Sabbath

Christian professor Henri Blocher of France, writes: "Sabbath protects us from total absorption by the task of subduing the earth. It anticipates the distortion which makes work the sum and purpose of human life, and it informs us that we will not fulfill our humanity in our relation to the world which we are transforming until we raise our eyes above, in the blessed, holy hour of Communion with our Lord. The essence of mankind is not work. Nor is the essence of mankind rest or play."