Mass attendence question

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Cooldude,

Keep praying for the courage to assert yourself and get to Mass. It is a blessing that in this day and age a young man such as yourself has the desire to go. That is a gift of the Holy Spirit who is drawing you to Himself.

The Lord, who is calling you, will answer your prayers for the courage to get to Mass. I’ll say some prayers for you too.
 
Thanks for the responses so far! 😃

well I hope I can get a quick answer to this before I go to Mass :o

would it be ok for me to get up and go to the bathroom during Communion? (I’m not receiving it this week). Or should I just sit there and grin and bear it? Ideas? I guess I’d be embaressed for people to see me sitting when everyone else is going. I’d especially be embaressed if someone I knew saw me 😦 :o
 
You don’t have to flee to the bathroom. Just sit there and make a spiritual communion. It doesn’t matter what others think…just offer it up to Jesus.
 
Dorothy said:
You don’t have to flee to the bathroom. Just sit there and make a spiritual communion. It doesn’t matter what others think…just offer it up to Jesus.
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I agree with Dorothy.

Part of being Catholic is learning a degree of self control. By not going to communion when you are not supposed to receive it you are setting a good example. That is something which is to be applauded.

The respect you show the sacrament by wanting to go to confession before communion is also admirable. Think about the number of people that go to confession (very small) and the number that attend communion (very large). Now would you guess that all those people have lived a sin free life? From what I read you are behaving appropriately.

Another thought - your parents are as fallible as the rest of us. You are young and it might be hard to view your parents as one of God’s creatures. They have their failings just like I have my failings.

We all face hurdles in life. I encourage you to get over this one so that you can move onto the next hurdle. Once you get going to mass then you can start thinking about going to daily mass. Daily mass is a blessing. The interesting part of daily mass is that every mass seems so long ago. Each day it seems like mass was a week ago.

Your hesitation reminds me of all the kids I have helped get up the courage to jump off the diving board (I work as a lifeguard). To me it is a simple matter, but to them it is a huge new step in life. Have courage, do what needs to be done and get to mass as soon as possible.

God bless
 
With the exception of little children, pregnant ladies and older gentlemen with prostate trouble, (and whatever other physical ailment I may have missed), I think it’s worse to pop out to the bathroom during Mass than to stay in the pew during Communion. As far as I’m concerned, the young, healthy looking person headed for the bathroom either has the stomach flu or is treating the Mass in a disrespectful manner. By all means, go in an emergency, but, otherwise, really, you couldn’t plan ahead and hit the bathroom on the way in, or wait just five more minutes until it’s over?? On the other hand, I figure the person who stays in the pew (1) is not Catholic, (2) did not fast, perhaps taking an ill-timed swig of coffee on the way to Mass (3) may not be in a state of grace. See - the thing you’re worried about is in third place, at least from my little corner of the world.

Anyway, Sunday is over in most places. What did you do?

Betsy
 
I went 🙂 and sat in the pew 😃

lol but I am actually just getting over stomach flu 😛 But I sat in the pew during Communion. 🙂

And next week I plan on going on Saturday when I can get Confession and Mass in the same block of time 🙂 👍
 
coolduude said:
I went 🙂 and sat in the pew 😃

lol but I am actually just getting over stomach flu 😛 But I sat in the pew during Communion. 🙂

And next week I plan on going on Saturday when I can get Confession and Mass in the same block of time 🙂 👍
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👍 Great job!! 🙂
 
Sounds good, cooldude :). God bless you in your efforts to stand firm with Him!
 
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