Do you ever go to mass 2 times on Sunday?

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No it is not optional. If you can take communion and fail to do so you have not fulfilled your holy obligation.

2181 The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. For this reason the faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason (for example, illness, the care of infants) or dispensed by their own pastor. Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin.

Since Sunday are days of obligations you need to go to communion as long as you dont have a mortal sin on your soul. Its black and white, right there in the CCC.

I have just shown PROOF on church teachings. Please show me PROOF the church teaches that attending more than one mass on Sunday is more Holy than attending just once.
 
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“participating in the Eucharist” is just another way of saying “assisting at Mass”.

You can receive communion without making it to Mass, you know.

Until the late 20th Century, it was the tradition for several centuries actually, that most Catholics in attendance at mass did not approach the altar for communion for most of the masses they intended. If this was a change, they would have made it clear as it would have been a big change indeed.
 
It happens. I sing in a Gregorian schola and we usually sing at Saturday evening Mass throughout the year (on Sunday evening Mass during Advent and Lent). As the local abbey will usually be using the same propers on the Sunday, I also go to the Sunday Mass at the abbey to hear how they sing them. I wish it were the other way around, hearing the monks first, but alas that’s how the schedule works.
 
philipl said:
No it is not optional. If you can take communion and fail to do so you have not fulfilled your holy obligation.
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http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s2c1a3.htm

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.224 But the Church strongly encourages the faithful to receive the holy Eucharist on Sundays and feast days, or more often still, even daily.

Strongly encourages =/= obliged. We are obliged to take the Eucharist once per year. We are obliged to go to mass every Sunday and on Holy Days of Obligation. We are encouraged to take the Eucharist provided we don’t take it more than twice in one day.

I’ve included the definitions of these words to help you determine the differences, it seems that’s where your struggle is.

o·blige
əˈblīj/
verb
past tense: obliged; past participle: obliged
Code: 
make (someone) legally or morally bound to an action or course of action.
ob·li·gate
verb
past tense: obligated; past participle: obligated
ˈäbləɡāt/
Code: 
1.
bind or compel (someone), especially legally or morally.
en·cour·age
inˈkərij/
verb
help or stimulate (an activity, state, or view) to develop.
 
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philipl said:
2181 The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. For this reason the faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason (for example, illness, the care of infants) or dispensed by their own pastor. Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin.
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This says differently. Please note is says “Days” not Day. I am still waiting for proof that attending more than one mass on sunday bring one closer to god than attending only one.
 
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That’s what I had quoted too…I think (and I’m only thinking here) that “not participating in the Eucharist” might mean “slipping out and not being there at all”? I don’t like to think I’m interpreting the catechism but I also can’t imagine that it would contradict itself.

Here’s canon law - or at least all I could find in canon law with a quick search, using the CCC reference in paragraph 2181:

Can. 1246 §1. Sunday, on which by apostolic tradition the paschal mystery is celebrated, must be observed in the universal Church as the primordial holy day of obligation. The following days must also be observed: the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Epiphany, the Ascension, the Body and Blood of Christ, Holy Mary the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, Saint Joseph, Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles, and All Saints.

§2. With the prior approval of the Apostolic See, however, the conference of bishops can suppress some of the holy days of obligation or transfer them to a Sunday.

Can. 1247 On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Mass.

Moreover, they are to abstain from those works and aVairs which hinder the worship to be rendered to God, the joy proper to the Lord’s day, or the suitable relaxation of mind and body.

Can. 1248 §1. A person who assists at a Mass celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the feast day itself or in the evening of the preceding day satisfies the obligation of participating in the Mass.

§2. If participation in the eucharistic celebration becomes impossible because of the absence of a sacred minister or for another grave cause, it is strongly recommended that the faithful take part in a liturgy of the word if such a liturgy is celebrated in a parish church or other sacred place according to the prescripts of the diocesan bishop or that they devote themselves to prayer for a suitable time alone, as a family, or, as the occasion permits, in groups of families.
 
What ever you say, I am done with this thread as I have shown proof and there is yet proof to be shown that going to more than one mass on sunday or any other day gets you closer to god.
 
i don’t think that is true, colonel

i believe we are allowed to receive the eucharist twice (but no more than that) in a 24 hr period
 
I did it once when there was a special Mass I wanted to attend as well where I could bring my dog.
 
I have gone to Mass twice in a day (Sunday or other day) from time to time when I had a reason to go twice, such as
  • wanting to receive two Holy Communions in order to apply one to a plenary indulgence on the Saturday preceding and one to a plenary indulgence on the Sunday itself
  • wanting to “make up” for missing a Mass the day before though I had a good reason to miss the Mass the day before
  • wanting extra spiritual help or grace on a difficult day
etc.
 
