We are required (obligated) to attend Mass on every Sunday of the year, and on every Holy Day of Obligation (required days that happen to fall on days other than Sunday, such as Christmas Day, the eighth day after Christmas (January 1), All Saints’ Day (November 1) and others).
Excellent post…I would love being able to fellowship with you brother…
I am not “bashing” - I am pointing out the historical facts of the case.
Do you believe that King Edward VI did not fully intend to break you away from the Apostolic Succession, so as to establish a “spiritual” form of Christianity?
This has been talked about in many threads by Anglican wiser than I, so I won’t try to “reinvent the wheel” by rehashing what they said. My only reply is this: no offense, but only Catholics say that England did not intend to maintain Succession. And then, it’s only certain Catholics; it is by no means a unanimous belief (even if it’s “supposed to be” unanimous). Regardless of what one thinks of King Edward VI and the utterly ridiculous charges about that Ordination language, his situation certainly has no bearing on our Orders today. We maintained Succession, and we also have Polish National Catholic bishops as recent consecrators. As a Catholic, I understand that you are required to believe that our Orders are bogus. As an Anglican, we most certainly don’t agree with that, and it can get quite tiresome and hurtful to have to put up with such absurd claims all the time. As I was nearly ordained as a priest myself, I have studied and researched this matter quite carefully. There’s nothing you can say that will change my/our minds, and perhaps we can lay the Edward VI shell game to rest now. 
That interesting…I can see where people would go just to fulfill it yet have a heart far from Christ…My wife and I attend our church because we want to be with our bothers and sisters in Christ and to minister to one another…And be taught from the word…I have many times in the past skipped a service to help someone move or do a house or car repair…Never felt any conviction from the Holy Spirit that I was doing wrong…I actually seen God’'s hand in the situation and an opportunity to minister in Christ’s name…Scriptures tell us not to forsake assembly, but it’s not in a legalistic way where we can’t break a routine or it’s a sin…peace to you…
JL: I would just eat a cracker and a sip of wine at home and pretend I took communion same difference.Why? I know they believe their Communion is the Body and Blood too and you don’t. But TEC Communion is open to all baptized in the manner of the Trinity. No one is going to be holding a gun to anyone’s head if they receive even if they don’t believe TEC Communion is the Body and Blood. If you feel so called to receive, so be it.
Those whose hearts are far from Christ also don’t usually take His Church all that seriously, either, so there is very little “danger” of a Catholic Mass being “contaminated” by the presence of an unbeliever, unless they are present of their own free will, out of curiosity.
It’s not the unbelievers that are luke warm … That have a form of religion yet deny it’s power…The body of Christ has many in it’s midst…I’ve read many priest’s/pastors ect. who deny the validity of the sacred scriptures…Those whose hearts are far from Christ also don’t usually take His Church all that seriously, either, so there is very little “danger” of a Catholic Mass being “contaminated” by the presence of an unbeliever, unless they are present of their own free will, out of curiosity.
I don’t see why they shouldn’t be required to go to Mass. The Mass is the ultimate source of grace, and surely, those who are lukewarm are the ones most in need of that grace. Even if they resist the grace, it can do them no harm to come to Mass.
It not about the going, it’s the “rule” part…The Holy Spirit is who does the drawing…Like baptism…You can go through the motions and still be an unrepentant sinner afterward…Just like in the scriptures with feast days, if you feel you must go then go…Another honors the day as if it’s just another day…Conversion of the heart is what the Holy Spirit draws us too…The inner change draws us to Christ…I don’t see why they shouldn’t be required to go to Mass. The Mass is the ultimate source of grace, and surely, those who are lukewarm are the ones most in need of that grace. Even if they resist the grace, it can do them no harm to come to Mass.
Doing good works outside of Mass on the Lord’s Day is to be commended and encouraged; but it does not take the place of going to Mass; for a Catholic. Obviously we understand that for you it is of no consequence.
Conversion of the heart doesn’t happen in a vacuum. If a person never exposes himself to the Sacraments or to the life of the Church, how will he ever be converted? Yes, ultimately, the requirement to go should transform itself into a desire to go, but in the meantime, people still need to go, in order to receive the faith that will transform law into grace.
just for clarification for the curious. Holidays of Obligation vary from country to country as the Bishops Conference of each country would state which holidays from the list the Vatican has would be observed in their country. the other Holidays are then dispensed
I know plenty who were doing there own thing when the Holy Spirit got a hold of them…Peter’s first sermon added 3,000 to the church in one day…How glad are the feet of those who bring the good news to others(you and I)…The Holy Spirit works in and outside the church…Even used a cute blonde with a chick tract with bible verses to get my attention…I bet you will be surprised in heaven of all those who came to Christ outside a church setting…
In addition to Sunday, the days to be observed as holy days of obligation in the Latin Rite dioceses of the United States of America, in conformity with canon 1246, are as follows:
He was the Pope, and he was preaching a Christian sermon.
Outside the building, yes, but not outside the Church. You and I are the Church.
Se we can agree, we are salt and light to this world…The more flesh that dies in our lives the more Christ can shine though…The Holy Spirit loves to set up divine appointments when we shine as Christ would have i=us in this sin sick world…Peace of Christ to you…He was the Pope, and he was preaching a Christian sermon.
Outside the building, yes, but not outside the Church. You and I are the Church.
Nicely said. Peace
wow, thats a lot
One of my problems with the Church. All Catholics are not obligated to do the same things to obey in order to avoid mortal sin. It depends in part on where you live.