Attending New Years Eve is this mandatory?

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i am wondering whether tommorow is an obligation to go to mass?? it does say so on my churches website

i am to attend a new years eve party at my sisters house and i am afraid that due to no fault of my own, simply scheduling conflicts, i would not be able to attend mass,

should i not go to the party and go to mass instead? is this very serious? i did go to mass on new years eve… day, and today on sunday.
 
The Holy Day of Obligation is January 1st, so New Year’s Eve is a Vigil Mass. If you attend Mass on Tuesday, you’re good to go!🙂
 
January 1 is a holy day of obligation in many places including – based on your church bulletin – your diocese.

You can fulfill the obligation either on the day itself or the evening before. If your parish offers a Mass on New Year’s Eve you can attend that, or a Mass on New Year’s Day. Check masstimes.org if you want to check the schedules at other nearby parishes.

By the way, the Mass on New Year’s Eve is probably fairly early, like 5pm. One option might be to attend Mass and then go to the party. It will matter if you’re there at midnight, not at 6pm.
 
this is what has been posted on my churches website

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
(Holy Days of Obligation)
New Year’s Eve (Mon., December 31)
5:30 pm

New Year’s Day (Tues., January 1)
8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am and 12:30 pm

The Epiphany of the Lord (Sun., January 6)
8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm
and 6:00 pm

i thought or it appeared as if i wold have to go to both the new years eve, new years day a,d than later january 6th, but if the new years eve counts for the new years day, than i suppose i can just go on new years day
 
It looks like they didn’t make it clear, but yes, you have a choice of the 5:30 Mass on New Year’s Eve OR one of the Masses on New Year’s Day. And then, of course, Mass on the following Sunday.
 
=pwlj_christ87;10187579]hello all,
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i am wondering whether tommorow is an obligation to go to mass?? it does say so on my churches website
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i am to attend a new years eve party at my sisters house and i am afraid that due to no fault of my own, simply scheduling conflicts, i would not be able to attend mass,
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should i not go to the party and go to mass instead? is this very serious? i did go to mass on new years eve… day, and today on sunday.
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January 1st IS A HOLY DAY OF GRAVE OBLIGATION.🙂 “MARY MOTHER OD GOD”

All then are obligated just like a Sunday to attend the “vigil Mass” Of the Masson the Holy Day itself:)
 
PJM said:
January 1st IS A HOLY DAY OF GRAVE OBLIGATION.🙂 “MARY MOTHER OD GOD”

All then are obligated just like a Sunday to attend the “vigil Mass” Of the Masson the Holy Day itself:)
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Please be careful about making universal dogmatic declarations like this. This is an international forum and the days which are Holy Days of Obligation vary from country to country, from Rite to Rite and sometimes even from diocese to diocese. 1st January is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation in Australia and some other countries.
 
i have asked someobyd that is a server in my parish and he told me it is ok for me to go on just new years day
 
pwlj_christ87 said:
i have asked someobyd that is a server in my parish and he told me it is ok for me to go on just new years day
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And you don’t even have to get up at o-dark-hundred…as you would if you wanted to attend the EF Mass in our diocese on Jan. 1 (6:30 AM). Well, at least we have one, so I shouldn’t whimper.
 
I would add that had there been a conflict between Mass and the party, you would have been obligated to attend Mass and skip the party.
 
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i have asked someobyd that is a server in my parish and he told me it is ok for me to go on just new years day
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Yes. Hope you enjoy the family party on New Year’s eve! Remember to pray for your sister and all you family at Mass!
 
Though I do know the difference, I’m often wondering the same thing. This year though I’m wondering if ill get to go at all. I’ve had a cough since before Christmas that in the last day or so has developed into laryngitis from irritation and a fever. It’s normally easier to get to a vigil mass with my daughter than a morning one but I’m thinking to,or row we will hunker down and hope to get in Tuesday morning.

I hope you have a wonderful nye and a blessed new year!
 
pwlj_christ87 said:
this is what has been posted on my churches website

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
(Holy Days of Obligation)
New Year’s Eve (Mon., December 31)
5:30 pm

New Year’s Day (Tues., January 1)
8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am and 12:30 pm

The Epiphany of the Lord (Sun., January 6)
8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm
and 6:00 pm

i thought or it appeared as if i wold have to go to both the new years eve, new years day a,d than later january 6th, but if the new years eve counts for the new years day, than i suppose i can just go on new years day
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Yeah… the Vigil counts towards your Holy Day of obligation(just like a saturday evening mass counts for the Sunday)… the Holy Day of Obligation is the day itself (so in this case January 1 the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God) but if you go to mass for the Vigil on Dec 31 then you’ll fulfilled your obligation… but as you stated you are going to a party so then as long as you go sometime the next day ( or as someone else suggested you can go to mass before the party starts…)

Merry Christmas!
Zac
 
mom2em said:
Though I do know the difference, I’m often wondering the same thing. This year though I’m wondering if ill get to go at all. I’ve had a cough since before Christmas that in the last day or so has developed into laryngitis from irritation and a fever. It’s normally easier to get to a vigil mass with my daughter than a morning one but I’m thinking to,or row we will hunker down and hope to get in Tuesday morning.

I hope you have a wonderful nye and a blessed new year!
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Hope you are feeling better soon. If you are still running a fever on Tuesday, please take care of yourself. I hear the flu is starting early this year and is a nasty strain. You don’t want to infect anyone else!
 
Mrs_Sally said:
Hope you are feeling better soon. If you are still running a fever on Tuesday, please take care of yourself. I hear the flu is starting early this year and is a nasty strain. You don’t want to infect anyone else!
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It didn’t seem like it was much. Just your average cold. Nothing serious. But it’s grown. I haven’t really gone anywhere and unless things changed between now and quarter to five tomorrow evening I will be keeping us home. I do not want to go and have anyone feel as I do. Especially if they were to get it much worse,

The pharmacist told me he hasn’t seen anything this bad since H1n1.

There are SO many terrible bugs out there. I’ll keep mine contained (but secretly hope for them to hehe break out …of me too:p)
 
Petergee said:
Please be careful about making universal dogmatic declarations like this. This is an international forum and the days which are Holy Days of Obligation vary from country to country, from Rite to Rite and sometimes even from diocese to diocese. 1st January is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation in Australia and some other countries.
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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.
 
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!
 
ImmaBV said:
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.
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Why can’t it be both? I see nothi ng to indicate that the OP does not go to Mass for the love of God. Your comment seems unduly harsh.

Part of loving God is making the effort to know what the laws of His Church are and to obey them.
 
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