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i don’t think that is true, colonel

i believe we are allowed to receive the eucharist twice (but no more than that) in a 24 hr period
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We may receive twice in one day, but the second one has to be at a Mass. We do not have to be assisting at the Mass however. It just has to be at a Mass, as opposed to at a prayer service or in some other non-Mass context.
Can. 917 One who has received the blessed Eucharist may receive it again on the same day only within a eucharistic celebration in which that person participates, without prejudice to the provision of can. 921 §2.
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(921 section 2 deals with receiving when you’re in danger of death.)
 
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There have been times when my various ministry commitments have meant that I get to go to ALL the Masses for the weekend!

The homily always varies a little, but the main message stays the same. If it’s a good homily I enjoy hearing it again with the slight variations.
 
I posted that more as a rebuttal to the statements about “if you go and don’t receive you’ve committed a mortal sin” - because somehow I don’t think that’s true, and I’ve never read nor heard anywhere that it is.
 
philipl said:
No, I would be a waste to do so. Once you have been to communion any more doesnt make a difference.
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Mass is NEVER a waste. And do you honestly think that the second communion does not on its own confer any grace? If that were the case, then the canon law wouldn’t suggest that one receive if in danger of death even if one had already received once or even twice on that same day.
 
Canon law may have come to the rescue. But maybe not, as we’ve taken so many twists and turns this might not help us any more.

PARTICIPATION IN THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST

Can. 912 Any baptized person not prohibited by law can and must be admitted to holy communion.

Can. 913 §1. The administration of the Most Holy Eucharist to children requires that they have sufficient knowledge and careful preparation so that they understand the mystery of Christ according to their capacity and are able to receive the body of Christ with faith and devotion.

§2. The Most Holy Eucharist, however, can be administered to children in danger of death if they can distinguish the body of Christ from ordinary food and receive communion reverently.

Can. 914 It is primarily the duty of parents and those who take the place of parents, as well as the duty of pastors, to take care that children who have reached the use of reason are prepared properly and, after they have made sacramental confession, are refreshed with this divine food as soon as possible. It is for the pastor to exercise vigilance so that children who have not attained the use of reason or whom he judges are not sufficiently disposed do not approach holy communion.

Can. 915 Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion.

Can. 916 A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible.

Can. 917 A person who has already received the Most Holy Eucharist can receive it a second time on the same day only within the eucharistic celebration in which the person participates, without prejudice to the prescript of ⇒ can. 921, §2.

Can. 918 It is highly recommended that the faithful receive holy communion during the eucharistic celebration itself. It is to be administered outside the Mass, however, to those who request it for a just cause, with the liturgical rites being observed.

Can. 919 §1. A person who is to receive the Most Holy Eucharist is to abstain for at least one hour before holy communion from any food and drink, except for only water and medicine.

Can. 920 §1. After being initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, each of the faithful is obliged to receive holy communion at least once a year.

§2. This precept must be fulfilled during the Easter season unless it is fulfilled for a just cause at another time during the year.

Can. 921 §1. The Christian faithful who are in danger of death from any cause are to be nourished by holy communion in the form of Viaticum.

§2. Even if they have been nourished by holy communion on the same day, however, those in danger of death are strongly urged to receive communion again.
 
philipl said:
I am still waiting for proof that attending more than one mass on sunday bring one closer to god than attending only one.
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You’re going to be waiting a long time for “proof”. God’s grace conferred on an individual cannot be “proven”.

However, when I’m trying to get an indulgence for Saturday and an indulgence for Sunday and I was not able to receive Holy Communion on Saturday, though I did the indulgenced work, then I still need a Holy Communion for that day, which can be received within a few days of it, in order to complete the plenary requirements.

And if I need a second Holy Communion to complete the indulgenced work I did on Sunday, then it makes sense to simply attend two Masses on Sunday and receive two Holy Communions so I finish up the requirements for both to hopefully get two plenaries to give away to the Poor Souls.

Simply receiving one Communion is not sufficient to meet the requirements for two plenaries. And hopefully the two plenaries will be bringing the souls for whom I do them closer to God.
 
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Attending two masses for me is not unusual. Being an active person in the church, it’s just the things you do, that you involve in, which require you to be there.

– not enough EMHC serving, so you help out; there’s a home mass tonight where you’re required to be there: you already had a mass this morning in the retreat but on going back home you need to accompany the kids for the evening mass, etc.
 
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