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No, they do not. We are saved by grace, through faith.
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Not all Catholics observe the Lord’s day as He intended. He gave us the Sabbath for ourselves, not so much for Him. We are to spend our time prioritizing Him and with our loved ones - devoted to our growth in relationship, and avoiding unnecessary work.
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Thanks for the question.
There are many who have to work on Sundays, such as medical people, fire, police, etc. If it can’t be avoided it’s not a violation. God doesn’t ask us to do what we cannot do nor expects us to neglect our necessary duties. I would say that any unnecessary work should not be done on Sundays but done on others days. A little planning ahead is all it takes for that. 
Any and all sincere questions are always welcome, so you’re fine. :yup:
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Here is a part of the Catechism on this topic.
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THE LORD’S DAYThe day of the Resurrection: the new creation
2174 Jesus rose from the dead “on the first day of the week.” Because it is the “first day,” the day of Christ’s Resurrection recalls the first creation. Because it is the “eighth day” following the sabbath,105 it symbolizes the new creation ushered in by Christ’s Resurrection. For Christians it has become the first of all days, the first of all feasts, the Lord’s Day (he kuriake hemera, dies dominica)—Sunday: (638; 349)
We all gather on the day of the sun, for it is the first day [after the Jewish sabbath, but also the first day] when God, separating matter from darkness, made the world; and on this same day Jesus Christ our Savior rose from the dead.
Sunday—fulfillment of the sabbath
2175 Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath. In Christ’s Passover, Sunday fulfills the spiritual truth of the Jewish sabbath and announces man’s eternal rest in God. For worship under the Law prepared for the mystery of Christ, and what was done there prefigured some aspects of Christ: (1166)
Those who lived according to the old order of things have come to a new hope, no longer keeping the sabbath, but the Lord’s Day, in which our life is blessed by him and by his death.
2176 The celebration of Sunday observes the moral commandment inscribed by nature in the human heart to render to God an outward, visible, public, and regular worship “as a sign of his universal beneficence to all.” Sunday worship fulfills the moral command of the Old Covenant, taking up its rhythm and spirit in the weekly celebration of the Creator and Redeemer of his people.
The Sunday observance, something not commanded in Scripture, is one of the oldest Sacred Traditions.
Tradition preserves the memory of an ever-timely exhortation: Come to Church early, approach the Lord, and confess your sins, repent in prayer.… Be present at the sacred and divine liturgy, conclude its prayer and do not leave before the dismissal.… We have often said: “This day is given to you for prayer and rest. This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Sermo de die dominica 2 et 6: PG 86/1, 416C and 421C
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