Jan. 1st - Holy day of obligation?

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2towers said:
I was told by someone that going Monday fulfilled the Sunday obligation
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You were given incorrect information.

Mass on the day (Sunday) or the evening before fulfills the obligation. The day after does not.
 
No, it is not. Travellers are not bound by norms of their home that are not in effect where they are.
 
2towers said:
it is usually a holy day of obligation so I don’t see it as that far of a stretch.
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It’s not only a stretch it’s complete wrong and has no basis in any law if the Church.

Monday or a Holy Day mass cannot and does not fulfill your Sunday obligation. Being a holy day or solemnity feast has no bearing at all.
2towers said:
So, laboring under that impression, I wonder if I am in mortal sin or not.
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You cannot commit a mortal sin accidentally.
2towers said:
I believed what I was told by another Catholic to be true
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And now for future reference you know it’s not true. Sunday obligation is only met by Saturday evening or Sunday.
 
Same here. I of course know that I’m going Monday to Mass normally would never fulfill a Sunday obligationbut under normal circumstances, after the unusual Christmas requirements I guess it made it believable. does that make sense? thanks for everybody’s replies .
 
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This year, for some reason it’s a Solemnity for Ukrainian-Greco Catholics (in the St. Nicholas Eparchy). At least, our priest told us we weren’t obligated, but highly encouraged to come to Divine Liturgy today. Our ecclesiastical calendar has the day in grey, which means Solemnity.
 
yes there was when you take into consideration it was back to back with a normal Sunday obligation. There was a whole thread about it here, full of confused folk like myself.
 
The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, happens to be Our Lady’s greatest title! How could we possibly miss Mass today…Holy Day of obligation or not? She just happens to be our Mother too! For me, my Mary is one of the greatest treasures of the Catholic Church. And she deserves our presence today, to celebrate God’s Masterpiece!
"Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church’s Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary. Mary is acclaimed and represented in the liturgy as the “Seat of Wisdom.” — Catechism of the Catholic Church 721
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I don’t really get the confusion, frankly.

You have a Sunday obligation and a Christmas obligation. You can fulfill the Sunday obligation on Saturday night or any time Sunday. Christmas obligation can be fulfilled on Christmas Eve or any time on Christmas Day.

It doesn’t matter what day Christmas falls on, it’s the same!
 
Mark121359 said:
How could we possibly miss Mass today…Holy Day of obligation or not?
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You know, you shouldn’t project onto other people. We can “possibly” miss mass because there is only one today for the three parishes my priest has responsively for, it’s 30 miles away, it was early this morning, it’s 24 below zero outside and my husband is sick.

So yeah, there are those of us who did no go to mass today and yet somehow still manage to love Out Lady too.
 
I know it’s a little late. And it’s not part of the thread

But happy New Year 1ke!!
 
Well I can’t speak for all the others from the afore mentioned thread, but I also have Aspergers, though I am very high functioning. Sometimes though, I have misunderstandings.
 
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If it were a holy day of obligation, we would have a mass at our parish, and more than one time available.

I might go, given the weather conditions and my husband being sick it would be a game time decision. Depending on what time mass at our parish was, whether it was dark/temperature, and road conditions since my husband would likely stay home and I’d be driving by myself.

If it was the one 30 miles away, by myself and with -24 outside, probably not.
 
Joe1 said:
I live in Canada but I’m in the States for new Years. Is it still a Holy Day of Obligation?
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No.

Because the territory of the U.S. is released from the obligation, so too are all travelers to the territory.
 
1ke said:
I don’t really get the confusion, frankly.
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Because you have formal education in the subject matter.

I can understand how people who do not have formal training in this subject can be confused; especially if they’re given the wrong information from someone whom they usually find trustworthy.

In other words, don’t be too harsh on those who don’t understand it. Happy New Year!
 
FrDavid96 said:
No.

Because the territory of the U.S. is released from the obligation, so too are all travelers to the territory.
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Is that the norm, that if a country doesn’t celebrate a holy day, we (US residents) are exempt if we are in that country? Or is that just unique to this situation.
 
Hello.

I wasn’t sure/couldn’t figure it out this year so I went to mass anyway. Going to Mass can’t hurt a person plus I didn’t want to worry about if I’d missed Mass on a Holy Day. If I had to work or something today I probably would have asked the priest if I had to go.
 
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