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ladysherlockian
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Missing Mass because of allergy
Since I was a child, I have suffered from allergy. It was quite hard during my childhood, but as I was adolescent the allergy became mild and more bearable. Now I’m 26 and this year the allergy has become severe again. Since the beginning of May I have suffered from running and stuffed nose. These symptoms are now cured, but now I cough a lot and have difficulty speaking (these symptoms also have lasted two weeks or so, I’ve got some medicine but it doesn’t help much). My doctor says it’s a severe allergy, so I’m not contagious and not dangerous to other people in church. I haven’t been to the university for a week, my parents advised me to stay home so I may get better. It doesn’t help much, I still cough and have difficulty speaking. Apart from this, I sometimes feel a bit weaker than usual and have more appetite – this is because of the medicine I take. Is it a reason to miss Mass? My Mum told me that if I continue to cough, she wouldn’t let me go to church. I know that missing Mass is wrong and I don’t want to commit a mortal sin. What shall I do? I’m adult but I still haven’t managed to find a job so I live with my parents and they sustain me financially. Without their support I would probably die, as it’s extremely hard to find a job and I have never worked so I’m not eligible for unemployment benefit. My father says that I have to obey him and my Mum as long as I’m not self-sufficient. I don’t want to make it look as if my parents were some kind of tyrants. I love my parents dearly and they are my best friends, though I have better contact with my Mum. There is a problem with Mum, because she’s very sensitive as far as my health is concerned. During winter she often advises me not to go to Mass in case I get ill. I always listen to her advice, but then I confess missing Masses as a sin. I must write something about my family to help you understand my situation. My Mum has always wanted to have a lot of children, but she had serious problems with becoming pregnant, before I was born she had two miscarriages as far as I know. One of the children, who would be my elder brother if he lived, died soon after birth. I was born as a premature baby and I was quite a sickly child. I already had the allergy and in primary school I was ill very often. When I was a teenager, the allergy became mild, but now it’s seems it’s back. I don’t know what to do with the Mass. I hate missing Masses, and I’d love to go to the Mass, I don’t want to offend God and commit a mortal sin. But my Mum is against my going to Mass. I’m so worried about this, and since she often tells me not to go to Mass because I may possibly get sick or worsen my condition, I can no longer await the approaching Sunday with joy. When a Sunday is approaching, I’m full of dread that something will happen, e.g. I will cough too much and my Mum will decide that I’m staying home and I will commit this dreadful mortal sin. Most often I don’t feel too sick to go to Mass but I stay home because my Mum asks me to do so. I don’t go when I have a cold as during the first day of the cold I usually vomit. But now I have no cold but severe allergy. My Mum says I shouldn’t and cannot go, but I believe I should go and I would commit a mortal sin if I listen to what my Mum says. I don’t want to sin so gravely, but every time I want to convince my parents to let me go to church, there is a quarrel, and my father says it would be very selfish of me to go to Mass disregarding my Mum’s feelings. She’s so sensitive about my health. I would like to add that both my parents are Catholics, so it’s not the case of their anti-religious stance. My Mum and Father are so convincing that usually I don’t go to Mass if they ask me not to go, even though I want to go very much. What should I do now? How to deal with this situation? Please, please, reply before Sunday, I beg you…
Since I was a child, I have suffered from allergy. It was quite hard during my childhood, but as I was adolescent the allergy became mild and more bearable. Now I’m 26 and this year the allergy has become severe again. Since the beginning of May I have suffered from running and stuffed nose. These symptoms are now cured, but now I cough a lot and have difficulty speaking (these symptoms also have lasted two weeks or so, I’ve got some medicine but it doesn’t help much). My doctor says it’s a severe allergy, so I’m not contagious and not dangerous to other people in church. I haven’t been to the university for a week, my parents advised me to stay home so I may get better. It doesn’t help much, I still cough and have difficulty speaking. Apart from this, I sometimes feel a bit weaker than usual and have more appetite – this is because of the medicine I take. Is it a reason to miss Mass? My Mum told me that if I continue to cough, she wouldn’t let me go to church. I know that missing Mass is wrong and I don’t want to commit a mortal sin. What shall I do? I’m adult but I still haven’t managed to find a job so I live with my parents and they sustain me financially. Without their support I would probably die, as it’s extremely hard to find a job and I have never worked so I’m not eligible for unemployment benefit. My father says that I have to obey him and my Mum as long as I’m not self-sufficient. I don’t want to make it look as if my parents were some kind of tyrants. I love my parents dearly and they are my best friends, though I have better contact with my Mum. There is a problem with Mum, because she’s very sensitive as far as my health is concerned. During winter she often advises me not to go to Mass in case I get ill. I always listen to her advice, but then I confess missing Masses as a sin. I must write something about my family to help you understand my situation. My Mum has always wanted to have a lot of children, but she had serious problems with becoming pregnant, before I was born she had two miscarriages as far as I know. One of the children, who would be my elder brother if he lived, died soon after birth. I was born as a premature baby and I was quite a sickly child. I already had the allergy and in primary school I was ill very often. When I was a teenager, the allergy became mild, but now it’s seems it’s back. I don’t know what to do with the Mass. I hate missing Masses, and I’d love to go to the Mass, I don’t want to offend God and commit a mortal sin. But my Mum is against my going to Mass. I’m so worried about this, and since she often tells me not to go to Mass because I may possibly get sick or worsen my condition, I can no longer await the approaching Sunday with joy. When a Sunday is approaching, I’m full of dread that something will happen, e.g. I will cough too much and my Mum will decide that I’m staying home and I will commit this dreadful mortal sin. Most often I don’t feel too sick to go to Mass but I stay home because my Mum asks me to do so. I don’t go when I have a cold as during the first day of the cold I usually vomit. But now I have no cold but severe allergy. My Mum says I shouldn’t and cannot go, but I believe I should go and I would commit a mortal sin if I listen to what my Mum says. I don’t want to sin so gravely, but every time I want to convince my parents to let me go to church, there is a quarrel, and my father says it would be very selfish of me to go to Mass disregarding my Mum’s feelings. She’s so sensitive about my health. I would like to add that both my parents are Catholics, so it’s not the case of their anti-religious stance. My Mum and Father are so convincing that usually I don’t go to Mass if they ask me not to go, even though I want to go very much. What should I do now? How to deal with this situation? Please, please, reply before Sunday, I beg you…
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