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If you just don’t go to Mass after awhile do you fall out of grace? I can usually only make it Mons and/or Fridays and sometimes that’s inconvenient and I don’t go. Is that falling into sin. In a separate question do these live cams in parishes and places showing the host in a monstrance valid adoration in front of a computer?
 
Missing Mass on Sunday is gravely immoral and thus would ordinarily be mortally sinful. If you can’t possibly make it to Mass b/c you are sick, just gave birth, were sent on an unavoidable work trip to a place with no Catholic parishes nearby, etc. then you wouldn’t be giving full consent and it therefore wouldn’t be mortally sinful.

Missing weekday Mass is not sinful as you are under no obligation attend Mass except for on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation.

Going to Mass on Monday instead of Sunday doesn’t make up for missing your Sunday obligation.

To fully answer your question, we’d have to know why you can’t make it on Sunday (or Sat evening). Perhaps that is something you could speak to your priest about at your next confession.

God bless.
 
PietroPaolo said:
Missing Mass on Sunday is gravely immoral and thus would ordinarily be mortally sinful. If you can’t possibly make it to Mass b/c you are sick, just gave birth, were sent on an unavoidable work trip to a place with no Catholic parishes nearby, etc. then you wouldn’t be giving full consent and it therefore wouldn’t be mortally sinful.

Missing weekday Mass is not sinful as you are under no obligation attend Mass except for on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation.

Going to Mass on Monday instead of Sunday doesn’t make up for missing your Sunday obligation.

To fully answer your question, we’d have to know why you can’t make it on Sunday (or Sat evening). Perhaps that is something you could speak to your priest about at your next confession.

God bless.
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He already knows. I have no transportation. The buses don’t run on Sundays and as far as the vigil goes the buses run but I’m not sure if they are running when I would get out of the Sat. vigil. I will have to find out about that.

My question was more geared to Jesus’s saying “He who doesnot partake of my body and blood has no part with me.” If a person had an excuse not to go to mass for a month or so would not going weaken you if not cost you sanctifying grace?
 
billcu1 said:
He already knows. I have no transportation. The buses don’t run on Sundays and as far as the vigil goes the buses run but I’m not sure if they are running when I would get out of the Sat. vigil. I will have to find out about that.

My question was more geared to Jesus’s saying “He who doesnot partake of my body and blood has no part with me.” If a person had an excuse not to go to mass for a month or so would not going weaken you if not cost you sanctifying grace?
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It wouldn’t in itself be a cause for falling out of a state of grace, but being away for the Eucharist would seem to entail missing out on the graces that you would have received had you been to Mass.

Doesn’t your parish bring the Sacrament to people in your situation? Ours sends an EMHC around to people who can’t get to Mass.
 
You need to get permission from your pastor if you can only make it on Mondays/Fridays, so that you won’t be in mortal sin.

“Inconvenience” doesn’t sound like a good enough reason not to go.
 
You might also ask father if he knows of any parishioners that live nearby that might be willing to occasionally offer transportation to you. If a few are close and willing, you might be able to make it every Sunday.
 
bsroufek said:
You need to get permission from your pastor if you can only make it on Mondays/Fridays, so that you won’t be in mortal sin.

“Inconvenience” doesn’t sound like a good enough reason not to go.
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You can also look around to see if there are any Eastern Catholic Churches closer to you. In a pinch, if you cannot find any Catholic Church of any kind, Western or Eastern, it is permitted to attend an Orthodox Divine Liturgy. At any of these you will be receiving the True Body and Blood of Christ from a Validly ordained priest in a Valid Liturgy.
 
bsroufek said:
You need to get permission from your pastor if you can only make it on Mondays/Fridays, so that you won’t be in mortal sin.

“Inconvenience” doesn’t sound like a good enough reason not to go.
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You mean like a dispensation? I told him and he seems to understand.
 
billcu1 said:
You mean like a dispensation? I told him and he seems to understand.
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Oh, well then you’re doing your best, it seems, except when you say it’s “inconvenient” sometimes to go on Monday or Friday. Does that mean too hard to do, or a lot of trouble, or a little trouble and you don’t want to go through it?

What you must do is your best, whatever you’re able to do.
 
rciadan said:
You can also look around to see if there are any Eastern Catholic Churches closer to you. In a pinch, if you cannot find any Catholic Church of any kind, Western or Eastern, it is permitted to attend an Orthodox Divine Liturgy. At any of these you will be receiving the True Body and Blood of Christ from a Validly ordained priest in a Valid Liturgy.
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I don’t believe that is correct.
 
bben15 said:
I don’t believe that is correct.
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I think the liturgy is valid for the obligation if you can’t find a Catholic Church; however, the priest won’t necessarily offer you communion there.

But I might be wrong on both counts.
 
ProVobis said:
I think the liturgy is valid for the obligation if you can’t find a Catholic Church; however, the priest won’t necessarily offer you communion there.

But I might be wrong on both counts.
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If you can’t find a Catholic church, you have no obligation to attend Mass.
 
bben15 said:
If you can’t find a Catholic church, you have no obligation to attend Mass.
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So if you’re out traveling and come across Sunday a parrish you’re obligated to attend? I’ll keep that in mind.
 
billcu1 said:
So if you’re out traveling and come across Sunday a parrish you’re obligated to attend? I’ll keep that in mind.
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No one said it would be easy trying to find a parish with a convenient Mass time off Highway 80 when you’re trying to do 600-700 miles each day. 🙂
 
billcu1 said:
So if you’re out traveling and come across Sunday a parrish you’re obligated to attend? I’ll keep that in mind.
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It may be hard, but God doesn’t liked to be ignored on Sundays. Plus, I’m sure you could give up 40 minutes to attend Mass. 👍
 
Depending on where you live public transit can be difficult. Unfortunately not all cities have good transit on weekends or if they do, it may not coincide with mass times. Living with such a system, I think you need to be real. If you can’t make it because the buses aren’t available, then you can’t. It’s not as if you aren’t attending because you are lazy. You can ask your priest if he knows someone who lives in your area. If he does, then you can always ask for a lift. You could also ask him to announce it at the end of the mass if someone lives in your area and can give a lift, to please contact you. If not, you can always watch a mass online. Salt and Light Tv and ewtn are two tv stations to look up.

From the sounds of it, weekday buses are better so you attend mass then. It is always better to attend mass on the weekend but if it isn’t possible, it is better to attend a weekday mass regularly then not attend mass at all. Afterall it is what is inside your heart that counts. I was told when we pray we can always connect our prayers to a mass somewhere in this world.
 
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