Daily Communion = fanatic?

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Maybe I can get some enlightenment.

It’s always been a thing of mine to try to go to daily Mass, though I didn’t always go daily. Since Lent, I barely have missed a day.

I don’t go merely out of habit. I just feel like there’s nothing more important in the world than the Sacrifice Jesus makes for us, which is re-presented on the altar. So I schedule my day around the Mass.

For some reason, I feel a little off when I don’t make it to Mass that day. It just seems so simple… if this is the ultimate prayer, why couldn’t I have made a little effort to rearrange things to make it there?

But it sometimes seems different for others. Responsibilities are important, and they need to be done… so God will understand if I don’t go to daily Mass. But I also see Mass as a responsibility, and there’s nothing wrong with getting up an hour or two earlier as a small sacrifice for the Sacrifice of the Mass.

Basically, I’ve been getting this feeling lately that I’m a fanatic. In fact, right now, I have the temptation to not go to Mass soon… or is it not a temptation??

So confused!
 
I assure you that you’re NOT a fanatic. 🙂

the Popes have encouraged us to receive Communion as frequently as possible! Many of teh Saints went to daily Mass.

For example, try reading about St Gemma 🙂 she received Communion daily, and went to another Mass (without receiving Communion). She also visited Jesus in the Eucharist daily. (not to mention her prayers, which lasted a long time.) She also fulfilled all her duties, helped the poor, etc… all the graces that she received in the Mass helped her to become a Saint 🙂

so if people call you a fanatic, or if you feel like you might be, - going to daily Mass is defintely a great devotion to have and not weird or fanatical at all.

I wish I could go to daily Mass! 🙂

God bless.
 
Just keep on doing what you’re doing, going out of LOVE for God!!👍👍👍👍
 
sabriner said:
Maybe I can get some enlightenment.

It’s always been a thing of mine to try to go to daily Mass, though I didn’t always go daily. Since Lent, I barely have missed a day.

I don’t go merely out of habit. I just feel like there’s nothing more important in the world than the Sacrifice Jesus makes for us, which is re-presented on the altar. So I schedule my day around the Mass.

For some reason, I feel a little off when I don’t make it to Mass that day. It just seems so simple… if this is the ultimate prayer, why couldn’t I have made a little effort to rearrange things to make it there?

But it sometimes seems different for others. Responsibilities are important, and they need to be done… so God will understand if I don’t go to daily Mass. But I also see Mass as a responsibility, and there’s nothing wrong with getting up an hour or two earlier as a small sacrifice for the Sacrifice of the Mass.

Basically, I’ve been getting this feeling lately that I’m a fanatic. In fact, right now, I have the temptation to not go to Mass soon… or is it not a temptation??

So confused!
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The world at large would tell you that you’re a fanatic, because they have another agenda: themselves. You recognize that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the ultimate prayer, the torrent from which all other graces flow, and you make small sacrifices to take part in it. That’s an attitude that leads to holiness. The love of God for his own sake should be the vivifying force in our lives, from which comes all other virtues, including love of one’s neighbor. For the world, however, this is seen as bizarre, absurd, and offensive. Their highest goal is their own self-gratification, so anything that diminishes this is seen as fanatical. But so what? To me, they’re the fanatics. 😉

Once you decide to take up any kind of spiritual program, especially one that includes daily Mass, there will be obstacles and doubts that try to dissuade you. That’s just a sign you’re making progress.
 
I go to Mass daily and have done so for many years; it is a great blessing to me.

Sometimes, it is necessary to not go as my daughter may need me to watch one of her children in the morning, while she takes the other to a doctor’s appointment. That doesn’t mean I have to ask her to change her appointment so I can go to weekday Mass. There are times when acting in charity towards someone will interfere with going to weekday Mass, and we need to put the person before our own desire.

It is a blessing that the Lord has increased your desire to go to Mass daily. But don’t stress about it if fatigue or doing a favor for someone should interfere.
 
sabriner said:
Basically, I’ve been getting this feeling lately that I’m a fanatic. In fact, right now, I have the temptation to not go to Mass soon… or is it not a temptation??
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Yes, it is a temptation. Going to daily Mass is a good thing. I know what you mean though, as I have also wondered, “Do I go to Mass too much?” But how can it ever be too much? It is the closest thing on earth to what we will be doing for all eternity.
 
Dorothy gives a very good answer. Going to daily Mass is a great good and it is wonderful that you are able to do it. Some have the desire, but are not able to because of their life commitments. We should not shirk our duties in order to go, but we also should take every opportunity to go.

Yes, the world will see it as fanatical and crazy, but the world is wrong. In the same vein though, you don’t need to advertise at every opportunity that you were at Mass that day. Simply make it a habit (that is a good thing!) and let the beauty of the Mass shine through you as you go about the rest of your day.

