What does the church say about daylight savings

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What does the church say about daylights savings is it alright not to like it?
 
The Church says nothing about daylight savings. In general the Church only speaks on things which have something to do with faith and/or morals.

Yes it is okay to dislike the time change. No it is not sinful.
 
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Daylight Savings Time is only an issue to the Church with regard to how early vigil Masses can be. Regardless, I’m still not sure how the Easter Vigil is handled in the Arctic Circle, especially when Easter is late (i.e. there are inhabited parts of the world that experience midnight sun in mid-late April).
 
why would you expect the Church to say anything about daylight savings time? This is a civil matter.

Daylight savings time is just an expression of the practice of standardizing clock times, which was done originally in the U.S. to standardize train schedules. There is a bronze plaque on a building in downtown Chicago to commemorate, as I recall, the location where the discussions and agreements took place and./or were finalized. I never took a picture of it – those were not the days of smart phones or even of digital cameras.
 
The Church speaks on faith and morals.

Now, I can make an argument in the spring that stealing that hour of sleep is immoral 🙂 however, the Church would not back me.
 
otrrl said:
Daylight savings time is just an expression of the practice of standardizing clock times, which was done originally in the U.S. to standardize train schedules.
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As some said at the time, “There is God’s time, and then there is Mr. Roosevelt’s time.”

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My parish posted a notice that if people were just showing up, Mass is over and they missed it. It gave the times of other Masses nearby that they could go to. As far as I can recall, that’s the only statement I’ve heard on the subject.
 
I checked for Tromsö (70 degree) in northern Norway just for the fun of it. Sun rise on April 30, 2018 was 3.28am and sunset was 21.58pm. I am pretty sure the Church would say that we use common sense if we live closer than that to the North pole. It is likely a much larger problem to get the kids to bed when the sun is still up. A quote from my brother when he was two years old. “Mommy, we can’t go to bed yet. The sun is still up!” It was 10pm.
 
If it were sinful do you mean you would oppose it and arrive for work an hour late?
 
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When Daylight saves Time, it counts as a temporal act of mercy.
 
Not sure if you’re being serious, but the church does not have a formal position on every single thing under the sun. You’re allowed to have opinions that are not officially endorsed by the Vatican.
 
Where I live in western Canada we don’t switch times at either end of the seasons. Constant time, no changes. Rebels to the end. Parts of Arizona and Indiana are the same I believe.
 
Pope Luminous IV had this to say in his encyclical De Lux
  1. Wherefore then in the fall we set our clocks back so that we may be privileged with the blessing of a twenty-five hour day and be rested for Sunday Mass we attend and the challenges of Christian life we should be thankful. For this daylight savings is a blessing.
  2. Wherefore however then in the spring we set out clocks forward an hour and lose sleep, it is a grave trial that suffices as penance.
(in case it wasn’t clear, that’s not a real encyclical)
 
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