Do you ever go to mass 2 times on Sunday?

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If you go to mass and dont go to communion and you can go to communion, you have not fulfilled you Holy Obligation. However if you dont go on easter you are now in mortal sin. There is a difference. Go to more than one mass on sundays doesnt get you into heaven easier than someone who only goes once. It doesnt work like that. If you “feel” it make you a better catholic or closer to god, fine. But the church doesnt teach that and if you can prove the church does, I’ll admit I am wrong.
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Where do you get this from? If the Church only obligates us to receive once a year, and also obligates us to go to Mass every Sunday plus holy days of obligation, that leaves more than a few days where we are simultaneously bound to go to Mass, yet not bound to receive communion.

Back up your assertions with proper texts.
 
Apparently you need to reference the 6 commandments of the church.
1.You shall attend Mass on Sundays and on holy days of obligation.
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3.You shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least once during the Easter season.<<

Nothing here about any obligation to receive communion each week- expect of course the priest who MUST receive in order for the mass to be legit.
 
Going to more masses means you are praying more because the mass is a prayer. The more you pray, the more graces you receive. So yes, you get more graces by going to more masses. Plus, you gain even more because you took the time and inconvenience to go visit Jesus in the Eucharist.
 
CCC, paragraph 1389:

The Church obliges the faithful to take part in the Divine Liturgy on Sundays and feast days and, prepared by the Sacrament of Reconciliation, to receive the Eucharist at least once a year, if possible during the Easter season. But the Church strongly encourages the faithful to receive the holy Eucharist on Sundays and feast days, or more often still, even daily.

Paragraph 1390:

Since Christ is sacramentally present under each species, communion under the species of bread alone makes it possible to receive all the fruit of Eucharistic grace…But “the sign of communion is more complete when given under both kinds, since in that form the sign of the Eucharistic meal appears more clearly”.
 
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What do you get out of Mass, if anything, phillipl? What do you bring to it? It sounds to me like you’d rather not be at Mass even one time on Sunday but would rather be doing other things with your time.
 
I dont go to mass. Where I live the nearest church is about 1.5 hours away. Due to health I dont have the ability to travel that distance. When I am closer to a church I go every sunday, I always go to the early mass. When growing up we went to 7am mass every sunday. What I get out of mass is exactly what I am to get out of mass. I dont hold hand with people. I dont do the hand shake. I dont sing. I go to mass to go to confession right before mass and then to communion. Yes you are to go to communion on day of obligations according to CCC 2181. Since sundays are days of obligation, if you need to go to communion or you havent fulfilled you holy obligation. You are required to go on Easter or you are in a state of mortal sin. Before Easter my mom would have us go to confession and make us go to communion. During the rest of the year she didnt, but when we didnt we still fail to fulfill our holy obigation. There is a diffrerence between required to go or you in a state of mortal sin. Or you dont go on sundays and it is just a sin.
 
I don’t go to Mass more than once on a Sunday often.

I used to do so more frequently when I was involved in more Church activities that might require me to attend a Mass other than when the rest of my family wished to attend. If it was the same priest saying both Masses the homily would be pretty much the same (unless one of the homilies was targeting a specific group of people.)
 
I mean, the question was, you ever go twice in one day, and yeah, I have. Probably a lotta people have.

Reason being that yes, no one gets a twofer.
 
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So, when you’re able to attend Mass, you don’t feel that excitement in the air, that eager anticipation of something glorious about to happen? What is it you think you’re to get out of Mass? Just going to Confession and receiving Jesus in the Eucharist? What do those two things do for your soul?

You speak of your mom “making you” go to Confession and then to Communion. It sounds like you resented having to do either one. But she was teaching you obedience and reverence for the One who forgives without ceasing and who wants to embrace you and fill you with His Love and give you His Peace.

When I was little, I couldn’t wait to go to Confession because I knew I would be forgiven of my sins by Jesus. Then I would be able to receive Him with a clean heart in the Eucharist. My mother was a Protestant. So she didn’t understand these things. But she took me to Mass every Sunday and she learned.

As for going to Mass on Easter, if you’re able to go, yes. But if you have a valid reason for not going, you’re excused, For instance, if you’re sick or taking care of someone who is sick or frail, you are excused. If you must work, you’re excused. My mother worked in the health care industry for most of her working life. Her job required her to be on call weekends as well as during the week. So she couldn’t always go to Mass with me. And she wasn’t raised with Daily Mass. So Holy Days of Obligation after her retirement was a real eye opener. There is always something to learn in the Catholic Church.

You said the nearest parish to you is 1.5 hrs away. Do you have a Catholic hospital nearby? You could attend Mass there if you could find transportation. On the days that you can’t get to Mass, you could arrange with your priest to have the Eucharist brought to you. But if you needed to confess your sins, that person would have to be your priest.

