Ball game and Holy Thursday

[bill_k]

My grandson has a baseball game on Holy Thursday at 5pm. I have call all the area churches and they only have evening masses. To go to the game I will miss mass. Will I have committed a mortal sin and not be able to take the Eucharist on Easter Sunday.

 

[kage_ar]

Holy Thursday is not a Holy Day of Obligation.

 

[littlepreo]

for future reference, even if it were a holy day or a sunday, i think you could still get a dispensation from your priest if you talked to him before hand.

 

[grandiosa]

for future reference, even if it were a holy day or a sunday, i think you could still get a dispensation from your priest if you talked to him before hand.

I would be disappointed in any priest that would dispense the obligation to attend Mass for such a frivolous reason. It’s only one game…

Holy Thursday is not a HDO, so no sin is involved in missing Mass.

However, my daughter’s birthday is tomorrow… and she wants to go bowling. I can’t bring myself to go bowling on Holy Thursday… it just feels so disrespectful! So I understand your feelings. If you feel you need to go to Mass, I think it would be perfectly appropriate to apologize to your grandson for missing this one game and explain that practicing your faith comes before baseball.

 

[Mark77]

What’s more important in the eternal perspective?

Seems like a pretty easy question to answer to me.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Pra Pro Nobis Peccatoribus!

Mark