Agreed. I believe that each Bishop set the earliest time for a Mass in anticipation of Sunday for the diocese. It’s usually 4pm or 5pm. I have never heard of one that was as early as 1pm.
You certainly can’t be expected to go to Mass 2 days running, now can you? (Barring major transportation problems.)
Nope, not at all.
don’t know whether you’re being sarcastic or not.
Is there really such a thing as being too religious? Many of the saints went to far greater extremes than daily Mass (or Mass more than once a day).
Heck, if I remember correctly even Henry VIII managed more than once a day - although he had certain advantages being King and all.
And of course a wedding Mass on Sunday, as mine was, always “counts.”The Wedding Mass is not the Sunday Liturgy, no matter what time it is held. Priests say this is one of the most asked questions at weddings-people tend to corner the priest after the Mass and bring this up.They use the wedding readings Etc. at this Mass. The weekend readings and gospel will not be proclaimed and the homily will probably be about marriage.There could be a situation where at a Sunday Liturgy, a renewal of vows on an anniversary is conducted. Then it would count.
