Missing Mass Due To Super Busy!

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I know many Catholics at my parish who openly and publically proclaim that they want to go to mass and keep it nice and short at around thirty minutes and then go to the pub or watch the football. Sadly this is quite a common misconception of God, that he is someone you visit once a week. Are we not seeing this in other parishes?
 
You are the one using the word dictatorship. All I said is the Church does not run on popular opinion. Do feel free to interpret Catholicism for yourself any way you choose. But do not belittle people that choose to read and follow the Church’s teachings and not whatever we think it means. (Aka, opinions)
 
Yes, but if we vocalise on the requirements, we must speak of what other do, or do we live with blinkers on?
 
I simply mirrored your democracy quote. I am not belittling anyone, its not my plan to anyway… If I have please forgive the misunderstanding. What I want to make clear on CAF is that attendance is not the rule that guarantees salvation and to imply it as the requirement is not going all the way in stating what God wants from all of us. A life lived in communion with him and guided by his Holy Spirit. Am I being to zealous?
 
Catechism "All Christians in any state or walk of life are called to the fullness of Christian life and to the perfection of charity."65 All are called to holiness: "Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."66
 
hergratefulchild said:
What I want to make clear on CAF is that attendance is not the rule that guarantees salvation and to imply it as the requirement is not going all the way in stating what God wants from all of us.
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The precepts of the church are like bread crumbles leading us down the path to holiness.

If we fulfil our mass obligations with the correct interior disposition, then we are one step closer to keeping the commandment to remember the sabbath.
““If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14:15‬ ‭NABRE‬‬
http://bible.com/463/jhn.14.15.nabre
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“If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:10‬ ‭NABRE‬‬
http://bible.com/463/jhn.15.10.nabre
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BTW Last year when traveling and requesting a dispensation due to have a dog on the trip my parish priest did not question this motivation one iota and actually praised me for caring for the dog granting the dispensation without question.

Todays circumstances are a bit different but similar concerns.
 
Do you have a home your dog can stay at or do you just travel with him or her? I don’t think anyone is saying to sacrifice your dog for mass but I was u see the impression that you were involving the dog to get it accustomed to the rv and not because you are bound to take it wherever you go. So I don’t Think the donkey in the ditch analogy applies here.

Depending on terrain it takes 40-60 minutes to drive 40 miles round trip and 1 hour for mass at the most so we have been talking less than 2 hours out of all of the time between when you started the thread this morning and 10am tomorrow. I hardly think the people for going to mass anyway are being like Pharisees and are condemning ourselves with our words.
 
Ask Jesus and your Guardian Angel to work out the details while you are at Mass.
 
El_PAso said:
BTW Last year when traveling and requesting a dispensation due to have a dog on the trip my parish priest did not question this motivation one iota and actually praised me for caring for the dog granting the dispensation without question.
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Dispensations are frequently given for traveling. That’s an entirely different subject.
 
When you post a question on a public forum, presumably you are looking for different opinions and points of view. Yet, when people express opinions you don’t want to hear, you call them unchristian. What’s the point of posting on here then?
 
angel12 said:
Dispensations are frequently given for traveling. That’s an entirely different subject.
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Seriously!

Some of you really don’t want to look at the facts but lecture!

PLEASE read the post you quote: It had nothing to do with traveling per se it was the dogs welfare!

I think traveling is even less of a reason. before I had a dog I’d have Mass Times app and easily plan a trip around locations and times…even almost got kicked out of a graduate program because attending Mass on a Saturday night made me late for a Sunday rendezvous
 
LisaB said:
When you post a question on a public forum, presumably you are looking for different opinions and points of view. Yet, when people express opinions you don’t want to hear, you call them unchristian. What’s the point of posting on here then?
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Where and when did I say “what is your opinion?”

I love the catholic Church as there is usually a simple answer but today it got complicated. I was hoping for something beyond the Catechism, perhaps a commentary that expounded on it due to an ever increasing modern world where our actions often must be crafted around a myriad of factors and times and other peoples time.

