Why we need Sunday

Sunday for Catholics is a Holy Day of obligation, and the faithful are to attend Mass. It's a mortal sin not to do so. But what is too often forgotten is that we should also abstain from daily work and concerns that get in the way of worshipping and thanking God. Sunday is the Lord's Day. It's a Day of prayer and relaxation.
In the daily reflection of the
The Gift of Sabbath RestTrue, Jesus gives us “rest.” But we must be clear that such “rest” is totally different from “resting up” in order to get back to the daily toils of life: different, too, from recreation or distraction or vacationing, all of which are ordered to getting back to the “serious” part of life. It seems to me that this “rest for our souls” is intended by Jesus to be a real and genuine state of life, the natural condition in which a child of God habitually exists, and not just a passing phase of recovery….This rest is…an end in itself, a way of life rooted in the relationship to God as Father. Such rest is utter …