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Third Commandment Schoology
Third Commandment Schoology
THIRD COMMANDMENT
The book is a complete explanation of
the Ten Commandments.
THIRD COMMANDMENT:
REMEMBER TO KEEP HOLY
THE LORD’S DAY.
To purchase the Book, or for theological
inquiries (e-mails only), contact the author:
AUTHOR Rev. Fr. Paolo O. Pirlo, SHMI
1st Edition, Manila, July 16, 2016
EDITION Our Lady of Mount Carmel
PUBLISHER Sons of Holy Mary Immaculate
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God prohibits
any
unnecessary
servile work on
Sunday.
A work is
considered
unnecessary when
it can be postponed
to weekdays
without any serious
inconvenience; and it
It is a mortal sin to do an unnecessary
is called servile if servile work on Sunday.
it is done for a fee.
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22. UNNECESSARY SERVILE WORK
What is the meaning of the proverb:
“God does not pay on the Sabbath”?
It means that the money one earns by making an
unnecessary servile work on Sunday is not blessed
by God, and will bring more pains than gains.
Secularization is the
process of
converting
Sundays and
Christian Holy
Days into pagan
festivities,
dedicated to
material hedonism,
such as shopping,
debauchery and
sloth.
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28. SECULARISM & HEDONISM
How was Saint Nicholas secularized into Santa
Claus?
Saint Nicholas was a 3rd century Santa Claus is the secularized
Bishop of Myra, in Turkey, adulteration of Saint
renowned for his kindness and Nicholas.
generosity. In northern Europe, his
was venerated as San Nikolaus.
Some 19th century American
writers contracted his name into
Santa Claus, and associated him
with reindeer from the North Pole,
and the climbing down of
chimneys to leave Christmas
presents.
Since 1931, when the Coca-Cola
Company adopted him as a world-
wide marketing tool, he became
completely secularized as a
symbol of shopping and
commercialism.