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But
why on Sunday???
From
the Catechism para. 1166:
"By a tradition handed down from the apostles
which took its origin from the very day of Christ's
Resurrection, the Church celebrates the Paschal
mystery every seventh day, which day is appropriately
called the Lord's Day or Sunday." The day
of Christ's Resurrection is both the first day
of the week, the memorial of the first day of
creation, and the "eighth day," on which
Christ after his "rest" on the great
sabbath inaugurates the "day that the Lord
has made.... It is called the Lord's day because
on it the Lord rose victorious to the Father.
If pagans call it the 'day of the sun,' we willingly
agree, for today the light of the world is raised,
today is revealed the sun of justice with healing
in his rays (St. Jerome).
And
para. 2174:
Jesus rose from the dead "on the first day
of the week" (cf. Matt 28:1 ;
Mark 16:2;
Luke 24:1;
John 20:1)
.... We all gather on the day of the sun, for
it is the first day [after the Jewish sabbath,
but also the first day] when God, separating matter
from darkness, made the world; and on this same
day Jesus Christ our Savior rose from the dead
(St. Justin).
 Why
not on Saturday, which is the Sabbath we're
told to keep holy in the 10 Commandments?
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