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My Uncle and I are going to a Comic-Convention over the weekend. I’m going to make sure that I get to a Parish during the weekend, but I was wondering if it was possible to attend Mass on Sunday evening and have that count for my obligation.
 
Any Mass that you attend from the Vigil Mass on Saturday evening to the latest Mass offered on Sunday (10pm in my Diocese @ the local university Newman Center) will satisfy your “obligation”.
 
Yes.

Mass on Saturday evening or any time on Sunday meets your obligation. If you locate a parish with a Sunday evening Mass, go.
 
Thank you very much! I must confess, I was confused as to when on Sunday it was alright, or whether it would be like the Jewish Sabbath, which started in the evening and ended on the morning (I could have been mistaken on that also, but I’m still trying my best). Thank you very much for your help!!
 
One more question. Because of this trip I’m going to, my family is arguing that there is a chance that I won’t be able to attend Mass. They don’t understand it’s importance, both the Mass itself and the obligation, and they’re saying that while it’s possible I might attend, if I don’t then I can’t whine about it. I’m trying everything humanly possible to make sure that I attend, but my family is very antagonistic about the faith with this regard. Would I be guilty of a mortal sin if I don’t get to Mass?
 
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One more question. Because of this trip I’m going to, my family is arguing that there is a chance that I won’t be able to attend Mass. They don’t understand it’s importance, both the Mass itself and the obligation, and they’re saying that while it’s possible I might attend, if I don’t then I can’t whine about it. I’m trying everything humanly possible to make sure that I attend, but my family is very antagonistic about the faith with this regard. Would I be guilty of a mortal sin if I don’t get to Mass?
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Talk to your priest.

Are you a minor? Are you unable to drive or borrow the car?

You cannot do what is not possible. If you are on a trip with your parents, under their authority, and they refuse to take you to Mass and there is no reasonable way for you to go, I would conclude that the sin is not yours but theirs.
 
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Talk to your priest.

Are you a minor? Are you unable to drive or borrow the car?

You cannot do what is not possible. If you are on a trip with your parents, under their authority, and they refuse to take you to Mass and there is no reasonable way for you to go, I would conclude that the sin is not yours but theirs.
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Though I am not a minor (19), I am unable to drive, because I do not have a license. I am under the authority of my Uncle, or so I am under the impression of. As I’ve heard it, “If He says no, no ‘whining!’”

By the time I would reach home from the trip (it is in another city), there would be no more Masses held during Sunday, as it would be almost midnight. I’m hoping to catch one in the other city, but for now I must see what happens.
 
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Though I am not a minor (19), I am unable to drive, because I do not have a license. I am under the authority of my Uncle, or so I am under the impression of. As I’ve heard it, “If He says no, no ‘whining!’”

By the time I would reach home from the trip (it is in another city), there would be no more Masses held during Sunday, as it would be almost midnight. I’m hoping to catch one in the other city, but for now I must see what happens.
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If it seems you will not be able to attend, can you have your own period of quiet so you can contemplate or pray? That could be a visible protest yet without whining, and in the right spirit.
 
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Though I am not a minor (19), I am unable to drive, because I do not have a license. I am under the authority of my Uncle, or so I am under the impression of. As I’ve heard it, “If He says no, no ‘whining!’”

By the time I would reach home from the trip (it is in another city), there would be no more Masses held during Sunday, as it would be almost midnight. I’m hoping to catch one in the other city, but for now I must see what happens.
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Well, I again suggest you talk to your priest.

This trip is optional for you. If you cannot arrange mass perhaps you should rethink going. I might tell Uncle, “Mass isn’t optional on this trip. If you can’t respect me and my religion, I won’t be joining you at the convention. And I don’t want to hear any whining about it”.

At 19 you should be able to stand up for your faith and to your uncle. You should also be able to take a cab by yourself to Mass and rejoin Uncle afterwards. You are not a minor and you are NOT under your uncle’s authority.
 
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One more question. Because of this trip I’m going to, my family is arguing that there is a chance that I won’t be able to attend Mass. They don’t understand it’s importance, both the Mass itself and the obligation, and they’re saying that while it’s possible I might attend, if I don’t then I can’t whine about it. I’m trying everything humanly possible to make sure that I attend, but my family is very antagonistic about the faith with this regard. Would I be guilty of a mortal sin if I don’t get to Mass?
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If you miss Mass through no fault of your own, there is no sin involved. Sometimes we are sick and we can’t make it, or sometimes we need to stay home with a family member who is sick. And sometimes we are in a place where there is no Mass available.

It is only a sin to miss your Sunday obligation when you purposely do so. Do NOT feel any guilt whatsoever if you miss through no fault of your own.

From what you have written, I would say do the best you can to make it to Mass, but if circumstances make it impossible, you have not committed a sin.
 
You are old enough to travel and visit another city. You are also old enough to catch a taxi to get to Mass.
 
Cruxis117 said:
One more question. Because of this trip I’m going to, my family is arguing that there is a chance that I won’t be able to attend Mass. They don’t understand it’s importance, both the Mass itself and the obligation, and they’re saying that while it’s possible I might attend, if I don’t then I can’t whine about it. I’m trying everything humanly possible to make sure that I attend, but my family is very antagonistic about the faith with this regard. Would I be guilty of a mortal sin if I don’t get to Mass?
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No .
 
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