I am sure~just want to check~re:nuptial Mass and Sunday Mass

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Tommorrow my hubby and I will be attending a wedding Mass at 1:00 and then plan to attend 4:00 Mass also to fullfill our Sunday obligation…here is the question~we may recieve communion at the wedding and 4:00 Mass~correct?? I am sure we can I just wanted to double check!! Thanks yall!
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wifenmommy said:
Tommorrow my hubby and I will be attending a wedding Mass at 1:00 and then plan to attend 4:00 Mass also to fullfill our Sunday obligation…here is the question~we may recieve communion at the wedding and 4:00 Mass~correct?? I am sure we can I just wanted to double check!! Thanks yall!
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Yes, you may, assuming two things:
  • Those are the only two times you will receive in that day
  • At the 4:00 Mass, you participate in the Mass (ie, not get there just in time for communion)
I don’t think the second one is a problem for most people though.
 
wifenmommy said:
Tommorrow my hubby and I will be attending a wedding Mass at 1:00 and then plan to attend 4:00 Mass also to fullfill our Sunday obligation…here is the question~we may recieve communion at the wedding and 4:00 Mass~correct?? I am sure we can I just wanted to double check!! Thanks yall!
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yes you may receive twice in one day if the second reception is in the context of an entire Mass you attend
 
wifenmommy said:
Tommorrow my hubby and I will be attending a wedding Mass at 1:00 and then plan to attend 4:00 Mass also to fullfill our Sunday obligation…here is the question~we may recieve communion at the wedding and 4:00 Mass~correct?? I am sure we can I just wanted to double check!! Thanks yall!
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Hello, if you are attending a wedding with Mass (a nuptial Mass) at 1:00 pm on Sunday, you will have fulfilled your Sunday obligation at that Mass. You do not have to attend a Mass with the specific Sunday readings to fulfill the obligation. Any Mass on Saturday evening or on Sunday fulfills the Sunday obligation.
 
My understanding was that the wedding was on Saturday, as he spoke of ‘tomorrow’ yesterday (Friday). A 1pm Mass on Saturday does not count as a Sunday Mass, but only those after 4pm or whatever has been decreed by your bishop.

Actually, I have never heard of a wedding taking place on a Sunday.
 
paperwight66 said:
My understanding was that the wedding was on Saturday, as he spoke of ‘tomorrow’ yesterday (Friday). A 1pm Mass on Saturday does not count as a Sunday Mass, but only those after 4pm or whatever has been decreed by your bishop.

Actually, I have never heard of a wedding taking place on a Sunday.
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I understood the OP to mean the wedding mass at 1pm was on Saturday as well.

That must be a short wedding reception to be able to attend the 4pm mass later that day.
 
I would think it should fulfill the obligation but I would recommend asking your parish priest to make sure.

In America, its pretty common to have a few hours between ceremony and reception especially with the last few weddings I’ve attended for photography after ceremony of families & bridal party then the bridal party & sometimes immediate families usually are transported to the wedding site by a limo or other transport item to the reception site from the ceremony site with perhaps a stop at a bar or other place.
 
MissRose73 said:
I would think it should fulfill the obligation but I would recommend asking your parish priest to make sure.
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When did a Nuptial Mass fulfill the Sunday obligation?

When my husband and I were married in 1974, we specifically asked the priest if the Nuptial Mass fulfilled the Sunday obligation and he said, “No”. Our Nupitlal Mass was at four o’clock on a Saturday.

Another question, can a Nuptial Mass be celebrated on a Sunday? I thought, “No”.

Please cite canon law if possible.

Thanks.
 
irishcolleen45 said:
When did a Nuptial Mass fulfill the Sunday obligation?

When my husband and I were married in 1974, we specifically asked the priest if the Nuptial Mass fulfilled the Sunday obligation and he said, “No”. Our Nupitlal Mass was at four o’clock on a Saturday.

Another question, can a Nuptial Mass be celebrated on a Sunday? I thought, “No”.

Please cite canon law if possible.

