Devotion on Saturday: because it is a Holy day!

When and by whom was the Sabbath established? This is what Sacred Scripture says: “Thus are heaven and earth and all their host made perfect. And on the seventh day God completed his works that he did, and on the seventh day he rested from all his works that he did.

What is the meaning of keeping the Sabbath as a holy day? - This is a monument to creation. This is what the Holy Scripture says: “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.

For whom did Christ say the Sabbath was set? This is what Holy Scripture says: “And he said to them, the Sabbath is for a man, and not a man for the Sabbath. What does the fourth commandment of the de-clause require? This is what Sacred Scripture says: “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Work six days and do all your works, and the seventh day is the Sabbath to the Lord your God: do not do any action on that day, neither you nor your son.

What has God designated as a symbol of the bond between Him and His people. This is what Sacred Scripture says. And keep my holy Saturdays, so that they are a sign between me and you, so that you may know that I am the Lord your God. The Sabbath is also a sign of sanctification. This is what Sacred Scripture says. I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that they would know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.