“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work.”
Exodus 20:8-10
The priest’s traditional offertory prayer gave us one more reason to attend Mass on Sunday: the Sacrifice was offered for “all here present”, even if one did not receive Holy Communion.
Here’s a small booklet written by Deacon Dave Antonelli regarding keeping the Sabbath holy:
Wherein we defend the practice of Sunday worship in the Catholic Church against those that say that it is of the devil: Why don’t Catholics worship on the Sabbath?
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