no there is no upper age limit, but the same rules as apply to everyone else, you are unwell, you are caring for someone else, you can’t get there (some elderly can no longer drive for instance) and it is your own prudential judgment on what “unwell” means. Fatigue can be a reason, but can also be a symptom that should not be neglected btw.
No there is no age.
I guess I should have been more specific. I very frequently have insomnia, lying awake until 3 or 4 AM and later. On those mornings I am exhausted. I know there are options to attend Mass in the evening, which I do in the summer months when it is still light out at night as I’m driving home. But in the winter months both my husband and I are very nervous driving in the dark so we aim for a Sunday morning Mass.
I’m sorry, I’m a lawyer by trade, so I’m afraid nitpickiness comes with the job.
) then you’re not too sick to go to Mass.I was with you up until that comment.Same principle if you’ve got a cold or some other illness, if you’re well enough to do other things (apart from visiting the doctor, of course
Absolutely true. We have a family member who takes a medication that is known to weaken the immune system; someone who has a contagious illness, even a cold, could cause him to develop a secondary infection that could lead to pneumonia.
you don’t owe anyone her any explanation, you simply make your own prudential judgement on based on your condition and means of getting to Mass on any given Sunday, but it is not based on age alone, but how you feel, your health, ability to get there and so forth
I don’t agree that people should stay home if they just have a cold. People with simply a cold have every right and yes, even the obligation to attend Mass. If they can go shopping or out to lunch or to a friend’s house or to work, they should go to Mass. However it is up to the person to use some prudent judgement such as not shaking anyone’s hand, or maybe sitting in an area of the church where not many people are around. If a person has a compromised immune system perhaps they should stay home or sit apart from others. How do they deal going to other places where there may be people who have colds (like the doctor’s office). There was a man in our parish who had such a disability. He used to come to Mass wearing a mask, up until the week before he died. He sat in the first pew with his children so that he wasn’t surrounded by a lot of people (We all know most Catholics avoid the first pews). I don’t think he even gave it a thought that people with colds should stay away from Mass. His kids were even sneezing or coughing every once and awhile, but he never missed brining them to Mass. He was really a role model for us and we were all sad when he died. My father in law when he had cancer and the chemo ruined his immune system still used to go to mass and just made sure he sat away from people. He never caught anything from anyone, but he eventually died from his cancer.
I do apologise, my intention was to put questions and comments to the poster for her own consideration, not to demand that she publicly explain things.