Do you ever go to mass 2 times on Sunday?

[Reuben_J]

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.

I hope you do not take attending mass as just to fulfill an obligation. Yes, that’s a good reason but more so, such reason is one out of fear (of committing mortal sin) rather that love for the mass.

Why do we attend mass? It is because Jesus commanded us to do so, ‘do this in memory of me’.

Time spent at mass is time spent with God - hearing him speaking, feeling him, touching him, in communion with him and be with him. Time spent with God in reverent worship will make us grow, make us closer to God. A relationship is always built and enhanced when two people spend time together.

And that is what happen during the mass.

The Church makes a rule that we must attend mass at least every Sundays, to make sure that we do. It is not somethinng like a punishment but rather so that we receive the grace of God during those times.

If you feel attending mass is just to fulfill your obligation and that doing more is just a waste of time, perhaps you should think of the Lord who asked to do it in memory of him. That memory is made more apparent as we go through the Holy Week next week, where Jesus would experience his passion and death - all for the love of us.

Our human memory capacity is limited - we just often forget what the Lord did for us. Thus for us attending the mass again and again - because of our love and response to the love of God for us.

God bless.

 

[dallas_r]

There are much better ways to spend time with god that going over and over to mass. Grow a garden and give the extra to a food bank. My wife and I gave hundred of pound of fresh produce to food bank last year.go mow people lawns and donate the money paid to you to a charity. Go help build a house. I can think of hundreds of ways to spend time with God that doesnt have you going to mass more than once a week.

Yeah, I mean planting a garden instead of attending the holiest thing on Earth and having God under the same roof as you is a much better use of time. How dare you show such disrespect to Deacon Jeff? You are truly welcome to disagree with someone who you feel has erred, but you have an attitude towards him.

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[TheOldColonel]

Let me break this down Barney style, soldier. The Code of Canon Law allows you to receive Communion up to two times in one day (CIC 917). The first time you receive Communion may be at a Mass at which one is assisting as a liturgical minister or it may be at a Mass where you happen to be in the church at Communion time or it may be outside of a Mass (e.g., at a Communion service). However, the second time you receive Communion it must be at a Mass at which you are assisting as a minister.

 

[brian_custer]

“soldierr???”

colonel sir; no wonder you grunts got so seasick

i=sailor

 

[Tis_Bearself]

However, the second time you receive Communion it must be at a Mass at which you are assisting as a minister.

“Participating” under the canon law code provision, which I quoted above, is not limited to “assisting as a minister”. It can mean participating as an attendee in the pew.

I’m pretty sure we have gone over this before in quite a few threads.

 

[brian_custer]

hold the phone; colonel

lettuce assume that one of our dearly departed has a funeral mass at 0900 saturday morning;\

you go to the service, receive communion, then go home

ok; it is time for 1700 saturday vigil mass

can i not go ahead and have had received communion at the vigil?

i am not a “liturgical minister” at either service

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Here are some more sources for the fact that “participation” does not mean you have to be assisting in the Mass as a liturgical minister, but simply have to be attending the Mass and responding in the normal manner in the pew (not just running in to receive Communion and then running back out).

EWTN:
https://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/communion_times.htm

Father Kenneth Doyle:

How many times a day can one receive Communion?

Q. What are the church's guidelines for someone receiving Communion more than once a day? Some examples are: attending Mass on a Saturday morning, a Saturday evening vigil Mass and Mass again on Sunday morning; also, attending a weekday Mass in the morning and then a healing Mass that same evening.

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[brian_custer]

thank you for posting that

 

[philipl]

I was done with this thread but I think this deserves an answer, No, that isnt proof. That is an opinion. Please show in the CCC if the church teaches that going to Mass more than once on Sunday get you any closer to god than only going once on sundays.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

If you’re looking for the Catechism to contain a statement, “People who go to Mass twice on Sundays get closer to God than those who only go once,” you’re not going to find it.

However, coming at it from the viewpoint that Mass is essentially a prayer, the Catechism emphasizes the importance of prayer in many places. It stands to reason that a person who spends 2 hours sincerely praying on a Sunday is likely getting closer to God than someone who spends 1 hour sincerely praying and then goes out shopping or to a movie, although a lot has to do with the spirit in which the person prays. If the person is not sincere in their prayer, or is going to the second Mass out of some kind of superstition or to put on a show of how holy they are, then the second Mass is not going to provide them a good spiritual benefit.

