Saturday is because it was on that day of the week that God liberated them from their slavery to Egypt. This is mentioned in the longer version of the Commandment given in Deuteronomy 5:12-15:
12 “‘Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; 14 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your manservant, or your maidservant, or your ox, or your ***, or any of your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your manservant and your maidservant may rest as well as you. 15 You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out thence with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.

One might arguably say that the day God liberated the Jews from their slavery to Egypt was the defining moment in Jewish history and it is right that they commemorate that important event one day a week.

Important as the liberation of the Jews from slavery to Egypt was in salvation history, it was a mere shadow, pointing to an even greater liberation to come, namely, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, when God liberated mankind from their slavery to sin and death, which occurred on a Sunday. Accordingly, it was only fitting that the weekly Saturday observance of the lesser event should be replaced by a Sunday observance of the greater event it pointed to.
 
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That’s why we worship on Sunday and not Saturday.
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Actually, as Fr David has brought up at least once or twice, St. JPII has stated that the “dominici dies,” or the Lord’s Day, begins with Saturday Vespers. The Lord’s Day therefore should not be confused with the midnight-to-midnight Sunday.
 
The Second Vatican Council, in Sacrosanctum Concilium, asserted that “the Lord’s day is the original feast day” and the “foundation and kernel of the whole liturgical year”.
 
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