Working on Sunday

[Bhaoirluin]

Am I committing a sin by working an eight hour day at a Movie Theatre on Sunday?

 

[LilyM]

Depends on the circumstances.

Do you need the money for bills, rent, food, clothing or other necessities?

Is there any option of you working another day at the theatre (say, by getting someone else who works another day to swap their shift for your Sunday?)

Is there any option of your finding other work that doesn’t require you work on Sundays?

Are you still able to get to Mass on Sunday (or perhaps Saturday night?)

 

[Bhaoirluin]

I’ve told the manager that I’d prefer not to work Sundays, but they’ve still given me an eight hour shift to work this Sunday. It won’t stop me from being able to attend Mass. I’m thinking about whether to miss my Sunday shift, but I don’t know what I would give as my excuse. Also it will not look good on my record if I have missed my shift. I missed a shift last week and I don’t want to miss another.

 

[LilyM]

I’ve told the manager that I’d prefer not to work Sundays, but they’ve still given me an eight hour shift to work this Sunday. It won’t stop me from being able to attend Mass. I’m thinking about whether to miss my Sunday shift, but I don’t know what I would give as my excuse. Also it will not look good on my record if I have missed my shift. I missed a shift last week and I don’t want to miss another.

Does it happen often? And above all, do you really need the money and the job? Would you be able to manage financially without it?

 

[Julian0404]

Discuss this with your priest at your very next confession.

Secondly, contact the ACLJ, (www.aclj.com) as they defend religous rights in the secular world, and the secular world must allow time for you to exercise your religious beliefs. They cannot keep you from your faith.

 

[LilyM]

Discuss this with your priest at your very next confession.

Secondly, contact the ACLJ, (www.aclj.com) as they defend religous rights in the secular world, and the secular world must allow time for you to exercise your religious beliefs. They cannot keep you from your faith.

It’s unlikely that this would be relevant unless, for example, the employer wasn’t allowing her sufficient time to go to Mass. After all, it’s not like we’re utterly forbidden to work on Sunday, only that we are to avoid unnecessary work.

 

[Cat_Herder]

I’ve told the manager that I’d prefer not to work Sundays, but they’ve still given me an eight hour shift to work this Sunday. It won’t stop me from being able to attend Mass. I’m thinking about whether to miss my Sunday shift, but I don’t know what I would give as my excuse. Also it will not look good on my record if I have missed my shift. I missed a shift last week and I don’t want to miss another.

Sounds like you have no discretion to not work on Sunday. If you have no choice, there is no sin. It’s like an involuntary impure thought, or sneezing on somebody and causing then to fall.

The thing to watch out for is that you do get sufficient time to rest, for your family, etc. Sunday is supposed to be earmarked for that so you will have to budget your time to make up for it.

 

[punisherthunder]

I’ve told the manager that I’d prefer not to work Sundays, but they’ve still given me an eight hour shift to work this Sunday. It won’t stop me from being able to attend Mass. I’m thinking about whether to miss my Sunday shift, but I don’t know what I would give as my excuse. Also it will not look good on my record if I have missed my shift. I missed a shift last week and I don’t want to miss another.

Brother, I’ve worked in a movie theater for 11 years.

Tell them you can work the night shift on Sundays. I did that for 2 years while going to Mass in the mornings. Or work Saturday mornings and go to Mass on Saturday night. If you are flexible, they are flexible.