Mass on Saturday Morning

[PattyPryor]

I normally wouldn’t post this but everyone is just confused by it where I live.

On Saturday I am going to mass with the bishop and then going to several workshops and such. I think it is like a mimi retreat. Anyway. Is it considered church for the weekend if it is Saturday Morning?

I normally would say no since it isn’t after 4:00 p.m. but does it make a difference if the Bishop is giving the mass.

Its not like I don’t want to go to mass twice on the same weekend. I was just wondering

 

[iamrefreshed]

I normally wouldn’t post this but everyone is just confused by it where I live.

On Saturday I am going to mass with the bishop and then going to several workshops and such. I think it is like a mimi retreat. Anyway. Is it considered church for the weekend if it is Saturday Morning?

I normally would say no since it isn’t after 4:00 p.m. but does it make a difference if the Bishop is giving the mass.

Its not like I don’t want to go to mass twice on the same weekend. I was just wondering

I go every Saturday morning to 8:30 morning mass. I do not believe that fulfills my Sunday obligation.

I believe it must be a vigil mass to fulfill your Sunday obligation.

 

[Marsha_Adams]

In order for the Mass to fulfill the Sunday obligation, it must be the Sunday liturgy. Notice that the Saturday Mass only has one reading while the Sunday Mass has two plus the psalm and the Gospel. Even, if the Saturday Mass should use two readings, in honor of the Bishop’s celebration, they would not be the same readings and Gospel used during the Sunday liturgy.

 

[1ke]

On Saturday I am going to mass with the bishop and then going to several workshops and such. I think it is like a mimi retreat. Anyway. Is it considered church for the weekend if it is Saturday Morning?

I normally would say no since it isn’t after 4:00 p.m. but does it make a difference if the Bishop is giving the mass.

No, this does not fulfill the Sunday Mass, no matter who says the Mass. It is simply a daily mass with the bishop.

 

[SuscipeMeDomine]

In order for the Mass to fulfill the Sunday obligation, it must be the Sunday liturgy.

Actually, that’s not true. The issue is the time of day. If the Mass takes place after 4pm on Saturday, it is within the required time for Sunday Mass and fulfills the obligation. There have been other threads here where this has come up, usually in regards to weddings. It also comes up when there is a solemnity on Saturday which has its own readings different from the Sunday readings.

For the OP, this is an opportunity to attend an additional Mass, in this case celebrated by your bishop.

 

[Melo]

Actually, that’s not true. The issue is the time of day. If the Mass takes place after 4pm on Saturday, it is within the required time for Sunday Mass and fulfills the obligation. There have been other threads here where this has come up, usually in regards to weddings. It also comes up when there is a solemnity on Saturday which has its own readings different from the Sunday readings.

For the OP, this is an opportunity to attend an additional Mass, in this case celebrated by your bishop.

Correct, but if it it is after 4pm on Satuday then it will be the Sunday liturgy.

 

[bilop]

Correct, but if it it is after 4pm on Satuday then it will be the Sunday liturgy.

Except for weddings. Unless it is during Easter or Christmas, or is a major feast, a wedding (Sat. night or Sunday) is not required to use the Sunday readings.

God Bless

 

[agangbern]

I go every Saturday morning to 8:30 morning mass. I do not believe that fulfills my Sunday obligation.

I believe it must be a vigil mass to fulfill your Sunday obligation.

I am wondering why you call it “Sunday obligation.” The Holy Mass, in whatever day or hour it is done, is one great opportunity for us to meet Jesus in the form of bread. It is an opportunity to receive the nourishment that we need for life. So, I don’t consider any day of it as an obligation. It is always a great privilege!

 

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

I am wondering why you call it “Sunday obligation.” The Holy Mass, in whatever day or hour it is done, is one great opportunity for us to meet Jesus in the form of bread. It is an opportunity to receive the nourishment that we need for life. So, I don’t consider any day of it as an obligation. It is always a great privilege!

It is called this because this is the language of the Church. We are all obligated to attend the Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, to miss is a serious sin. Other days we are free to attend Mass or not attend with no penalty of sin attached.

 

[Riley259]

Except for weddings. Unless it is during Easter or Christmas, or is a major feast, a wedding (Sat. night or Sunday) is not required to use the Sunday readings.

God Bless

But despite the lack of requirement for use of Sunday readings, does the Sat. evening (ex., 5:30pm) wedding Mass still fulfill the Sunday obligation?

 

[dixieagle]

But despite the lack of requirement for use of Sunday readings, does the Sat. evening (ex., 5:30pm) wedding Mass still fulfill the Sunday obligation?

Yes, yes a thousand times yes!!! (This has been addressed on these forums many times.) Relax. As long as the wedding is a Mass and after 4 pm, you are good to go. See the links I provided in your post in another forum.

God bless.

 

[tee_eff_em]

And for good measure: The obligation of assisting at Mass is spelled out in Canon law, viz:

Can. 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.

NB: It mentions only the timing of the celebration, not the readings, prayers, nor other aspects of it.

And to the OP: I do not think one can honestly call Saturday morning “the evening of the preceding day”.

tee

 

[bpbasilphx]

<<… does it make a difference if the Bishop is giving the mass.>>

No. A mass on Saturday morning is just a mass on Saturday morning, and not on Sunday.

 

[dixieagle]

And for good measure: The obligation of assisting at Mass is spelled out in Canon law, viz:

NB: It mentions only the timing of the celebration, not the readings, prayers, nor other aspects of it.

And to the OP: I do not think one can honestly call Saturday morning “the evening of the preceding day”.

tee

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Yes, yes a thousand times yes!!! (This has been addressed on these forums many times.) Relax. As long as the wedding is a Mass and after 4 pm, you are good to go. See the links I provided in your post in another forum.

God bless.

Yes, as long as the Mass is the proper Mass for the day, using the proper readings for that day, in whatever Rite it is celebrated in, it fulfills your obligation if celebrated after 4pm on Saturday or anytime on Sunday from midnight to midnight.