II. The Lord’s Day
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Jesus rose from the dead “on the first day of the week.”104
Because it is the “first day,” the day of Christ’s Resurrection
recalls the first creation. Because it is the “eighth day” following
the sabbath,105 it symbolizes the new creation ushered in by Christ’s
Resurrection. For Christians it has become the first of all days, the first of
all feasts, the Lord’s Day (he kuriake hemera, dies dominica) Sunday:
- SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
- CHAPTER ONE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
- Article 3 THE THIRD COMMANDMENT
- II. The Lord’s Day
- Article 3 THE THIRD COMMANDMENT
- CHAPTER ONE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P7O.HTM