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(Rom. 12, 4–5, 15–21; Matt. 12, 9–13) “You can do good on the Sabbath” (Matthew 12:12). The Lord said this after healing a withered man in the synagogue on the Sabbath, and as a reproach to the Pharisees, who carried the commandment about Sabbath rest to the point that they even measured how many steps could be taken on this day. But since good deeds cannot be done without movement, they rather agreed to give up good deeds than to allow unnecessary movement. The Savior more than once rebuked them for the fact that the Sabbath demanded rest from everyday worries, and not from deeds of piety and brotherly love. In Christianity, instead of Saturday, Sunday is celebrated for the same purpose - rest from all everyday affairs and devoting this day exclusively to the works of God. Christian common sense has never reached the point of pharisaical pettiness regarding not working on Sunday, but the permissible permission to work on this day is taken far beyond what is proper. Non-doing kept the Pharisees away from doing good deeds, and the activity they allowed themselves to do kept Christians away from them. In the evening on Sunday there is a theater, then some other entertainment. The morning is overslept; no time to go to church. Several visits, lunch; In the evening there is more fun. So he devotes himself all the time to the stomach and the pleasure of other feelings; there is no time to even remember about God and charity. You might be interested in: