Whatever bro. I'm willing to take my chances that watching the NFL leads to eternal damnation. Although some people are "working," it's ultimately recreation for the vast majority of people involved.
It is a mortal sin to enjoy other people committing mortal sin. You know these players break the Sabbath, and you have as enjoyment watching these players breaking the Sabbath and thus committing mortal sin. You are also approving of the mortal sin of gambling by taking part in watching their sports plays, which is founded on gambling. Gambling is also continuously commercialized on the tv during the games by the announcements of the Sports betting results.
To watch something which only constitutes mortal sins, excess spending (billions upon billions of dollars on nothing), worldly vanities, etc. is a mortal sin.
Pro-sports would likewise be a mortal sin to watch only because of the cheerleaders. If you know that the sports-team you enjoy approve of these naked women from hell that tempts people into mortal sins of lust, and you watch these sports, you are watching an event that has mortal sin present at the arena and the field, and that these women are tempting the whole arena (and all the viewers world wide watching them) into lusts of the flesh, masturbation, porn, fornication, adultery, and who knows what? So to be aware of this, and yet approve of it by the continual deed of watching, is sick to say the least, and is a mortal sin.
Likewise could a person never attend a pro-sports arena that has the above mentioned mortal sins taking place in them, for then would one have a front row in an activity which constitutes an offense to God, mortal sin and scandal to his neighbor.
In case you didn't know, the origin of the the prohibition of servile work on Sundays/Days of Obligation was back in the medieval times when the lords used to work the peasants on Sundays and they missed Mass. It wasn't because there's anything intrinsically evil about doing any work on Sunday if one still attended Mass.
No, the prohibition from servile work dates back to the Old Testament and the Mosaic Law, and was in Law from the beginning of the New Testament, although now changed from Saturday to Sunday.
All works are forbidden on Sundays, even if you go to mass before doing the work. That has always been held as law in the Catholic Church. I don't know why you make up your own laws like this, you are either flat out lying here or have not a clue what you are talking about.
Show me a docuмent from an American bishop before the Council that condemned professional sports playing on Sundays, and I might start taking your side seriously.
First it must be said that pro-sports didn't really become what it is today until after the great apostasy and the rise of modern world. Go back 100 years, and there was virtually no pro-sports at all, no world cups, etc. It was a recreation for must people, and people didn't have it as work. Neither was many sports in Catholic countries even played on Sundays, but on other days.
The situations have changed, the world has changed; we're living in the last days, and that without a Pope and a non Heretical authoritative Hierarchy that can solve or give a definitive answer to many of these hard situations/questions.
You will not find docuмents on everything, especially concerning all the new difficult situations that have arisen with the modern technological world. You will not find a docuмent condemning video games, for example, since the great apostasy happened way before the many new sins that have arisen. Therefore, evil violent video games has to be condemned (not by a definitive condemnation against it, since no such exists) but around other aspects, such as pointing out it's dangers and how it otherwise violates divine and moral law. Take the following as a clear example of this:
Almost every kind of game that exists in our sad time has numerous mortally sinful things in them which make them impossible to play without going to hell. The younger generation especially, but also older people, is so perverted and drugged by these new games that they seem to live for nothing else!
Firstly, there are the countless games who have a person going around killing or hurting other humans or creatures for fun; for example, Counter-Strike, Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Starcraft, Modern Warfare, Gears of Wars, Tekken, etc. To play such a game is not only sick but abominable. Think about it: to play a game for fun or pleasure which is constituted of the murder or hurt of another being!
God solemnly declares that he will judge our every thought, how much more then will he judge our deeds? When we in our mind take delight and enjoy killing or hurting other beings, God takes this as an act in the very same way as he judges us as murderers if we hate our brother, or, as an adulterer if we look at a woman with lust in our heart. What then will God judge you to be when you in your heart love abominable things in evil video games?If you want to read more, feel free to do so;
http://www.catholic-saints.net/spiritual/#Video-gamesToday, worldwide, pagan government rules the countries and have implemented non-catholic constitutions that violates both Catholic Civil and Ecclesiastical law, therefore, must we use our reason on what we can understand, and judge those things accordingly. But if I find what you are asking for, I will gladly use it to prove my point.
What we DO know and what we do UNDERSTAND, is that all (unnecessary) works is forbidden on Sundays. Therefore, are these players committing mortal sin of Sabbath breaking, and it is clearly morally wrong to have as enjoyment watching people committing mortal sin. This is what we have to go on, and this is reasonable and logical, and is also in line with Catholic teaching who condemns to approve of evil and wrong, and you have no excuse for going against this reason since you cannot prove your cause (that it would be right to watch or enjoy people committing mortal sin of Sabbath breaking) from anything.
Besides, there are other mortal sins that makes it unacceptable to watch or enjoy pro-sports, as have already been dealt with above (cheerleaders, gambling, etc.).
BTW am I in mortal sin if I don't pray rosaries all day on Sunday after I get back from Mass?
No, you are not in mortal sin for NOT praying the rosary ALL DAY LONG.
However, you could be in mortal sin for neglecting to pray the rosary or some other prayers at all sometime during the Sunday without a good cause.
Man should not do the things on a Sunday as he would do on the other days. The Sunday is intended for God to be kept in holiness. Thus, if the only difference for you on Sundays is that you keep away from servile work, and do not give any of your time to God, what profit is there for you?
God commanded at least one day off for man so that man could rest from the world and use it for his spiritual well being, in praying, reading and doing other good works for the soul. You should thus spend the Sunday in abstaining from your own will, such as watching the tv, playing games, listening to music or the radio, etc, and instead strive to know God in solitude, prayer and meditation.
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