I'm really worried

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A belated but heart-felt thanks to all who responded.

I talked with my daughter and showed her this thread. She’s home-schooling the kids, btw, and now plans to spend some instruction time on this issue, specifically incorporating the resources you generously provided.

The kids are going to be fine.
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May I add the following just for information for the grandkids. At some point they will be asked to defend why they are Catholic and why they go to mass without fail.
  • Re: why the Catholic Church? give them some history about why Catholic. It’s the only Church our Lord established and gave all His promises to #34
  • Re: why mass ? here is an answer for them
While the following doesn’t literally say Mass, nor Eucharist, nor Sunday , in the following passages, we can see very clearly what they are doing when they meet on Sunday

Heb 10:
23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful; 24 and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together as is the habit of some , but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. 26 For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,27 but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries. 28 A man who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy at the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by the man who has spurned the Son of God, and profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Note:
  • The “Day” =Sunday, the Lord’s day
  • It’s already a sin to miss mass on Sunday. Based on the consequences mentioned, it’s a mortal sin
  • The “sacrifice for sin”, and “Blood of the covenant” = Matthew 26:28 , Mark 14:24 , John 6:53 , Jesus spoke those words when He instituted the Eucharist. Therefore as Hebrews is already teaching, they are celebrating the Eucharist when they meet on Sunday and to deliberately miss (mass) the Eucharist on Sunday then, after being told this truth, then based on these consequences, commits a mortal sin, because the following befalls their soul.
  • no longer remains a sacrifice for sin for THEM
  • but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume these adversaries of God
  • because they spurn the Son of God, and profane the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified, and they outrage the Spirit of grace
We can already see that deliberately missing mass on Sundays isn’t a small matter for them. Those consequences for deliberately missing show it is a HUGE sin. A mortal sin, and it’s right there in scripture.

Also from the CCC 2181 , 2192 , 1457

BTW grave sin = mortal sin. they are synonymous terms

As for ex Catholics populating Protestant assemblies, here’s what Paul says about division from the one true Catholic Church, outside of which there is no salvation.

#[197 (http://forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost.php?p=14165126&postcount=197)

Note : the Catholic Church by name, goes back to the first century #34

God bless
 
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