“Sloth, or acedia, is the unheralded, almost hidden, besetting sinof our times—unheralded because it is misunderstood; hiddenbecause its symptoms are disguised or misdiagnosed; and besettingus all to some degree because we have overlooked a mighty, Godgiven cure. It is, as the Church fathers taught, deadly. It strikes at thevery roots of our freedom—at human dignity itself. Sabbath restcannot be understood or appreciated apart from awareness of thissin that undermines everything Sabbath was created to give to thehuman person for his edification and development.”
“Death ends a Jew’s obligations underthe Torah. When Jesus rose from the dead, He began celebrating theHoly Sacrifice of the Mass instead, as He had in the Upper Room.But the Church Fathers tell us that He now celebrated it on the“eighth day” of the week, what we now call Sunday, the day He rosefrom death.The eighth day! In ancient Hebrew gematria seven representedGod’s completion of His natural creation. And so Jewish apocalyptic writings describe the eighth day as a new day,”
“The early Jewish Christians, seeing themselves as Jews, continuedwith Sabbath worship in the Temple and breaking bread in theirhomes. But by ad 60 they had become visibly different. FollowingJesus’ example, they began to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of theMass on the eighth day, Sunday. And in ad 70 God allowed theTemple to be destroyed.”
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