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

Raoul76 · « **on:** March 06, 2011, 06:25:31 PM »

I was invited to go to a restaurant today after Mass at CMRI. I don't go out to eat on Sunday because it keeps people working for unnecessary reasons ( I'll get gas, since gas stations need to be open on Sunday for many legitimate reasons ).

One friend of mine, who is eighty, told me that in the 40's and 50's, towns were absolutely dead on Sunday. That was all I needed to hear, since then I haven't gone out to eat on that day.

Result: I was told I have scruples, that all the priests go to restaurants on Sundays. It is true that I seem to be the only one there who has this rule.

Do you go to restaurants on Sundays? Discuss.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2011, 06:41:52 PM »

Quote from: Raoul76

I was invited to go to a restaurant today after Mass at CMRI. I don't go out to eat on Sunday because it keeps people working for unnecessary reasons ( I'll get gas, since gas stations need to be open on Sunday for many legitimate reasons ).

One friend of mine, who is eighty, told me that in the 40's and 50's, towns were absolutely dead on Sunday. That was all I needed to hear, since then I haven't gone out to eat on that day.

Result: I was told I have scruples, that all the priests go to restaurants on Sundays. It is true that I seem to be the only one there who has this rule.

Do you go to restaurants on Sundays? Discuss.

Food has to be cooked on Sundays. The restaurant industry itself might be a problem.

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.

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2011, 06:56:06 PM »

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.

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:16:38 PM »

Coming to the present day, I still follow my 1950's habits
of abstaining from unnecessary labor, and any business
on Sunday, unless it is an emergency.
I never dine out on Sunday. After Church, I go my way.

Raoul76 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:28:32 PM »

Telesphorus said:

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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.