Attending New Years Eve is this mandatory?

[Mrs_Sally]

Even if it may not be obligatory to attend the vigil Mass for you, I wish you would love to go to Holy Mass for the love of God rather than for fulfilling a certain responsibility. I wish that so many folks out there (even Christians) would not organise parties at the midnight time, when it is preferrable to enter the New Year in prayer especially Holy Mass. We can always plan the parties for other times… For me, tonight with God’s grace I will attend Holy Mass and not the party that they have organised in my workplace for the staff and our families. I have requested the management to change the time for the party for next year if possible, so that more people would attend the night prayers. We have so much at stake around the world and various nations, we need the most powerful protection as we enter the new year. I need God’s powerful protection, no less!

We should attend Mass, but it doesn’t have to be the vigil. There is no reason to ask a secular business to change plans for New Year’s Eve since the HDO is Jan 1.

 

[TheRealJuliane]

I’m glad you pointed that out, Petergee. I can add the UK as another country where it is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation.

Yes, my husband talked me out of going to church on Jan. 1 for years, he said it was NOT an obligation day in the past (but he grew up in the UK) and since I didn’t want to cause a fuss, I just went along with it. Then I found out (here) that the obligation days aren’t the SAME everywhere around the world.

yet another confession I had to make…

Off to Mass!

Happy New Year, and may I say, I love Mary.

 

[SilverCamellia]

Yep, 1st January is not a Holy Day of Obligation here in the UK, but I went to Mass that day all the same, and the church was much fuller than at normal weekday Mass