JULY 2024 THIRD FRIDAY ADORATION// THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SABBATH //BY REV. Fr. AROKIA DASS G

THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SABBATH
REFER: Is 38: 21-22.7-8/ Mt 12: 1-8( 19th July 2024)
Jesus taught that the Sabbath day was made for our benefit (see Mark 2:27). The purpose of the Sabbath is to give us a certain day of the week on which to direct our thoughts and actions toward God. It is not a day merely to rest from work. It is a sacred day to be spent in worship and reverence. Jesus reminds the people of God's original intention for the Sabbath: unity with God, creation, and each other. Jesus teaches that the Sabbath points to him, the one Israel's prophets promised would come to mercifully restore the rhythm of all creation. The Sabbath was established by God after He made the world in six days. He was the first one to celebrate it and declared this seventh day a period of rest. A pause. A time for taking it all in-even before sin polluted the world and work became a burden.
St. TERESA OF KOLKATA CHURCH, BENGALURU
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During. Adoration. We. Can surely. Feel. The. Presence. Of. God. Father