Thanks.
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Only Sunday Mass or Vigil Masses on Saturday fulfill the Sunday obligation. If a person gets married during the Saturday Vigil Mass or during the Sunday Mass then the obligation is met. People can get married during those Masses; however, because of logistics (way too many people in the building) usually a wedding Mass is scheduled on Saturdays before the times when the Mass would be considered a Vigil Mass.
 
Cristiano said:
Only Sunday Mass or Vigil Masses on Saturday fulfill the Sunday obligation. If a person gets married during the Saturday Vigil Mass or during the Sunday Mass then the obligation is met. People can get married during those Masses; however, because of logistics (way too many people in the building) usually a wedding Mass is scheduled on Saturdays before the times when the Mass would be considered a Vigil Mass.
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That’s what I thought.

What about having a Nuptial Mass on Sunday?
 
irishcolleen45 said:
That’s what I thought.

What about having a Nuptial Mass on Sunday?
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While it is possible, usually a nuptial Mass on Sunday is considered an inconvenience. First it takes time to prepare the Church for a Nuptial Mass and to clean afterwards, and that is inconsistent with multiple Masses scheduled on the same day. Second you have to fit in the same Church all the regulars plus the people that would never go to that Church except for that special day. Third in a Nuptial Mass (they way they are done today) the rite of Marriage could take more time then necessary thus prolonging the Mass for everybody to the benefit of a few.

I really like the idea of Sunday Nuptial Masses but if done in a simple way. In today’s culture the very few people would want a very simple wedding.
 
Cristiano said:
While it is possible, usually a nuptial Mass on Sunday is considered an inconvenience. First it takes time to prepare the Church for a Nuptial Mass and to clean afterwards, and that is inconsistent with multiple Masses scheduled on the same day. Second you have to fit in the same Church all the regulars plus the people that would never go to that Church except for that special day. Third in a Nuptial Mass (they way they are done today) the rite of Marriage could take more time then necessary thus prolonging the Mass for everybody to the benefit of a few.

I really like the idea of Sunday Nuptial Masses but if done in a simple way. In today’s culture the very few people would want a very simple wedding.
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Mu husband’s niece is getting married at 3:30 PM this coming Sunday and there’s no indication on the invitation that it is a Nuptial Mass. Also I was under the impression that a Nuptial Mass is a celebration of a marriage and not a regular Sunday Mass just like a funeral Mass is not a usual Mass.
 
irishcolleen45 said:
When did a Nuptial Mass fulfill the Sunday obligation?

When my husband and I were married in 1974, we specifically asked the priest if the Nuptial Mass fulfilled the Sunday obligation and he said, “No”. Our Nupitlal Mass was at four o’clock on a Saturday.

Another question, can a Nuptial Mass be celebrated on a Sunday? I thought, “No”.

Please cite canon law if possible.

Thanks.
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If the Nuptial Mass is celebrated on Saturday “evening” (often debated, but in the US usually 4 pm or later) it indeed does fulfill the obligation:

Canon 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.

vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P4N.HTM
 
irishcolleen45 said:
Mu husband’s niece is getting married at 3:30 PM this coming Sunday and there’s no indication on the invitation that it is a Nuptial Mass. Also I was under the impression that a Nuptial Mass is a celebration of a marriage and not a regular Sunday Mass just like a funeral Mass is not a usual Mass.
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A Mass is a Mass; it matters not whether it is a regularly scheduled parish Mass, a Nuptial Mass, a Funeral Mass, a Mass in which men are ordained, or a Mass during which Confirmation is conferred.

Again, see Canon 1248.1.

It is the time of the Mass which determines whether the obligation is fulfilled (“evening preceding…”)
 
Cristiano said:
Only Sunday Mass or Vigil Masses on Saturday fulfill the Sunday obligation. If a person gets married during the Saturday Vigil Mass or during the Sunday Mass then the obligation is met. People can get married during those Masses; however, because of logistics (way too many people in the building) usually a wedding Mass is scheduled on Saturdays before the times when the Mass would be considered a Vigil Mass.
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Just not true.
 
I was going to say is there a chance that your niece may be having the Rite of Matrimony without the mass - in other words if she is marrying a non-Catholic this may be the case in which case this would not be a mass and would not fulfill the Sunday obligation.
 
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