Going to Mass Sick: question

  • Thread starter Thread starter Melodeonist
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
M

Melodeonist

Guest
I know the general rule of thumb is that if you cant go to work then you can’t go to church. That makes perfect sense, but what about my case? I tried calling out of work last night but Nobody wants to cover for Sunday morning so I had to go to work anyway. I felt like I had no energy the whole time and I had the chills. I wore a mask to prevent spread of sickness (I don’t give gifts lol) so making others sick wasn’t an issue.

Here’s my question. Should I go to 5:00 Mass today or no? I just feel like sitting/laying down lol I went to work but didn’t feel too great
 
Last edited:
No, stay home. You are sick and should rest. You went to work only because you couldn’t get someone to cover for you.

The responsible thing to do for you and your parish is to stay home and get better.
Hope you feel better soon.
 
If you are sick and have something which is potentially infectious you should stay away. People in a working environment tend to be on the whole more robust and able to fight off infection. In church there may be the very young, elderly, and those who may not have a strong immune system.
 
Irishmom2 said:
You went to work only because you couldn’t get someone to cover for you.
Click to expand...
And it sounds like you were completely miserable while you were at work, OP.

Irishmom2 FTW. Go/stay home, @Melodeonist. Take care of yourself and get better. God bless.
 
Last edited:
Melodeonist said:
Here’s my question. Should I go to 5:00 Mass today or no? I just feel like sitting/laying down lol I went to work but didn’t feel too great
Click to expand...
Common sense, man. The rule of thumb is telling you that the level of sickness that would keep you home from work is about the same that should keep you from Mass. It’s meant to discourage people from using a mild case of the sniffles as a reason to miss Mass.

Obviously, it doesn’t mean that just because circumstances forced you to go to work you must therefore go to Mass.

Stay home and feel better soon.
 
At this, the hieght of flu season, for the love of your neighbors stay home if you have any inkling you are sick.
 
Please stay home. You may be able to fight this off but you’re risking the health of other people with weaker immune systems. Do everyone a favor and stay home.
 
If you have the chills you are likely feverish and therefore contagious. Please go home and take care of yourself.
 
BoomBoomMancini said:
Common sense, man. The rule of thumb is telling you that the level of sickness that would keep you home from work is about the same that should keep you from Mass. It’s meant to discourage people from using a mild case of the sniffles as a reason to miss Mass.

Obviously, it doesn’t mean that just because circumstances forced you to go to work you must therefore go to Mass.
Click to expand...
Yes. I get the feeling these rules of thumb were often written by folk who are used to 9-5 jobs with sick time. Many people work jobs where they don’t get paid time off, or where calling out without a replacement could get them written up. Honestly it’s not a great policy for employers to have anyway, because it leads to a lot of unproductive work time as illnesses are passed around the office. I’ve literally seen a young woman (a cashier) told she would be written up if she went home after throwing up at work.
 
I would be really irritated if someone came to a place like church sick, where there’s old folk and children and people who might have vulnerable immune systems.
 
Melodeonist said:
I know the general rule of thumb is that if you cant go to work then you can’t go to church.
Click to expand...
That may be what people say, but let’s be clear the Church doesn’t actually teach this. And, while it may be normative, there are people who would go to work with bubonic plague and people who would stay home from work with a hangnail. So, this isn’t helpful in some cases.
Melodeonist said:
but what about my case?
Click to expand...
Don’t go to mass sick.
Melodeonist said:
Should I go to 5:00 Mass today or no?
Click to expand...
No, stay away.
 
My grandmother used to say:
You can go to the doctor, the morgue, or Mass.
If you are too sick for Mass, you should consider a doctor.
 
Always ALWAYS if you think you are contagious, for the sake of those who have seriously compromised immune systems (as does my husband), stay home from work AND from Mass and from the store and from the library, etc.

At work, it is up to your boss to cover or find cover for sick employees.

Glad to see you back posting!!! I’ve worried about you.
 
vz71 said:
My grandmother used to say:
You can go to the doctor, the morgue, or Mass.
If you are too sick for Mass, you should consider a doctor.
Click to expand...
No. There are illnesses that do not need professional medical care but only time to resolve.
That doesn’t make these illnesses that a reasonable person would expose an older person or young children to when not forced to do it. They can still be a very serious matter for some members of a typical parish.
There are people at Mass who are both healthy and yet in frail health. It is charitable to take reasonable steps to protect them from illnesses that could seriously harm them and might even hasten their death.
 
Last edited:
vz71 said:
There are measures to prevent spreading an illness without missing out on the sacrifice of the Mass.
Click to expand...
I wish I’d ever seen some of the “walking dead” using some of those measures.
Speaking of–it is better for someone with a bit of a bug hanging on to attend the last Mass of the day or one that is many hours before the next Mass. A fellow working at a county health department said that the things that you unknowingly leave sticking to surfaces like the pew when you’re sick (rub your nose, touch the bench) are usually harmless four to six hours later. Within two hours or so, though, there is still a chance of catching something off of a surface.
 
vz71 said:
40.png
PetraG:
No. There are illnesses that do not need professional medical care but only time to resolve.
Click to expand...
There are measures to prevent spreading an illness without missing out on the sacrifice of the Mass.
Click to expand...
If you are ill, you are allowed to miss mass.

What “measures to prevent spreading an illness” are you talking about? 🤔
 
If you’re sick, staying home is the charitable thing to do. There is no sin in protecting fellow parishioners from your illness.
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top