Wed., Jan. 18, 2012
Fr. Anthony Brankin
Gospel: Mark 3:1-6 Jesus heals on the Sabbath
Sermon summary: In today”s reading, we hear of Christ”s critics. Our Lord healed on the Sabbath, and his critics were over the edge on scrupulosity. You don”t revolve your life around not working.
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Even in our day, Jews follow the same laws. In Chicago when I was growing up, they would pay a girl five cents to light their stove in the evening so as not to break the Sabbath.
Force us to work on Sundays
For us, Sunday is a day to go to Mass. But the stores are open. The owners force us poor people to work on Sundays. These businesses are controlled by the New York financiers so they can sit and relax in the Bahamas.
Sunday is now the busiest day of the week. We”re going to have to stop shopping on Sundays, and stop making the day a drudgery, and make it a quiet day instead. We need to make the day holy, and our lives holy as well.