Jesus vs Football on Sunday

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I work on Sundays, and I usually get off early so that I can meet my husband and children at mass at 5:15. Sometimes we are able to go in the morning, but usually we go in the afternoon. Today, I told my husband I would lock up the office at 4:30 and meet him there. He said he wasn’t going. That’s it. Just, flat, “I’m not going.” I knew immediately that there must be an “important” football game on so I asked him about it. Sure enough. He also said we
“are going on Tuesday anyway” (for Christmas Eve, mind you). So we shouldn’t ‘have to go’ twice. :eek:

What is a wife to do?? I asked him to please have the kids ready so I can pick them up and take them with me. I don’t want to nag, but c’mon! Football vs. Jesus. Jesus should win! 👍
 
Sundays are days of obligation. Catholics have the option of Vigil Masses, early Masses and late Masses. Go to Mass, and next time think ahead if you have some entertainment you want to watch.
 
EasterJoy said:
Sundays are days of obligation. Catholics have the option of Vigil Masses, early Masses and late Masses. Go to Mass, and next time think ahead if you have some entertainment you want to watch.
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This. I don’t like that during football season our Mass attendance depends on when the game is, but no matter what we are going!
 
I’d take the kids by myself if need be, or worse case scenario, go on my own if he gets uber mad about it (it’s not on the kid’s head)
 
I know we are used to thinking of the golden calf to represent idolatry, but anything that keeps us from God, our Sunday obligation,…be it sports or a person is a form of idolatry.
 
why do you work on Sundays? that day is reserve for God and family…hope this doesn’t sound offensive however I do admire you wanting to go to mass and making sure your family goes too… it would have just been better if all of the family go to SUnday monrning mass ( putting the Lord first during the day)
 
Abundant said:
I work on Sundays, and I usually get off early so that I can meet my husband and children at mass at 5:15. Sometimes we are able to go in the morning, but usually we go in the afternoon. Today, I told my husband I would lock up the office at 4:30 and meet him there. He said he wasn’t going. That’s it. Just, flat, “I’m not going.” I knew immediately that there must be an “important” football game on so I asked him about it. Sure enough. He also said we
“are going on Tuesday anyway” (for Christmas Eve, mind you). So we shouldn’t ‘have to go’ twice. :eek:

What is a wife to do?? I asked him to please have the kids ready so I can pick them up and take them with me. I don’t want to nag, but c’mon! Football vs. Jesus. Jesus should win! 👍
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If you talked to him in the morning, you could have said. OK you’ll have to go to early mass then. And then he’d have the choice to take the kids or find a babysitter.

You can’t make him go. And he’s obviously not ready to say God over football. So I’d help him figure out how to get Mass anyway. Ask about the football schedule on Friday maybe so you can plan to go to vigil Mass as a family if there is an important Sunday afternoon game.

Pray for him. Make this the intention for your rosary or other regular prayers.
 
Mayita30 said:
why do you work on Sundays? that day is reserve for God and family…hope this doesn’t sound offensive however I do admire you wanting to go to mass and making sure your family goes too… it would have just been better if all of the family go to SUnday monrning mass ( putting the Lord first during the day)
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Any Mass time the parish offers on Sunday or Saturday evening is equivalent. There is no extra virtue in going to morning vs evening.
 
Mrs_Sally said:
Any Mass time the parish offers on Sunday or Saturday evening is equivalent. There is no extra virtue in going to morning vs evening.
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I am not saying there is an extra virtue but for me if you go to Sunday night mass and you spent the whole Sunday going to the beach , shopping, going to the movie then it is putting God as last on your list. That is just my own feeling that is why I try my very best to make it a priority to go to mass first thing during the day… THe Op has stated that she works on Sundays. Her work must be something important and with her choosing to go to mass on Sunday night, that doesn’t mean she is putting God last because she had other important obligations such as work , I was just asking her why she works on Sundays since that time is normally dedicated to God and family
 
Abundant said:

“So we shouldn’t ‘have to go’ twice.”

And we shouldn’t “have” to watch more than one sporting event per week, right?
 
I would love to go to daily Mass, if I had the time, as would many other Catholics.

“We shouldn’t have to go twice a week”? What an ungrateful statement for the beauty of the Mass.

The Church obligates all Catholics to go to Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation. No where in Canon Law does it say that a football game dispenses you from the requirement.

Jesus wins, football loses. 👍
 
Mayita,

Some jobs require that people work on Sundays or weekends. Retail is one of those kinds of jobs. If you are trying to help support your family, sometimes you just have to go along and work the hours required of you, and you have to take whatever kind of work that you can find.

I worked retail for awhile, and I would usually have to work either a Saturday or a Sunday, and I would do like Abundant did, and would find a Mass that would fit in around my schedule. I would either go very early to Mass on Sunday, or would go on Saturday, or on Sunday evening.

