Mass obligation? Sunday

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I recently went to a daily mass on a Tuesday. On the website of the church it said it was a video mass. When I was attending the service I noticed the readings was for the coming up Sunday mass. It was a full hour mass and most daily masses i attend are about a half. Does this fill my Sunday obligation?
 
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Markyman said:
I recently went to a daily mass on a Tuesday. On the website of the church it said it was a video mass. When I was attending the service I noticed the readings was for the coming up Sunday mass. It was a full hour mass and most daily masses i attend are about a half. Does this fill my Sunday obligation?
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No, only Mass on Sunday, or Saturday evening fulfils the obligation.
 
Short answer: What elf01 said.

Slightly longer answer: The Saturday mass must be the vigil (anticipatory) mass of Sunday. There are Saturday morning “daily” masses as well, but they are a daily mass, not a Sunday mass or Saturday evening vigil mass. So, Saturday evening or Sunday in the day.

Video mass? That sounds odd. Must have been a communion service, if no priest was physically present to celebrate the sacrifice.
 
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Definitely did not fulfill the Sunday obligation. It’s the day/time that counts, not the readings. If the priest were, for example, to use the Tuesday readings on a Sunday, the obligation would still be fulfilled, though not the other way around.

Is it possible that the priest was pre-recording the Sunday Mass to be broadcast on local TV or the diocesan website?
 
It was a video mass because it was being recorded on video for a Sunday mass on a website
 
Sorry if I was not clear. The readings were not included in my answer. The day and purpose of the mass is what matters.
 
Canon 1247. On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Mass. Moreover, they are to abstain from those works and affairs which hinder the worship to be rendered to God, the joy proper to the Lord’s day, or the suitable relaxation of mind and body.

Canon 1248 §1. A person who assists at a Mass celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the feast day itself or in the evening of the preceding day satisfies the obligation of participating in the Mass.

The liturgy allowed during the time that satisfies the Sunday obligation may be restricted by the bishop or bishop’s conference, but sometimes it is not restricted. It is an obligation to go to Mass within the Sunday time frame described…

…and because not everyone can go to Mass on Sunday, there are recorded Masses broadcast for reasons of edification, whether people can personally attend Sunday Mass or not:

Canon 1248 §2. If participation in the eucharistic celebration becomes impossible because of the absence of a sacred minister or for another grave cause, it is strongly recommended that the faithful take part in a liturgy of the word if such a liturgy is celebrated in a parish church or other sacred place according to the prescripts of the diocesan bishop or that they devote themselves to prayer for a suitable time alone, as a family, or, as the occasion permits, in groups of families.
 
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Sorry if I was not clear. The readings were not included in my answer. The day and purpose of the mass is what matters.
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Nope not even the “purpose”. Only the day and the time.
For instance:
On a Saturday 25 December, if the celebrants are not completely knackered, there may well be a Mass scheduled in the evening. Even if the “purpose” of that Mass is to celebrate the Nativity of the Lord, the faithful may certainly attend to fulfill their obligation to assist at Mass for the succeeding Sunday (of the Holy Family).
 
I give up! Is that not what I said?
Poor OP is more confused than ever, and it’s his first post!
 
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Poor OP is more confused than ever, and it’s his first post!
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To reiterate for the OP: No, a Mass on Tuesday does not fulfill one’s Sunday obligation, no matter what readings and propers are used.
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I give up! Is that not what I said?
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I don’t know? What did you mean when you wrote that the “purpose of the mass is what matters”?
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Attending a Mass on Tuesday does not fill your Sunday obligation. The church website was advising you that the Mass you were attending would be video taped to be televised/streamed on Sunday.
 
You obviously love the Lord very much.

I think you already know deep down the answer to your question.

Also on a Sunday mass we offer up our gifts unlike the midweek mass.
 
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I recently went to a daily mass on a Tuesday. On the website of the church it said it was a video mass. When I was attending the service I noticed the readings was for the coming up Sunday mass. It was a full hour mass and most daily masses i attend are about a half. Does this fill my Sunday obligation?
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Weekday Masses do not fulfill the Sunday obligation.
The Sunday obligation is fulfilled by being at Mass on Sundays or Saturday evening.
If you attend the Saturday evening Mass the readings are irrelevant to having fulfilled the Sunday obligation.
 
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I find it odd that they would even do this for a video and allow people to just show up unawares. It seems imprudent to me not to just record the Saturday Mass (or live stream it) or even Sunday morning’s Mass and post that right away.
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Also on a Sunday mass we offer up our gifts unlike the midweek mass.
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Huh?! What does that mean? There’s no such difference in these liturgies that I’m aware of.
 
Offering of money in a woven basket for example. Then they are blessed by the Priest?
 
Ah, OK. That’s not how I took it, but that’s a rather minor thing and could be dealt with anytime. (For example, I never put anything in the basket as a general rule; but I give every 15th of the month electronically.) There’s nothing special about Sunday for that except it’s when the most people are there.
 
Markyman said:
I recently went to a daily mass on a Tuesday. On the website of the church it said it was a video mass. When I was attending the service I noticed the readings was for the coming up Sunday mass. It was a full hour mass and most daily masses i attend are about a half. Does this fill my Sunday obligation?
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I suspect they were filming the mass for shut ins at this particular parish that day. That’s how our diocese does it— they film on location at different parishes several weeks in advance of the mass that is to be broadcast. They ask parishioners to come for the taping to participate in the responses and singing.

The mass on Tuesday, no matter what readings, does not fulfill your Sunday obligation.

Mass on Sunday or the evening before fulfills Sunday’s obligation.
 
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