Author Topic: Going to restaurants on Sundays. (Read 17967 times)

Telesphorus · « **Reply #10 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:54:28 PM »

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I think you shouldn't always tell people of your opinions - I don't think you're wrong to stay away from restaurants on Sunday. It's commendable, so long as you don't offend people unnecessarily.

They asked me to go. In the time I had to formulate a response, I couldn't find anything else to say, any other way to get out of it. If I had said "I'm busy" or "I'm tired" or something, it would have been a lie.

That was rather scrupulous, if you refused the invitation on those grounds (if you would have gone otherwise).

I believe there are times when Friday abstinence is dispensed if one is in an awkward situation where refusing to eat meat would be very rude, that would be more serious than going to a restaurant on Sunday.

CathMomof7 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 06, 2011, 08:11:34 PM »

Under most circuмstances we do not dine out nor shop on Sundays. Sunday is our family day. Mass for us is at 4 pm. We have a large brunch at 10 am. Occasionally, like for the Super Bowl, we stop and pick up a pizza. We went out to eat with our friends after our baby's Baptism. I have had to go to General Dollar on occasion for milk or band aids.

Having said that though, I grew up in the South. Up until about 1975 only the gas station was open on Sunday, and only until 5 pm. Nobody went shopping. The Churches were full and the streets were empty. Sunday was spent at Grandma's after Church. My parents didn't go to Church, but we went to Grandma's any way for a HUGE dinner.

Sigismund · « **Reply #12 on:** March 06, 2011, 08:22:03 PM »

Our family always ate out after Mass on Sunday. Many of the people working in restaurants on Sundays are simply not concerned about not working on Sunday. If you have no choice about working, it is not a sin to o so.

I remember two of my children facing that problem as teenagers. One worked in a book store, the other in a hardware store. Both were open on Sunday. The owner of the bookstore was a Conservative Jew, and did not work on the Sabbath or on Jєωιѕн holy days, leaving the sore in the care of an assistant manager. When my son was hired, she asked him if he had any religious restrictions on when he would work. He told her that he could not work on Sundays, Good Friday, or Christmas. The store was closed on Christmas because there were no customers. She had no problem accommodating his desire to be off on Sunday and Good Friday, and said she admired his dedication. The hardware store manager was less happy about it, but he didn't push it either as long as my son was willing to work any other days asked.

Sigismund · « **Reply #13 on:** March 06, 2011, 08:22:48 PM »

And I see someone is now ignoring me. I wonder who I annoyed.

ServusSpiritusSancti · « **Reply #14 on:** March 06, 2011, 08:25:48 PM »

When I was a young child I would often go out to eat with my mother and grandmother on Sunday after Mass. We eventually stopped that though because my mother and I started going to the Traditional Latin Mass whenever we could, whereas my grandmother kept going to the NO and in fact only went to the TLM with us twice. Usually we do take-out on Sundays now. I don't think it's a sin to eat at a restaurant on Sunday, but I do think take-out would be better than exposing yourself to a large crowd containing people of mixed religions.