I would do whatever I could to get to Mass that weekend to fulfill my obligation. It is not trying to “put God last,” but rather it is about trying to help your family financially, and it is also about trying to take care of your Mass obligation, too. 🙂
 
Abundant said:
I work on Sundays, and I usually get off early so that I can meet my husband and children at mass at 5:15. Sometimes we are able to go in the morning, but usually we go in the afternoon. Today, I told my husband I would lock up the office at 4:30 and meet him there. He said he wasn’t going. That’s it. Just, flat, “I’m not going.” I knew immediately that there must be an “important” football game on so I asked him about it. Sure enough. He also said we
“are going on Tuesday anyway” (for Christmas Eve, mind you). So we shouldn’t ‘have to go’ twice. :eek:

What is a wife to do?? I asked him to please have the kids ready so I can pick them up and take them with me. I don’t want to nag, but c’mon! Football vs. Jesus. Jesus should win! 👍
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Does he understand that Sundays are always a day of obligation? regardless of whatever other holidays of obligation will be in the week ahead?
 
Mayita30 said:
why do you work on Sundays? that day is reserve for God and family…hope this doesn’t sound offensive however I do admire you wanting to go to mass and making sure your family goes too… it would have just been better if all of the family go to SUnday monrning mass ( putting the Lord first during the day)
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Should fire fighters, paramedics, police, nurses, doctors, air traffic controllers, etc… all refuse to work on Sundays?
 
epan said:
Should fire fighters, paramedics, police, nurses, doctors, air traffic controllers, etc… all refuse to work on Sundays?
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maybe not refuse since those are very important professions but they could do a shift… I don’t think it is right for them to work EVERY SUNDAY. Would you like to spend all your SUndays working??
 
I won’t get into the whole ‘work on Sunday’ debate but I will say that I always fulfill my Sunday obligation or go to confession if for some reason I don’t. My job requires me to work on Sunday 3 times per month, but I have plenty of time to go to mass, pray and spend time with family which I do.

As for my husband…guess what? He called me to ask if I was still going to pick up the kids for mass. I told him I was, and he just laughed and said they would all meet me there. I could have nagged, complained, threatened him by saying he would be in sin, etc. However, by refusing to make an issue out of it and still refusing to violate my own conscience, he made the right decision. Moral of the story: being a nagging wife doesn’t work, but a little,prayer and firm resolve work wonders. 👍
 
oldgraymare2 said:
Mayita,

Some jobs require that people work on Sundays or weekends. Retail is one of those kinds of jobs. If you are trying to help support your family, sometimes you just have to go along and work the hours required of you, and you have to take whatever kind of work that you can find.

I worked retail for awhile, and I would usually have to work either a Saturday or a Sunday, and I would do like Abundant did, and would find a Mass that would fit in around my schedule. I would either go very early to Mass on Sunday, or would go on Saturday, or on Sunday evening.

I would do whatever I could to get to Mass that weekend to fulfill my obligation. It is not trying to “put God last,” but rather it is about trying to help your family financially, and it is also about trying to take care of your Mass obligation, too. 🙂
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As I said in the above post, I have nothing against people who are working IF they don’t have any other choice or option but for me and maybe a lot of people it is still ideal not to be always working on Sunday… good to hear that despite your busy schedules on weekend, you still give mass a priority !!! God bless
 
Mayita30 said:
As I said in the above post, I have nothing against people who are working IF they don’t have any other choice or option but for me and maybe a lot of people it is still ideal not to be always working on Sunday… good to hear that despite your busy schedules on weekend, you still give mass a priority !!! God bless
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I sometimes wonder if the days past, when one would expect non-essential businesses to be closed on Sundays and Holidays, was not more healthy for people. Do we really need Whole Foods to be open on Christmas, or Walmart to be open 24 hours, 365 days?
 
Abundant said:
I won’t get into the whole ‘work on Sunday’ debate but I will say that I always fulfill my Sunday obligation or go to confession if for some reason I don’t. My job requires me to work on Sunday 3 times per month, but I have plenty of time to go to mass, pray and spend time with family which I do.

As for my husband…guess what? He called me to ask if I was still going to pick up the kids for mass. I told him I was, and he just laughed and said they would all meet me there. I could have nagged, complained, threatened him by saying he would be in sin, etc. However, by refusing to make an issue out of it and still refusing to violate my own conscience, he made the right decision. Moral of the story: being a nagging wife doesn’t work, but a little,prayer and firm resolve work wonders. 👍
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Wonderful! I hope your mass was as lovely as the Sunday evening mass we attended. 👍
 
epan said:
I sometimes wonder if the days past, when one would expect non-essential businesses to be closed on Sundays and Holidays, was not more healthy for people. Do we really need Whole Foods to be open on Christmas, or Walmart to be open 24 hours, 365 days?
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No retail place needs to be open 365 days. However on the Sunday openings, the USA is a very diverse place and there are plenty of people whose faith traditions don’t center on Sunday. And plenty of non believers. The craziness of professional sports bothers me more than the local grocery being open.
 
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