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Markpro1
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Is Celebrating Mass on a Saturday afternoon ok? or is Sunday the only day the Mass should be celebrated? Thank you. 
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threej_lc
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Assuming you’re referring to whether a mass celebrated on Saturday can satisfy your Sunday obligation, the answer is yes. Saturday Evening is considered part of Sunday.
Now, how “early” in a Saturday afternoon/evening constitutes being part of Sunday has never been formally defined. Normally the break-point is around 5:00 p.m., although I’ve seen some churches celbreating mass as early as 4:00 p.m. Anything earlier then that, I’d find questionable.
Josh
Now, how “early” in a Saturday afternoon/evening constitutes being part of Sunday has never been formally defined. Normally the break-point is around 5:00 p.m., although I’ve seen some churches celbreating mass as early as 4:00 p.m. Anything earlier then that, I’d find questionable.
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Chatter163
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Actually 4:00PM is the “break point,” but in certain dioceses the bishop has specified 5:00PM, which is his perrogative.
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mosher
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Anything earlier than 4PM must be a Saturday day mass and not a Sunday Mass.
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Petergee
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I understand that for a '“vigil” (Saturday) Mass to satisfy the Sunday Mass obligation, it must occur after sunset or 6 pm, unless otherwise permitted by the Bishop. In Las Vegas the Bishop allows one church to have a vigil Mass at 2 pm Saturday for people who work at the casinos etc which are open 24 hours a day and have rotating work shifts.
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mosher
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Sunset is not a very specific indecator of when Sunday begins. There are different ways to figure that time depending on the location in the world. The Holy See through the respective Bishop’s Conference has determined what is properly suited for each location. As has been said eleware 4PM is the general norm for the US but as in cases such was with Bishop Pepe in Las Vegas he has obviously given a greater permission because of the particular needs in his See.
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