Author Topic: Going to restaurants on Sundays. (Read 18003 times)

Catholic Samurai · « **Reply #5 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:31:44 PM »

There is indeed a contrast in how people spent their Sunday back then and today. Back then people were most inclined to spend their Sunday at home, unless there was some parish activity (which would occasionally include sports). Today a lot of people appear to spend their Sunday going out on the town. If your out and about trying to enjoy yourself (especially if it's your only day off from work) your not going to race home to cook a hot meal for yourself every time you get hungry. So I believe that the restaurants serve the same purpose as the gas stations, only perhaps to a lesser degree.

Also, when I get out of Church after Mass, Im hungry, and the cold packed lunch is far from satisfying.

MyrnaM · « **Reply #6 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:35:40 PM »

Quote from: RomanCatholic1953

I remember in the 1950's and early 1960's, most
restaurants were closed. In those days, they were
mostly family run. One of my first job, was a bus
boy at a cafeteria. The owners were very religious,
but non Catholic, and were always closed on Sunday.
The town look like a ghost town on Sunday, except
the occasional Jєωιѕн run business. Most people
avoided any type of business on Sunday.
In those days, the churches were full, and people
repected, and honored the Lord's Day.
The Liberalism, the Secularism, and the Supreme
Court decision in banning prayer in the Public
Schools cause the change in what we see today.

Reading the note above, makes me wonder why God allowed Vatican II to happen. I always felt He allowed it because Catholics were not doing the above.
I recall a great big banner in our Church when the stores started to open on Sunday, it read:
STOP! Don't shop on Sunday, I guess this was in the early 50's, I seem to remember being about 10 years old or so.

Yes, I have gone out with my husband and family for breakfast after Mass, otherwise I just go home and work fixing it at home for them.

Raoul76 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:38:27 PM »

Thanks RomanCatholic1953.

I think I made the right decision for once. It's hard to tell if you're being prideful sometimes, or if you're really doing the right thing. When all the priests are okay with going to restaurants, it makes you feel like you have to go along, but I'm aware that there are varying opinions on this question.

Raoul76 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:41:25 PM »

If you are really starving, and it is a long drive home from Mass, then obviously there's no problem with it. As Samurai says, it can be justified like going to a gas station.

Raoul76 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:47:57 PM »

I have to be careful here since this is permitted by all the priests... I'm not trying to be insubordinate. This is just one of those many minor controversies like medical marijuana or pants on women.

CMRI, it is no secret, tends to the liberal end of the spectrum, not in terms of their dogma, which is Catholic, but when it comes to moral theology. They are more liberal in that sense than SSPX who they consider overly strict with the dress code, things like that. Usually I agree with them, but not always.