Sundays 10/12/26

One should keep it a holy day of rest.

I can do that. I started yesterday, in fact. Keeping the day just that, a holy day of rest, doesn’t mean you can’t do anything, or go anywhere. It means that it is a day you should stop doing “work”, if you can. It is meant to be a day to rest, and recharge your internal batteries, and to spend much needed time with family.

You can cook, clean, watch your favorite something somewhere, do laundry, those kinds of things. You shouldn’t work for a wage, or cause anyone else to do so, however.

That last one has a bit of tolerance to it in the eyes of the Catholic Church as there are some people who, for many reasons, are constrained to work on Sundays. It is their profession, i.e.first responders, or they are unfortunately poor, and must work to provide for themselves and their families. They, then, should find another day, or set aside some time on Sundays to rest, and refresh.

So, in keeping with this commandment, I am going to find, (not try to find) a Catholic Church near me, regardless of the idiom spoken within, and start going to mass again. It’s been too many years, too many tears later. I want to go to confession as soon as I’m able so I’m praying the Lord will help me find a priest who will assist me with this venture.

Until then, please, stay happy, and healthy in the Lord.

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