YOUCAT Lesson 362
YOUCAT the catechism for Catholic youth
The Third
Commandment: Remember to Keep Holy the
Lord’s Day
362 Why do Jews celebrate the Sabbath?
The Sabbath is for the people of Israel the great sign
commemorating God, the Creator and Redeemer.
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A Yemenite Jew blowing the shofar (ram's-horn trumpet)
for Sabbath in the 1930s. ….. 362
The Sabbath recalls in the first place the seventh day of
creation, when God “rested, and was refreshed” (Exodus 31:17), this, so to speak, authorizes all men to
interrupt their work and replenish their energies. Even slaves were supposed to be allowed to
observe the Sabbath. This recalls the
second great commemorative sign, the liberation of Israel from slavery in
Egypt: “You shall remember that you (yourself) were a servant in the land of
Egypt…” (Deuteronomy 5:15). The Sabbath is therefore a feast of human
freedom; on the Sabbath all breathe freely; on it the division of the world
into masters and slaves is abolished. In
traditional Judaism this day of freedom and rest is also a sort of foretaste of
the world to come. 47
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy…In it you shall
not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your maidservant, or
your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates.” Exodus 20:8, 10
Sabbath (Hebrew, approximately “break for rest”): the Jewish
day of rest commemorating the seventh day of creation and the Exodus from
Egypt. It begins on Friday evening and
ends on Saturday evening. In Orthodox
Judaism it is observed with a host of rules for maintaining the Sabbath rest.
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ARTICLE
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THE THIRD COMMANDMENT
THE THIRD COMMANDMENT
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; compare Deutonomy 5:12-15)90 –Catechism of
the Catholic Church, Second Edition
* I. THE SABBATH DAY
2168 The
third commandment of the Decalogue recalls the holiness of the sabbath:
"The seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD."( Exodus 31:15.)92
2170 Scripture
also reveals in the Lord's day a memorial
of Israel's liberation from bondage in Egypt: "You shall
remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God
brought you out thence with mighty hand and outstretched arm; therefore the
LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day."( Deuteronomy 5:15.)94
2171 God
entrusted the sabbath to Israel to keep as a sign of the irrevocable covenant.( Compare Exodus 31:16.)95 The sabbath is for the Lord, holy and set
apart for the praise of God, his work of creation, and his saving actions on
behalf of Israel.
2172 God's
action is the model for human action. If God "rested and was
refreshed" on the seventh day, man too ought to "rest" and
should let others, especially the poor, "be refreshed."( Ex 31:17; compare Ex 23:12.)96 The sabbath brings everyday work to a halt
and provides a respite. It is a day of protest against the servitude of work
and the worship of money ( Compare
Nehemiah 13:15-22; 2 Chronicles 36:21)97
IN BRIEF
2189 "Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Deuteronomy 5:12). "The seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord" (Exodus 31:15).
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