Going to Mass sick?

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Hey, so I’m sick rn, I have a cold, but time to time I can cough and all of that. I’m not sure what to do and if I should go to Mass sick or not. -Please tell me what you think.
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Ok, I would probably pray the rosary. I don’t think my church hosts the mass on TV. I’m not quite sure though. I have a cold thats mostly it, I did take medicine for my throat though.
 
If you do not know whether or not that qualifies, you should speak to your priest.

I have no idea what your parish is like or how many people attend which Mass on the weekend (assuming there is more than one). If there are benches which are not full, you certainly could sit in one where you are not close to everyone else.

You could use a handkerchief to cover your mouth/nose when you sneeze or cough. And you could take several handkerchiefs with you.

And if the drift of my comments are not clear, no, I do not think a cold is a reason to stay home any more than allergies to dust/pollen are reasons to stay home.

But I am not a priest, and while there are several priests who frequent these forums, you may or may not have one answer.

And that is just my opinion.
 
If you think you may be contagious, don’t go. I have bronchitis and I am going to miss Liturgy this weekend.
 
I have a cold, but I also took medicine for my throat, do you think that can be contagious.
 
Do you have a sore throat as well as a cold? Any sign of a fever?
 
I took medicine for my throat because I told my mom it hurts when i swallow saliva so she gave me medicine, but I dont think I have fever.
 
Personally, I would tend to think that if I was up and about and able to walk about the house, make myself a cup of tea, etc, then I’d think I would be fit enough to go to Mass. If I was so sick that I was bed-ridden, or with a high fever, unable to walk about and do normal things etc, then I would probably stay in bed. For just a bit of a cold, or feeling rough and under the weather, I’d like to think I would go. That’s what I think.
 
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yes, Im probalby going to attend just sit in the back ty all. Have a great day.
 
I have mixed feelings about it. A cold is not a big deal (for you) but if you sit near somebody that has a weak immune system (think about people during chemio or taking immunosuppressants, elderlies, pregnant women etc) and s/he gets a cold it could become a serious issue for him/her.
 
I am currently on a school trip in the south of my country (New Zealand). Me and my school group got back from a loud party at 12.30 am last night.

Our educational part of the trip is over and today we are touring our host city.

I got permission to attend Mass before I left just to make sure.

I got up at 6.15 am having gone to bed at 1.15 am on my school trip just to attend Mass. I wanted to put down my alarm and go back to bed, which I even considered doing. But I knew my obligation.

Just come back from Mass and about to depart on a tourist trip. I feel amazing. Please go to Mass. You will feel great too after receiving Our Lord. Unless of course you are too unwell.
 
I feel great. It’s always great to attend Mass at a new Church.

I feel blessed. And ready for an enjoyable day of touring the new city. I am here for a national secondary school choir competition and I feel great that I was allowed to attend Mass. I did want to visit the cathedral but unfortunately I don’t have time! Still I made it to Mass and that is all that matters!
 
The church does not require you to be on your death bed or incapacitated for you to miss mass. Please talk to a priest and don’t mistake others personal devotions for church requirements. And as one of those with a weakened immune system (post kidney transplant, I would thank you to stay home).
 
I have been in workplaces where people (regrettably including myself) have attempted to soldier on during cold and flu season. Always ends up spreading around the place, and I for one always end up significantly more ill when I force myself to go.

And you WILL be contagious for at.least three to five days regardless of whether you are medicated or not. And the germs themselves stay on surfaces for a surprisingly long time after you are gone.

For the sake of elderly folks, children and others whose immune systems may not be so robust as yours, it is always far better to stay home if you have anything by way of a cold or flu.
 
You guys don’t have to respond anymore. Thank you for being helpful.
 
It depends on where you have an opportunity to go and whether or not the illness you have poses a particular threat to others going. To cite the extremes, a Mass at a university in a chapel where you could give yourself some distance from others with a cough that is going around would be different than attending Mass with a more serious illness at a typically full chapel at an elder care facility.

Generally speaking, if you’re going to class and to work and to grocery stores with whatever it is you have, you could take a kerchief to cough into if there is a Mass you could attend where you could give yourself some distance from others. Based on a conversation I had with a fellow who worked at a county health department during the swine flu epidemic, it would be best to attend a Mass somewhere that no one would be sitting in your place at a Mass immediately after yours.

If the people at work would be mad to see you there and exposing them to whatever it is you have, stay home as much as possible and especially avoid the elderly, the immunosuppressed and infants. That even goes for Mass.
 
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I understand, I just sat all the way in the back with my parents.
 
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