What do you do on sundays?

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since sunday is the Lord’s day, i don’t watch alot of programming on tv. i stay away from anything remotely violent. i usually do anyways.
i also do not work, and i devote the day entirely to Christ. do you give up things on sunday? i give up housework and cooking if i can as well. i also read more on sundays, books that are catholic. i also want to remember to pray more, not just on sundays, but to really pray more.
 
TraditionalCath said:
since sunday is the Lord’s day, i don’t watch alot of programming on tv. i stay away from anything remotely violent. i usually do anyways.
i also do not work, and i devote the day entirely to Christ. do you give up things on sunday? i give up housework and cooking if i can as well. i also read more on sundays, books that are catholic. i also want to remember to pray more, not just on sundays, but to really pray more.
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I like to go and admire the natural world God created. In my boat with my kids, while trying to catch a few fish.
 
Church and prayers, of course. Reading, obviously.

But I also clean out the litter boxes. I scoop daily, and on Sunday I thoroughly clean out any box that needs it. Mother Mary changed baby Jesus’s diapers everyday, and probably had to do laundry even on the sabbath.:rolleyes:

Apartment cleaning as needed. AA meeting at 7:30 PM. I don’t watch TV. Not because I am more spiritual then thou, but because I don’t have a TV. I like to listen to classical music, church music, and other appropiate music.🙂

Now playing…a CD titled OUR LADY OF THE GUITAR. :harp:

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It is still One Day At A Time with An Attitude Of Gratitude.

Plus no fasting or abstinance on Sundays:D
 
I go to my job as a professional chorister in an Episcopal parish at 9:00. The service starts at 10:00 and ends in about an hour. Then I pick up a little lunch from the gourmet grocery and eat it while I wait until the parking lot clears from the 11:00 Mass at the Cathedral. A little after noon, I go on over to the Cathedral and settle in to pray before the 12:30 Mass.

After Mass, I might go visit my DD, who often has to work on Sunday, at her job. Then I go home, play with the cat, water the flowers, see what’s on CAF, and read the Sunday paper. Late in the afternoon, I’ll cook a nice dinner for DH. After dinner, we watch a little TV, and that’s about it until Night Prayer and bedtime.

I don’t have a day job right now, so I have more time during the week for prayer and reading and such.

Betsy
 
Betsy,

I forgot that I have a habit on Sundays of doing a crossword puzzle in the Sunday paper until I read your post. It is such a good challenge for me because it forces me to think outside the box. Things are seldom as they appear! 😃

For example, my family laughs at me for not getting the answer to “vintage Ford.” I never heard of a modelt, pronounced moh-DELT. I had to ask a car enthusiast, who finally explained that it was Model T. :doh2:

Another goodie was “lead-in for VW” - a four letter word beginning with R. I never heard of a Volkswagon that had a model beginning with R, and racked my brain over it. As it turned out it was the alphabet R,S,T,U … VW. Oh my, so many of these. Written words are puzzling when we are not on the same page as the author.

Anyway, I spent the day going to a car cruise at a church festival. Real beauties, and the guys would drool over this!

Carole
 
I recently got Sunday off for the reason of wanting to observe the sabbath day. I mainly watch entertaining movies that give me a lot of pleasure. 😃
 
Joysong said:
I forgot that I have a habit on Sundays of doing a crossword puzzle in the Sunday paper until I read your post. It is such a good challenge for me because it forces me to think outside the box. Things are seldom as they appear! 😃

For example, my family laughs at me for not getting the answer to “vintage Ford.” I never heard of a modelt, pronounced moh-DELT. I had to ask a car enthusiast, who finally explained that it was Model T. :doh2:
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Well, your Alzheimer’s prevention program is going really well. Seriously, they say puzzles are very good for that.

Your moh-DELT reminded me of a time when I used to work with personal insurance. In car insurance, the word “rearended” comes up fairly often. Sometimes people think it’s “re-arended,” and wonder what it means to “arend.” Of course now the Burt Bacharach GEICO radio ad has clarified it forever - “I was hit—in the rear—”

Betsy
 
today I am babysitting, grandpa just left, thiink he is tuckered out, now I am trying to herd them all into bed. I certainly worked harder today than I have in a while, but at least DD and SIL are having a day of rest. Normally Sunday is another workday for me because of RCIA, but I do take a nap in the afternoon, so it is a day of rest as well.
 
Sunday I go to mass. its Spanish version of Saturdays mass, which I also attend. After that I tend to my garden and figure out what to throw out for Monday’s trash pick up.

Tomorrow am going in to clean the church seats and try to talk to someone about getting the fake candlles fixed, they are missing buttons and need rewiring, Its probably a simple circuit array. I miss having real candles 😦 I already did a guerrilla op on on two of the seats, they needed gluing.
 
