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Once again I have a question that I don’t know the answer to, any replies would be appreciated. My boyfriend (who most of you know is Lutheran) asked me why we have Mass everyday. He said they only have church on Sunday mornings. I think its so we can reaffirm our faith so to speak, I think it keeps us strong. Does anyone have any better ideas?
 
I go to Mass every day (that I can) so I can experience our Lord - body and blood, soul and divinity. Mass is one of the greatest prayers we can offer up to God!

Since I began attending daily Mass, I have grown so much closer to God.

NotWorthy
 
Why not go daily??

The bible did not indicate that Jesus said, “Do this in memory of Me…only on Sundays, though.” 😃
 
Lutherans do not have the ministerial priesthood of the Catholic Church, they have ministers only. One of the sacramental duties of a Catholic priest is to offer daily the one sacrifice of Christ on the altar. It is in fulfillment of Malachi 1:11 “For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.”
 
Actually I believe daily Mass is mostly a tradition of the Western Church. I think most Eastern Rite Catholics do not have daily Divine Liturgies. They do have daily liturgical prayer, just not the Divine Liturgy.
But daily formal liturgical celebrations are traditions of both East and West.
 
I believe Paul described going to daily Mass in Acts. If its good enough for him, far be it from me to dispute.

Notworthy
 
I wish I could go everyday but with work it is not a possibility for me. I do go every Sunday, and every now and then there is a Parish not far from my home that has Mass at 7pm during the week.
 
"For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. " (1 Cor 11:26)

Given the above passage of Scripture, the real question is why would we not celebrate the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist everyday?
 
Hmmm… This brings to mind a conversation I had years ago with a friend. He was a very devout Protestant and active in the Pro-Life movement, as was I. After I saw him receive communion at a Pro-Life Mass, however, I realized I needed to have a little chat with him about what Catholics believe and why you need to be Catholic to receive. After I’d gone through the whole explanation of why we believe the Eucharist to truly be the Body and Blood of Christ, (but without any mention at all of Daily Mass) he paused for a second, and said, "Wow. ** I guess if I really believed that, I’d want to go every day."** So there you go. 🙂
 
It is a pre-requisite for Priests to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass every day. They can do it in private if there is no congregation.

For the laity it is not a requirement to go everyday but it is a devotion to attend Mass every day.

It is a remarkable consolation for us to know that 6 times a second somewhere in the world the Sacred Host is being lifted by an ordained Priest. We can unite and offer ourselves to Christ at this most sacred moment when ever we desire to do so.

The answer is simple.
  1. Priests must offer it everyday
  2. We go because we love it and recognise it for what it is.
If your boyfriend loves you then seeing you everyday would be his aim huh?

Same with the Mass for those who love it.
 
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Michael038:
I wish I could go everyday but with work it is not a possibility for me. I do go every Sunday, and every now and then there is a Parish not far from my home that has Mass at 7pm during the week.
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Is there an early morning Mass somewhere close to you? Perhaps in a convent?

This is what I had to do, so great was my desire to attend Mass. I now rise at 5.45am, leave home at 6.15am for morning prayer in Dublin at 7am followed by Mass at 7.30am. Its difficult at first but very wonderful in its effects.

Anyway I could do with making the mortification!!
 
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Fergal:
Is there an early morning Mass somewhere close to you? Perhaps in a convent?

This is what I had to do, so great was my desire to attend Mass. I now rise at 5.45am, leave home at 6.15am for morning prayer in Dublin at 7am followed by Mass at 7.30am. Its difficult at first but very wonderful in its effects.

Anyway I could do with making the mortification!!
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The earliest Mass is at 9am. I start work at 8am and I drive an hour and a half to get there so it is tough. There is a 7:30 at another town on the way but I would be late for work. Not to mention I have two children to drive to School every morning. I attend the evening Mass during the week whenever they have one. Hopefully an opportunity to go earlier will come about soon. I’ll keep praying.
 
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SMHW:
Actually I believe daily Mass is mostly a tradition of the Western Church. I think most Eastern Rite Catholics do not have daily Divine Liturgies.
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I was told that the reason for the different traditions comes out of celibacy. Having married priests and having to abstain from sex for 24 hours before offering mass makes daily mass difficult.
 
Those who are unable to hear a Mass can undertake a Spiritual Communion.

See cuf.org/faithfacts/details_view.asp?ffID=236 for an excellent and brief explanation of the practice of Spiritual Communion

I have a great little book that has a section entitled “A Method of Hearing Mass for the Absent” and it goes through a whole series of prayers and intentions to correspond to the liturgy. It is quite beautiful.

Unfortunately, most of the on-line versions of this are located at schismatic websites or websites of dubious fidelity. :mad: I wish someone who has a website that is faithful to the Magesterium would transcribe this prayer and post it. I think it is from a book entitled “The Key of Heaven.”

VC
 
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axolotl:
I was told that the reason for the different traditions comes out of celibacy. Having married priests and having to abstain from sex for 24 hours before offering mass makes daily mass difficult.
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But I thought you said they were married!!! Sorry, little gutter humor, there!

Notworthy
 
Thanks to all who have replied. Being fairly new to this beautiful faith I occassionally find it rather difficult to answer questions accurately. Thankfully we have a place like this to come to and get clarification. Thanks again you guys!
 
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Lorrie:
Thanks to all who have replied. Being fairly new to this beautiful faith I occassionally find it rather difficult to answer questions accurately. Thankfully we have a place like this to come to and get clarification. Thanks again you guys!
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Don’t be so hard on yourself.🙂

My hubby is a cradle Catholic and I absolutely bombarded him with questions on the faith when I was considering converting. He couldn’t answer most of them, lol.

So my journey of learning became* our* journey. Now we really enjoy reading up on all aspects of Catholicism and having lengthy discussions. With over 2000 years of history and tradition, it is not likely we can ever know it all.

Malia
 
Interesting. Good question. I will like to find out for myself too.
 
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