When presented with an emotional burden on the Sabbath, I ask, Can I put off caring about this issue for one day? Or does it require that I care today? When a friend had a heart attack on the Sabbath, I could not put off caring for another day. However, when a parishioner has an issue with last week’s sermon, I can postpone that emotional burden until the day after the Sabbath. This allows me, for one day a week, to not carry the emotional burdens that I carry the other six days. On the Sabbath, our irresponsibility to the whole world becomes anointed. We are returning to God the
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