Souls at Rest Quotes

“Sloth, or acedia, is the unheralded, almost hidden, besetting sin
of our times—unheralded because it is misunderstood; hidden
because its symptoms are disguised or misdiagnosed; and besetting
us all to some degree because we have overlooked a mighty, Godgiven cure. It is, as the Church fathers taught, deadly. It strikes at the
very roots of our freedom—at human dignity itself. Sabbath rest
cannot be understood or appreciated apart from awareness of this
sin that undermines everything Sabbath was created to give to the
human person for his edification and development.”
― Charlotte Ostermann, Souls at Rest: An Exploration of the Eucharistic Sabbath

“The early Jewish Christians, seeing themselves as Jews, continued
with Sabbath worship in the Temple and breaking bread in their
homes. But by ad 60 they had become visibly different. Following
Jesus’ example, they began to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass on the eighth day, Sunday. And in ad 70 God allowed the
Temple to be destroyed.”
― Charlotte Ostermann, Souls at Rest: An Exploration of the Eucharistic Sabbath

“Death ends a Jew’s obligations under
the Torah. When Jesus rose from the dead, He began celebrating the
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass instead, as He had in the Upper Room.
But the Church Fathers tell us that He now celebrated it on the
“eighth day” of the week, what we now call Sunday, the day He rose
from death.
The eighth day! In ancient Hebrew gematria seven represented
God’s completion of His natural creation. And so Jewish apocalyptic writings describe the eighth day as a new day,”
― Charlotte Ostermann, Souls at Rest: An Exploration of the Eucharistic Sabbath