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Why don't I work on Sundays? Because I trust my God.

Why don't I work on Sundays? Because I trust my God, because there are God's commandements and God gave them to us and He knows that we will be happy if we trust Him. God's commandements are not some kind of a burden. They are given for our happy life, life with God.

Sunday is a time of celebrating and having a rest. Some time ago I read an official document of Catholic Church, namely Apostolic Letter "Dies Domini". There is some advice how we Catholics should perceive this special day, Sunday. I encourage my readers to read it, the link is here:


On Sunday we should have a rest after six days of working. This is the will of God. And we should trust Our God, although we can choose our own life path. We can do all we want, but it is sometimes wrong. God gives to us only good things and one of these things is His law that we can accept and obey to have a happy and peaceful life.

God knows how important is having a rest and celebrating (not only on Sundays). God knows how happy we can be if we rest and celebrate. It is enough to experience Sunday spent on resting and celebrating to understand and feel why our God wants us to rest and celebrate on this special day.

Sunday is not an usual day, it is a feast day. If we want to, we can celebrate this day, we can participate in a Holy Mass, we can pray longer, we can devote our time to our family. The word "ceremonially" associates - in my view - with something unusual, festal, something different from ordinariness.

We have six days for work. It is enough. A man is not a machine that can operate nonstop. We have to energize ourselves if we want to be productive, creative and happy. I think that some people regret not obeying God's commandement "Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy".

Writing this blog is a pleasure for me. I can share my views, in some way I am celebrating this holy day by writing for myself and others who will read this post. Writing about God and His love is a great pleasure. Blessed Sunday for everyone.

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