Once you have fulfilled your Mass obligation by attending one Mass, you could also choose to do things other than a Mass to “get closer to God” such as spend quality time with your family, do some type of charity work, read Scripture on your own, pray a Rosary at home, take a nature walk and thank God for his creations as you appreciate them, etc. A person might choose to do one of these activities in order to give themselves a balanced spiritual life. Or a person might choose to attend a second Mass if he or she really felt a need to be at that second Mass and get some benefit out of doing so.

Venerable Matt Talbot used to attend several Sunday Masses at different churches, each Sunday. He likely did this because he was a recovering alcoholic, and spending time in church at a Mass helped keep him from the temptation to go to a bar. He also prayed a lot and being in church, at a Mass, is a good time to pray. Perhaps he also got something out of hearing the different homilies. This was his way of practicing his faith, and since he is a couple steps along the path to sainthood, it seems to have worked for him.

 

[casslean]

I was done with this thread but I think this deserves an answer, No, that isnt proof. That is an opinion. Please show in the CCC if the church teaches that going to Mass more than once on Sunday get you any closer to god than only going once on sundays.

Well, it definitely doesn’t lead me any further from God, so if I enjoy being there, I’ll go!

 

[lilypadrees]

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

Agreed, brian_custer. You can receive the Eucharist twice a day.

c.917 A person who has received the Most Holy Eucharist may receive it again (iterum) on the same day only during the celebration of the Eucharist in which the person participates, with due regard for the prescription of can. 921, part 2.

 

[TheOldColonel]

I blame the Navy gravy.

 

[brian_custer]

navy ships are not always painted “gray”

 

[PetraG]

I have gone to all the Masses at my parish for a single weekend because, for instance, I was a catechism teacher and all my students were making their First Holy Communion at different Masses.

It is interesting how the same homily changes over three Masses, especially if the priest has prepared his notes in his head but gives the actual homily extemporaneously. I’d say that the second time out of three is usually the best. (I guess the first is the first time he’s given it out loud and by the third time he’s getting a little tired of saying the same thing all over again?)

Priest have told me that if you are really as tuned in as you ought to be, two Masses in one day is rather exhausting. One, participated in well, is sufficient.

 

[TheOldColonel]

The Old Colonel Likes it! Swweeeet!

 

[evangelical]

My catholic friends seem to go to Sunday mass like it’s required as an obligation.

Ck that off the list

 

[lilypadrees]

My catholic friends seem to go to Sunday mass like it’s required as an obligation.

Ck that off the list

While Sunday is a Holy Day Of Obligation in the Catholic Church, it’s all in the way you view it. I’ve always loved going to Mass and would go 24 hrs a day if I could. But there are many Catholics who don’t feel the excitement that I do. They see it as a chore that must be performed when they’d rather be doing something else. These Catholics can’t wait to get it over with.

When you bring your heart so full of love for Jesus and your fellow man, it’s hardly a chore to go to Mass. It’s a gift, a blessing, an honor. It’s pure LOVE.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

My catholic friends seem to go to Sunday mass like it’s required as an obligation.

Ck that off the list

It IS an obligation.

If they are not thrilled about going, yet they go anyway, they are making a sacrifice, and there’s some value in that.

Give them a few decades and they may develop some deeper feelings about going to Mass. However, the Catholic rule is “go to Mass on Sunday”. It doesn’t require that you “go joyfully to Mass on Sunday and feel like it’s the greatest thing in your week.”

 

[Red_James]

When I used to lector at the Sunday Mass celebrated on Saturday evening, I would go again the following Sunday. So I guess this counts as going to two Sunday Masses even though they weren’t on the same day.
I go to both the Easter Vigil and Mass at Dawn on Easter Sunday. I likewise go to the Christmas Vigil Mass and Mass at Midnight, although this isn’t technically Sunday.
Actually this past Palm Sunday I went to Mass twice, since I had to lector at the morning Mass and then assist for the procession later in the day at another Mass.