There is also Mass on EWTN. Many shut-ins and those with health issues are unable to attend Mass personally but do so in spirit via EWTN’s airing of the Daily and Sunday Masses.

Oh, the Mass is so joyful. To worship together, to lift our voices in song praising and glorifying Him, to pray, to share the Sign of Peace, to receive Jesus in the Eucharist. Mass is so much more than just going to Confession and receiving Communion. Spending that hour with Our Lord and Savior and feeling His Love. Looking forward to the day when we will kneel before Him in Heaven and be with Him for eternity.

He is alive! And He is fully present! How can you not feel excited that you are going to see and spend time with the King of kings? Oh my gosh! It’s such an honor. And when one can attend 2 Masses in the same day, it’s a double blessing.
 
lilypadrees said:
So, when you’re able to attend Mass, you don’t feel that excitement in the air, that eager anticipation of something glorious about to happen?
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No.
lilypadrees said:
You speak of your mom “making you” go to Confession and then to Communion. It sounds like you resented having to do either one.
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We were children.
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When I was little, I couldn’t wait to go to Confession because I knew I would be forgiven of my sins by Jesus.
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I go to Mass because I want to go. I am catholic because it doesnt require that you blindly follow (well use to more and more catholic tell other catholics they must blindly obey) and check your brain at the door. I use my brain and not my feeling to honor God.
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You said the nearest parish to you is 1.5 hrs away. Do you have a Catholic hospital nearby?
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No.
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There is also Mass on EWTN. Many shut-ins and those with health issues are unable to attend Mass personally but do so in spirit via EWTN’s airing of the Daily and Sunday Masses.
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The church doesnt teach that watching Mass is the same as going.
 
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philipl said:
I hate to break the bad new to you deacon. Buyt the church teaches YOU ONLY CAN TAKLE COMMUNION TWICE IN A DAY. You only go to mass to take communion. If you want to go every mass at every day of the year and go to any mass you can get to, knnock yourself out Deacon. But you get no more out of it than the first one you attended. PERIOD.
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Uh no. That’s not the main purpose for attending a Mass. The main purpose for attending a Mass is simply to worship God. The Mass is the highest form of worship in the Catholic Church, which is why the Church makes it an obligation to attend Mass every Sunday and all other Holy Days of Obligation. Receiving Holy Communion at the Mass is purely optional.

So if one wants to worship God as much as possible, it makes perfect sense to attend multiple Masses during the day, though a lay person shouldn’t receive Holy Communion more than twice in a day.
 
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Only if sharing in a necessary ministry at mass. Those attending more than one mass in which they are not fulfilling a liturgical ministry are forbidden to recieve Holy Communion more than once per day.
 
lilypadrees said:
There is also Mass on EWTN. Many shut-ins and those with health issues are unable to attend Mass personally but do so in spirit via EWTN’s airing of the Daily and Sunday Masses.
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There are also daily and Sunday masses on many local cable TV networks, for the millions that don’t get EWTN.
 
absolutely i have

usually i attend the saturday vigil in my parish

but sometimes i also go car the mass on at the marian shrine on sunday; i tell myself: " i am just going to say the rosary & go to confession" pre-mass

but i end up staying for the whole mass
 
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That’s an interesting delima .

That when you are at mass you are spending time with Jesus. Vs
When you are doing good works .you are spending time with Jesus.

Huh ??? Its seems to. Be a toss up?
 
No different than when I was a practicing Methodist.

I went to church to worship God. I did things to help others to honor God. I prayed to God to help me be a better person…and then I’d go out and be that person (as best as I humanly could) to honor Him. I worked with local Methodist charity groups and spent time helping others in God’s name. I’m a nurse and very very often I stop and consider that - as hard as it is sometimes to remember - I think I’ve done an awful lot of God’s work, regardless of what religious affiliation I considered myself to have, including at one point none.

It’s not a dilemma at all - unless you want to designate it a Christian one. Maybe I missed your point, which is also a possibility.

Back to the Mass conversation…
 
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I feel sad for you that you don’t feel that excitement about the Mass. You make it sound so mechanical and emotionless.

You say you go to Mass because you want to go. But your posts indicate that you would rather be spending your time elsewhere and that attending Mas is nothing more than a duty you must perform.

Catholics don’t “blindly obey” or “blindly follow.” We use our brains, educating ourselves about our Church and our beliefs. We bring our hearts full of love for Christ and for our fellow man to the Mass. Then we go out sharing Christ with those we meet.

No one says the Church teaches that watching Mass on TV is the same as going in person.It isn’t. But it is a welcome alternative for those who are unable to attend Mass at their local parish. And EWTN’s Mass airs several times a day. So you can view it once or every time if you wish to.
 
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