Why Churches Keep SundayFor thousands of years, people have gathered at sunrise on Sunday to worship. Even before the Catholic Church began, Romans would face the east and worship the rising sun. That pagan sun worship is, in fact, the origin of the name Sunday, just as the name Thursday refers to the worship of the Norse god Thor.
… to the creation to support Sunday worship. At a mass in 2007, Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday calls to mind “the … request our free reprint article “The Resurrection Was Not on Sunday” for more information). What then are millions of professing Christians …