IN BRIEF
2189 "Observe the
sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Deut
5:12). "The seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to
the Lord" (Ex 31:15).
2190 The sabbath, which
represented the completion of the first creation, has been replaced by Sunday
which recalls the new creation inaugurated by the Resurrection of Christ.
2191 The Church celebrates
the day of Christ's Resurrection on the "eighth day," Sunday, which
is rightly called the Lord's Day (cf SC 106).
2192 "Sunday . . . is to
be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal
Church" ( [link] CIC, can. 1246 # 1). "On
Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate
in the Mass" ( [link] CIC, can. 1247).
2193 "On Sundays and
other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound . . . to abstain from
those labors and business concerns which impede the worship to be rendered to
God, the joy which is proper to the Lord's Day, or the proper relaxation of mind
and body" ( [link] CIC, can. 1247).
2194 The institution of
Sunday helps all "to be allowed sufficient rest and leisure to cultivate
their amilial, cultural, social, and religious lives" (GS 67 # 3).
2195 Every Christian should
avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would hinder them from
observing the Lord's Day.
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