We wake up early to get ready for Mass. After Mass, dh and I go to McDonald’s and I splurge on a large cup of coffee. 😃 Their coffee is awesome. We come home and I cook. I have to cook even on Sundays. 🙂 Gotta feed the kids and dh. 😃 I read the Sunday newspaper and look at the ads too. Every now and then I do go shopping for groceries or whatever but that is very seldom. Sunday is a day of relaxation for my family and I.
 
I try to make some sort of comfort food for dinner on Sundays, tonight it was chicken and dumplings.

I usually also have to do a load or two of laundry for hubby on Sunday, to make sure he’s well prepared for the workweek. It’s a labor of love though… I love being a stay at home mom!!!

I went to confession yesterday and then the Saturday vigil mass, so today I just stayed in and got some rest from a head cold I’ve been battling for the past four days. I prayed a chaplet for a friend’s intention and a rosary while doing dishes. I also prayed for the holy souls in Purgatory and read a little about Fatima online. Not an ordinary Sunday, but a really nice one anyway. Besides, the cantor at the Saturday vigil mass sings with the Houston Opera, his voice is gorgeous!
 
I usually go to Mass on Saturday (Vigil Mass), but on Sunday I go to Bible study at my parish. Then I will usually come home, go on-line for a bit, and then go visit my mother.

Today was different because my mother and I both went to my cousin’s house for dinner. It was nice seeing some of the extended family.

During football and basketball seasons, I may watch some games on TV with family or friends.

I always end every day with prayer and Bible reading. I read the Bible daily, in addition to the reading and homework for my Sunday school class.
 
SInce I go to the Saturday Mass, Sundays are usually pretty quiet. I like to go hiking if I can, then I might watch a movie, read or just play with my cat. I try to watch the Mass on EWTN, or maybe the Notre Dame Mass, and then maybe visit with my family.

During the Christmas season, I might take a part time job. I’m not sure if I will this season though. I got sick with bronchitis last year and I’m pretty sure it was because I was out with the public.
 
Biblioassistant said:
I try to watch the Mass on EWTN, or maybe the Notre Dame Mass.
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Glad to know others enjoy watching the Notre Dame Mass!
I watch it whenever I can catch it.

On Sunday I usually take a 40-minute walk in the morning with DH before the sun is too bright.
Then go to 9:15 Mass.

Come home to prepare lunch. Then DH has to leave for the town he resides for his job during the week.
I then have all the time to myself. Usually go back to church sitting in our beautiful new sancutary, praying, walking the station of the Cross, reading, writing, and finish my daily devotion. I love the time with no rush, no need of watching the clock, just be there with my dear Lord as long as I want. But when school starts, I have to prepare my Sunday evening teaching of CCD and then teach. Sunday afternoon won’t be that free.

At night, talking briefly with my kids on the phone, a little bit TV,
then more readings.
 
this sunday, we went to the early Mass because its far too hot ← :mad: out.
 
We go to Mass on Saturday vigil since I’m a lector (sometimes daily mass on Saturday, too, since I’m a lector during the week as well). Saturdays is usually yard work at the parish-we’re nearly complete on making the garden around the rectory and church look nice! Unfortunately, that leaves Sunday to do chores-though we wake up at leisure and pray before breakfast, after breakfast is cleaning, taking care of our salt water aquarium, doing a little weeding and watering the garden at home, maybe grocery shopping, though my wife usually does that during the week, sometimes them Costco items are just too heavy for her to handle! We usually stop around 4 so we can watch Fr. Benedict and Fr. Corapi, then dinner, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, then prayers and sleep. Once the parish gardens look good enough to require an hour a week of maintenance, much of this will shift to Saturday, especially during football season!
 
Sundays are Family days! Mass first then we usually have a nice brunch. Then we hang out together, sometimes going to the park, or playing board games, or visiting the grandparents… In the evening we’ll either play outside for a bit or have family movie night. Our weekdays and Saturdays are usually pretty full so we try hard to have our Sunday Family Day. :cool:
 
We go to Mass at noon, then to out to lunch afterward, and often don’t have much of a dinner then. If it is summer, we then go home to relax, DH will do some writing and reading, and I do laundry. I know, it sounds like work, but I actually find it relaxing, and I read and nap in between loads.

In the fall, when The One True Faith is back on the air locally, we will be at the studio answering phones from callers, taking orders for copies of the show, and answering questions about the Faith and the show. Then we might go out to dinner afterward. We are going to be airing during prime time this fall (YAY!!!), so we may have to adjust our personal schedule a bit and have dinner before hand, but it’s ok, it’s all good. 😃 Then Saturday *morning *will become laundry time (must get it all done before Notre Dame football comes on!!).

~Liza
 
Mass, and during school year facilitate CCD program for 10 classes, lunch with bride and friends, and during the summer, golf…uh, I mean enjoy the beauty of nature and God’s creation…😉
 
After Mass I usually have to get to my part-time job & work for about 3 1/2 - 4 hours 😦
 
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