They work work work during the week (they own their own business), when Sunday comes around, they just relax all day.
Idle hands is the devils playground. Work is good, as long as it's honest, but work and pray go together. Relaxing on Sundays is good, but one must first go to mass. God gives us 7x24, the least we can do is go to mass on Sunday and give him those two hours. I'd go every weekday if I had an early enough mass (which I do on like 3-5 days). It makes everything work out smooth during the day. Time is gained by going to mass.
Our family had been put through a fairly large scandal and were treaded unfairly by jealous controlling families at our local SSPX chapel a few years back
If it was me, they'd have to call the police to get me to give up the mass. But that's me, I'm not affected by "clicks", if I'm in the right, I actually cherish taking on the world. The "jealous controlling families" are as nothing to me, like water off a duck. I'd ignore them and go about my business with God, going to mass.
I've tried to explain that that's no reason to stop receiving the sacraments. I've encouraged them to go to mass with us, back to the SSPX...They never do.
You are right, there is no reason for not going to mass. I believe there is something else to this. St. Francis of Assisi said that the closer we get to God (the Light) the more we see our imperfections, like a lighted mirror being made brighter and brighter, our smooth baby like skin starts to show potmarks, wrinkles, scars, facial hair, pores.... Being apart from the sacraments, it's a mortal sin not to go to mass, we slowly loose the light, and our soul becomes caloused, and it gets harder and harder to penetrate it.
Tell them that they are risking their eternal life, that they have sold their birthright for a bowl of pottage ( by running away from the opinions of "jealous controlling families").
Appeal to your father's manhood. To be blunt, the "jealous controlling families", can kiss my #!*%, no man or army of men can keep me and my family from going to mass.
P.S.- how do you like the large print now?
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