If I go to Mass on Saturday does it count for Sunday?

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Does going to Church on Saturday (at 5:00pm) fulfill my obligation for Sunday?

I’ve always wondered about this.
 
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Does going to Church on Saturday (at 5:00pm) fulfill my obligation for Sunday?
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Yes, it does. In general figure that Sunday liturgically lasts from “sundown” on Saturday to Sunday night. I say sundown in “quotes” because most use a time between 4 and 6 pm on Saturday as the beginning of Sunday regardless of when the sun actually sets. The only time I’ve seen them actually use a specific time directly tied to sundown is the timing for the beginning of the Easter vigil.
 
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Strictly speaking that is not a requirement. You could have a nuptial or ritual Mass celebrated Saturday at 7 PM that would still meet the Sunday Obligation, but not use the Sunday readings. While it is permitted to use the Sunday readings it is not mandated that they be used after Saturday Vespers. It’s a weird oddity where we use two different concepts of a “day”.

All that being said, it would be unlikely to happen, but the inter play between calendars makes it possible.
 
The readings have no bearing on whether or not the Mass fulfills one’s obligation. As the previous poster mentioned, nuptial Masses utilize specific readings, but if they take place on Sunday or Saturday evening they still fulfill the obligation.
 
All you need to do is ask the Priest the status of the mass or look at your Newsletter and see if it is listed under Sunday mass times.
 
YWhy would they need to do ask their priest?

Any mass in any catholic rite on Sunday or the evening before fulfills the obligation.
 
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Usige: Yes, it does. In general figure that Sunday liturgically lasts from “sundown” on Saturday to Sunday night.

Actually the word used is vespers, vespers for the evening before not sundown. Vespers is not synonymous with sundown.

As for Sunday, the liturgical day runs midnight to midnight, not sundown.
 
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Usige: Yes, it does. In general figure that Sunday liturgically lasts from “sundown” on Saturday to Sunday night.

Actually the word used is vespers, vespers for the evening before not sundown. Vespers is not synonymous with sundown.

As for Sunday, the liturgical day runs midnight to midnight, not sundown.
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And even sundown is not always the final word.
 
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