Missing Mass=Sin?

[turtle18]

Of course there are multiple people in this thread though that seem to think I am/was putting my cat and her kittens above God… stop judging me, you guys have no clue what’s in my heart, my motives or where I stand with God.

On a side note, benedicatgal, please don’t take this response as soley directed at you, some of it is, but it’s for some others as well.

Huh, honestly from your many posts and the tone of your posts, I really believe you are the one who is judging people who disagree with you. You judge us as as being uncharitable, insensitive, animal haters. So bendictgal gets a pass because she’s posted some animal rescue story even though she basically is agreeing with those of us who say it is not okay to miss Mass?

 

[Rachel_1]

Huh, honestly from your many posts and the tone of your posts, I really believe you are the one who is judging people who disagree with you. You judge us as as being uncharitable, insensitive, animal haters. So bendictgal gets a pass because she’s posted some animal rescue story even though she basically is agreeing with those of us who say it is not okay to miss Mass?

Wow you should really chill out.

 

[turtle18]

I think that unless a person has pets and has a responsible and loving relationship with them, they truly wouldn’t understand what you were feeling and your being torn in two different directions. For those people, it’s only a stupid animal so it wouldn’t make sense to miss Mass. But for those of us who feel the attachment and responsibility, it’s very different. I feel very certain that, since God is an animal lover who knows if a single sparrow falls, He does too!

You are pretty much validating my originaly post. There really are very, very few reasons why someone should miss Mass on Sunday. How can you be torn it two different directions when it comes to God? That pretty much sums up the definition of putting something or someone else ahead of God.

The Bible tells us where your treasure is, their your heart will be.

Sorry, I feel the attachment and responsiblity to God more than I ever, ever would a pet.

 

[jmcrae]

You are pretty much validating my originaly post. There really are very, very few reasons why someone should miss Mass on Sunday. How can you be torn it two different directions when it comes to God? That pretty much sums up the definition of putting something or someone else ahead of God.

I’m sure that someone would feel “torn in two directions” if their elderly parent or child were ill at the time that they normally go to Mass - hopefully, they would stay home and care for their loved one without being judged to be putting family ahead of God.

We have a responsibility for the animals that we take on as pets. As most people know, I can’t stand animals being in the house - so, coming from me, hopefully people will realize that this isn’t a Walt Disnification of animals, or thinking that animals have souls - the Scriptures are clear that people are to care for their livestock, even to the point of taking care of them on the Sabbath - if livestock, which is to be put in the soup pot not many days hence, is to be cared for so well, then why not pets?

 

[karennascargo3]

You are pretty much validating my originaly post. There really are very, very few reasons why someone should miss Mass on Sunday. How can you be torn it two different directions when it comes to God? That pretty much sums up the definition of putting something or someone else ahead of God.

The Bible tells us where your treasure is, their your heart will be.

Sorry, I feel the attachment and responsiblity to God more than I ever, ever would a pet.

What your talking about is legalism. Being torn in 2 different directions was not being torn between God and a cat; it was being torn between attending Mass and attending to the responsibility she has to God’s creation – both are toward God and not toward God and something else.

God made it pretty clear the responsibility we have toward others and our universe. Jesus even made mention that when we do it to the least of these we do it unto Him. He also said that God knows when a sparrow falls so all creation must be pretty important to Him and we have an equal responsibility toward creation. Mass is not the ultimate obedience to God; all obedience to Him is equal. No one but God can judge anyway.

 

[benedictgal]

What your talking about is legalism. Being torn in 2 different directions was not being torn between God and a cat; it was being torn between attending Mass and attending to the responsibility she has to God’s creation – both are toward God and not toward God and something else.

God made it pretty clear the responsibility we have toward others and our universe. Jesus even made mention that when we do it to the least of these we do it unto Him. He also said that God knows when a sparrow falls so all creation must be pretty important to Him and we have an equal responsibility toward creation. Mass is not the ultimate obedience to God; all obedience to Him is equal. No one but God can judge anyway.

I think that you are treading on some very dangerous waters with that last statement. Mass is our chief obligation and responsibility. For you to equate Mass and make it relative is to totally miss the point. Missing Mass without a seriously grave reason is a mortal sin against the Third Commandment and the Precept of the Church.

There is also a trend down here to take Jesus’ words and twist them to mean something that they really do not. Jesus never said that sparrows were more important than worshipping His Father. That is what your post, as I read it, appears to sound like. With all due respect, there are misplaced, gravely misplaced priorities in your post.

It seems as though there are some people in this thread who have bought into the dictatorship of relativism. Please do not forget that the first commandment, the one above all others, is loving God. Loving God means giving to him what is rightfully His, our worship and our presence before Him at Mass. With all due respect, your post makes it seem like in the grand scheme of things, Mass attendance does not really matter. That is a sad thought.