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The Sabbath is a holy day, that is, a day consecrated to God on which man understands better the meaning of his life and his work. It can therefore be said that the biblical teaching on work is crowned by the commandment of rest.
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Homily
Feast of St. Joseph
Vatican Basilica
19 March 2006
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Do not forget that the Sunday Eucharist is a loving encounter with the Lord, that we cannot do without. When you recognize him ‘at the breaking of bread,’ like the disciples at Emmaus, you will become his companions. He will help you to grow and to give the best of yourselves.
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Video message for Youth
International Eucharistic Congress
in Quebec
June 2008
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| The Lord\'s Day |
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Sunday is the day that we dedicate to the Lord, participating in the Eucharist in which we are nourished with the Body and Blood of Christ and with His life-giving Word.
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Angelus Address
St. Peter's Square
27 January 2013
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Each parish is called to rediscover the beauty of Sunday, the Lord's Day, in which the disciples of Christ renew, in the Eucharist, communion with the One who gives meaning to the joys and hardships of each day.
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Angelus Address
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
22 May 2005
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| The Lord\'s Day |
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As believers, we of course have deep reasons for living the Lord's Day, just as the Church has taught us. 'Sine dominico non possumus!': Without the Lord and without his Day we cannot live, declared the Martyrs of Abitene (present-day Tunisia) in 304 A.D.
Nor can we Christians of the third millennium live without Sunday: a day that gives meaning to work and rest, that actualizes the meaning of Creation and Redemption, expresses the value of freedom and of service to neighbor.
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General Audience
St. Peter's Square
12 September 2007
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| The Lord\'s Day |
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From the beginning, the Christian community began to live a weekly rhythm, marked by the meeting with the Risen Lord.
This is something that the Constitution on the Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council also emphasizes, saying: "By a tradition handed down from the Apostles, which took its origin from the very day of Christ's Resurrection, the Church celebrates the Paschal Mystery every seventh day, which day is appropriately called the Lord's Day" (Sacrosanctum Concilium, n. 106).
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Regina Caeli
Saint Peter's Square
23 April 2006
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| The Lord\'s Day |
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The Sunday precept is not… an externally imposed duty, a burden on our shoulders. On the contrary, taking part in the Celebration, being nourished by the Eucharistic Bread and experiencing the communion of their brothers and sisters in Christ is a need for Christians, it is a joy; Christians can thus replenish the energy they need to continue on the journey we must make every week.
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Homily
Eucharistic Congress
Bari, Italy
29 May 2005
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The Sunday precept, therefore, is not a simple duty imposed from outside. To participate in the Sunday celebration and to be nourished with the Eucharistic bread is a need of a Christian, who in this way can find the necessary energy for the journey to be undertaken. A journey, moreover, that is not arbitrary; the way that God indicates through his law goes in the direction inscribed in the very essence of man. To follow the way means man's own fulfillment, to lose it, is to lose himself.
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Homily
Eucharistic Congress
Bari, Italy
29 May 2005
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