Work on Sundays

[pianistclare]

Well, blanket statements are still problematic.
All Catholic school employ common sense.
Most work is servile by definition.
I’m out.

 

[Confiteor_Deo]

Thanks for posting that.

I agree with pianistclare that it is not an authoritative text, and I too have never heard this unusual doctrine (the two hours), but you were asked to provide a source, and you did, and that deserves acknowledgement.

Thank you.

 

[CyrilSebastian]

If there has not been rain for days, it is important to water the flowers.
God made the flowers. However, if he does not have the rain for days in our area, why then should we, who the Lord created, let the flowers, which the Lord created, dry up?

:flowers::flowers::flowers::flowers:

 

[EasterJoy]

Well, blanket statements are still problematic.
All Catholic school employ common sense.
Most work is servile by definition.
I’m out.

Servile work was work done by serfs. Now it means work that people would avoid doing at all, if they could–hence why the serfs got stuck doing it while some people in the upper classes were excused from it every day. It does not mean physical exertion that people might do because they enjoy it.

For me–that means that servile work includes washing floors and doing bathrooms, totally! I love seeing them clean, but if they would clean themselves, I’d let them do it!

To keep from doing servile work on Sundays and holy days is to exclude the unenjoyable things that can wait for another day from those days in favor of restful, prayerful, and enjoyable pasttimes. That seems to be a blessing of a spiritual practice, not an onerous commandment.

 

[Sarcelle]

Servile work was work done by serfs. Now it means work that people would avoid doing at all, if they could–hence why the serfs got stuck doing it while some people in the upper classes were excused from it every day. It does not mean physical exertion that people might do because they enjoy it.

For me–that means that servile work includes washing floors and doing bathrooms, totally! I love seeing them clean, but if they would clean themselves, I’d let them do it!

To keep from doing servile work on Sundays and holy days is to exclude the unenjoyable things that can wait for another day from those days in favor of restful, prayerful, and enjoyable pasttimes. That seems to be a blessing of a spiritual practice, not an onerous commandment.

Yeah, that makes sense.

 

[GreyWings]

This is a great post.

I try to keep the Sabbath as laid-back as possible, as it is meant as a day of rest…

This usually means I eat donuts, drink coffee, play video games, watch Netflix, work on artwork, stuff like that.

 

[Sarcelle]

This is a great post.

I try to keep the Sabbath as laid-back as possible, as it is meant as a day of rest…

This usually means I eat donuts, drink coffee, play video games, watch Netflix, work on artwork, stuff like that.

That is what I am doing right now on this fine Sunday.

 

[Still_Hoping]

What sorts of work do you refrain from doing on Sundays, no matter what?

What sorts of work do you not even try to avoid on Sundays?

I have to admit, sometimes my lack of organization leaves me doing work that I ought to have done before Sunday came but that cannot wait until Monday. There are certain things I will not do on Sundays, though. Cleaning floors and bathrooms are two of them. I still feel I ought to be much better than I am about anticipating what clothing is needed on Monday morning, for instance, so I won’t have to do any laundry on the Lord’s Day.

Also, to what degree do you limit how much you frequent businesses on Sundays with business that could wait for a week day? When I was little, many stores would be closed on Sundays, so you either bought what you needed or went without. There were no ATMs and banks closed on the weekends, so if you needed cash you had better have gotten in on Friday. Now, there are more businesses that close on Mondays than on Sundays!

Thoughts? Experiences? Comments?

Way more people shopping on weekends including Sundays. On Sunday’s I would usually go to my widowed mil and eat there after attending morning mass. Then we would clean up and bring her grocery shopping and do commissions for her.

 

[PhilXavier]

I’d love to spend Sunday’s relaxing. Unfortunately I have to do all the housework that piles up during the week since we both work full time. On top of this, I also have to spend time on home improvements as we want to get the house up for sale. Let me be clear I hate housework, I hate home improvements. So Sunday is pretty much the worst day of the week for me, and I can’t wait to be back in work on Monday for a rest. When I read that it’s supposed to be a day of rest I’m like yeah right, meanwhile back in the real world…

You see, my wife visits family on Saturdays and I use the time to play golf. So we have our day of rest a day early.