Resist the temptation to stop going to daily Mass simply because it makes you different. Continue going as often as your schedule permits, but do not shirk your duties in life (ie, school or work schedule) in order to go. If you can easily accommodate a Mass time by simply waking up a bit earlier or taking lunch at a different time, than do it!
 
I can also assure that you are not a fanatic, because I also love going to daily Mass! I am usually able to go every day, but sometimes something else pulls me away. I find I really need the time to recharge my spiritual batteries, so to speak. 😉
 
If you’re a fanatic, so am I. But I’m not. I’m just a person who needs to spend as much time with Jesus as possible.

I do what I can to make it on a daily basis. Sometimes I can’t, and I really miss it on those days. For a long time, I kept the fact that I went to Mass during the week a secret from my co-workers, but eventually it couldn’t be contained. They have gotten over the shock of someone who goes more often than Sundays, and a few have started to attend daily Mass. Some regularly, some when the spirit moves them.
 
I started attending daily Mass about six months prior to my baptism and confirmation at the Easter Vigil. Since then, I’ve been every day. Like you, perhaps, I was thinking that maybe I’m acting obsessively. Then I truly understood that it’s a good thing to spend a lot of time thanking Jesus for his sacrifice for us. I wasted many years in agnosticism/atheism and I have a lot of time to “make up” for. I do not want to be the person who arrives at my particular judgement and the Lord says “who are you?”

I also schedule my day around the Mass also, but know that there will be times when work or life gets in the way.

Mass is as close to heaven as we’ll get on earth. If you can reasonably go, don’t let anything or anyone tempt you out of going.

Every Holy communion brings me closer to Him and repairs my soul a bit more. 😃

I never really understood why I started attending daily Mass; I was just sort of pulled into going. Attending daily Mass isn’t something I worry a great deal about any more; my truck just seems to turn into the parking lot at the right time :o. I’m lucky in that there are daily Masses at 7, 8, 9, and noon within a 20-30 minute area.
 
You are not a fanatic. You are striving for personal holiness. More power to you! I should be so fortunate as to be able to go to mass every day…
 
Hi Sabriner,

You are making Jesus so happy, please don’t sop.

You’re serious about about wanting to become a saint, and that should be the norm for every Christian.

The voices of the world, the majority, are usually out of tune with those striving for holiness.

Listen to the Lord, not to the world, and your reward will be in heaven.

God Bless.
 
Daily Mass is positively encouraged, and many graces flow from going.
I try to go every day, but don’t always make it.
 
I go to mass nearly every day now that I am in a position to do so.
At one point, I worried about becoming fanatical, scrupulous, and/or superstitious.
And then I realized:

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God calls me to the daily Mass.
God gives me the grace to hear his call.
God gives me the grace to respond to his call.
And, so, I go.**

This has nothing at all to do with me and everything to do with God. I thank him for the call. I thank him for the response. And I don’t try to second guess why I am there beyond the fact that, for some reason, God wants me there.

Does that make sense?
 
IrishAm said:
I go to mass nearly every day now that I am in a position to do so.
At one point, I worried about becoming fanatical, scrupulous, and/or superstitious.
And then I realized:

**

God calls me to the daily Mass.
God gives me the grace to hear his call.
God gives me the grace to respond to his call.
And, so, I go.**

This has nothing at all to do with me and everything to do with God.
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AMEN.
 
IrishAm said:
I go to mass nearly every day now that I am in a position to do so.
At one point, I worried about becoming fanatical, scrupulous, and/or superstitious.
And then I realized:

**

God calls me to the daily Mass.
God gives me the grace to hear his call.
God gives me the grace to respond to his call.
And, so, I go.**

This has nothing at all to do with me and everything to do with God.
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A great way to put it.
 
Posters are correct…Jesus loves for us to attend daily Mass. The world will probably tell you you’re a fanatic, but we are “in” the world without being “of” the world. I cannot go EVERY DAY, but I usually manage to get there 2 to 3 times a week. I really feel it the weeks I cannot go until the next Sunday! (I just hate when that happens!) I feel definite withdrawls the weeks I cannot go, and by Friday, I am chomping at the bit to get to Mass!! (thank goodness that doesn’t happen very often)

Keep going daily!!
 
Thank you all for encouragement.

I guess to be persecuted by the ones you love isn’t supposed to be easy. :o It is painful, but I’m glad to have something to offer the Lord. 👍
 
I don’t think you are a fanatic. I myself feel drawn to Mass and the Eucharist. My husband doesn’t understand it and he doesn’t understand why I would go during the week. I wish I could get there every day!
 
You are definitely NOT a fanatic. The desire to participate in daily Mass is a desire put there by God. He is drawing you closer to Him.

When we die, the Masses that we’d taken part in during our lifetime will aid us in alleviating much suffering in Purgatory, and speed our journey to Heaven. Now…do you have to be a fanatic to want that? Duh!

God bless you!
John
 
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