A Christian response would have had understanding and compassion in the idea of suffering along with and noting a quandary, not coldly pointing fingers and pounding fists which is the impression I got.

I’d say, try as hard as you can to go and if you can’t get to confession asap!

After all who would get the graces; one who wanted to attend Mass and couldn’t/didn’t or one who did but didn’t want to?
 
El_PAso said:
Actually NO

And as many of you have proved you have very weak working knowledge of the Catholic faith. Most are Pharasee-istic in your understanding and condemn yourselves with your own words.

Regarding my dog; Christ specifically uses a “donkey in a ditch” vs. Sabbath analogy to illustrate we have OBLIGATIONS to do good that trump lawful obligations. These are generally things that pop up un expectedly. Searching for donkeys in ditches does is not the same of caring for one of Gods creatures due to unforeseen circumstances.

Regarding trailer. I have an obligation to make sure it is 100% operable and in working order by ~10am tomorrow morning when I will be sent on my way. I have numerous safety checks and as I said previously a list of 100 things that have to be addressed before I take on the road endanger others. You want me to rush it out and swing by your kids or grand kids house along the way or would you prefer I have a 2 ton missal under complete control?

Further it is clear in the Catechism as I quoted above acceptable under circumstances I have put forth.

We will be judged by the actions of the heart, not the law. God knows if we’re playing games.

Shoulda been enough for me to say I really want to attend Mass but circumstances beyond my control and a check list of items I am not even aware of must be completed in a time span not of my making.

I’m serious; many of you need to look at your motivations
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Again, while it is obligatory for Christians to rest from servile work on Sundays to the extent that we are able, the matter of whether or not you are obligated to be the situation you find yourself in or are in it by choice is a matter to discuss with your pastor, who can ask you the appropriate questions concerning mitigating circumstances, such as the duty to give competent care to your animals and to protect them from undue suffering.

You sound like someone who always follows the general rules that have been posted here, so I’m inclined to believe that using your best judgment you did not see an alternative to the situation you had to contend with. It doesn’t really matter what I think, though. Talk to your pastor, the person who has care over you in this matter.

If you can find a way to attend Mass, do it. If you cannot (or could not), canon law suggests this:
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.

If you go to the USCCB web site, they have audio files that will allow you to listen to the Holy Scriptures for today. You can find a homily. You can make an act of spiritual communion. You can make your hours on the road time that you spend alone with the Lord. You can talk the matter over with your pastor when you have a chance to see him.
 
Perhaps the lessen is that you’re overworked.
You may need to make some changes and sacrifices in your life if you cant juggle church, work, and errands that are a natural part of life.

Its like a savings account. Anyone around long enough realizes theres some surprise expenses in life. If you spend so much of your timeom basics that there’s no room for things like this, you need to cut something out. Because things like this are a natural expected part of life.

God asks to be first. Not first after work. First.
Following isnt easy, but its worth it. And believe it or not, its for our good.
 
Opal0427 said:
Perhaps the lessen is that you’re overworked.
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It is an unfortunate truth of our economy that while a good many people are overworked because they are ambitious, a good many other people are overworked because they have no desire to be homeless now nor destitute in old age.
 
Did you come here sincerely asking for advice or just hoping other people would tell you it’s not a problem and enjoy the trailer?

If you’re grown up enough to buy a new trailer, you’re grown up enough to either
A) plan your purchase activities so you’ll be able to attend Mass; or
B) if absolutely impossible to plan your travel, etc around Mass, then either call the priest and ask for an advance dispensation, or go to confession after you miss the Mass and confess that you didn’t plan well and thus missed Mass.

This is not rocket science.
By the way, many of us don’t exactly have lazy weekends, but we do our best to get to Mass anyway, and if we can’t, we deal with it in the way I described above.
 
Ah, now I know what you meant by Christian response. We must be careful not to equate being Christian with being nice. Sometimes the cold hard truth is a Christian response, and being nice while affirming someone in their sin is not.

To answer your question, I would say the person who didn’t want to go to Mass but went anyway out of obedience to the Lord made a greater sacrifice and would receive more graces.
 
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