Thursday, December 07, 2006

Sabbath

The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time. It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the result of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.

Labor is a craft, but perfect rest is an art.
Abraham Joshua Heschel

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