In this brief yet profound meditation on the meaning of the Seventh Day, Abraham Joshua Heschel in his book The Sabbath introduces us to the idea of an “architecture of holiness” that appears not in space but in time. Judaism, he argues, is a religion of time: it finds meaning not in space and the material things that fill it but in time and the eternity that imbues it, so that “the Sabbaths are our great cathedrals.”
On the second Sundays of the month during the fall, St. James Faith Lab embarks on a timely study of the benefits of observing Sabbath, a day of rest, for you, your family, your relatives—and might we say, the world! The next two discussions in our series are led by Fr. Richard Rubin, along with Dr. Bill Yarchin and Dr. Nancy McLoughlin, on October 13th, and concluding on November 10th, and will be in the Lab at 9 a.m. before the 10 o’clock service. Join us as we take a comforting look at how we may attain Sabbath.
A video of the Sept. 8th discussion will be posted soon.
