Missing Sunday mass

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I kept postponing going to mass on sunday until I decided to go in the evening. I left to go for the 6 pm mass I had seen on the website but found the church locked. So I missed it. I want to receive communion before I travel on Wednsday. Can I? Or does the fact I kept postponing mean it was my fault I missed it and therefore mortally sinned?
 
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I kept postponing going to mass on sunday until I decided to go in the evening. I left to go for the 6 pm mass I had seen on the website but found the church locked. So I missed it. I want to receive communion before I travel on Wednsday. Can I? Or does the fact I kept postponing mean it was my fault I missed it and therefore mortally sinned?
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Yes, you can receive communion before you travel on Wednesday! You committed
“No sin” as you did try to go to Mass. It is NOT like you should up at a church you KNEW didn’t have a Mass! You TRULY believed the church had a Mass and therefore you committed NO sin.

That has happened to me before as well!
 
Ginny89 said:
I kept postponing going to mass on sunday until I decided to go in the evening. I left to go for the 6 pm mass I had seen on the website but found the church locked. So I missed it. I want to receive communion before I travel on Wednsday. Can I? Or does the fact I kept postponing mean it was my fault I missed it and therefore mortally sinned?
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The diocesan website where I live is about a year behind in updating their Mass schedule.

And no sin. If you had known there was no evening Mass, you would not have delayed.
 
You are ok, We are all entitled to a couple misses as long its a valid reason. In fact it might be the dioceses committing the sin by not updating their website, thus causing people to miss mass.
 
As you had no intention of missing Mass and made an effort to hear a Mass based on a justifiable belief that it would be said at a certain place and time, you did not commit a sin in this case. Nonetheless, in such cases, it’s often salutary and commendable to pay a stipend for a Mass of Reparation to be said, if you are able to do so. Often such instances are spurs for us to make reparations for those who do willfully neglect Sundays.
 
TheTrinitySaves said:
  1. You are ok,
  2. We are all entitled to a couple misses as long its a valid reason.
  3. In fact it might be the dioceses committing the sin by not updating their website, thus causing people to miss mass.
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  1. I think everyone would agree with this.
  2. Perhaps we mean the same thing, but I would quibble with “entitled” and "a couple ". It someone has a valid reason for missing an obligation then they are not at fault. I don’t see that as being entitled to something nor that it is limited to a couple of times.
  3. This strikes me as quite a stretch.
 
No, you’re fine. You intended to go to Mass. There is no shame in waiting for a Mass later in the day. It is just unfortunate that there was no Mass when you got there.
 
felsguy said:
  1. I think everyone would agree with this.
  2. Perhaps we mean the same thing, but I would quibble with “entitled” and "a couple ". It someone has a valid reason for missing an obligation then they are not at fault. I don’t see that as being entitled to something nor that it is limited to a couple of times.
  3. This strikes me as quite a stretch.
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  1. Yes we all agree.
  2. Its ok to miss mass very occasionaly due to some sort of miscommunication as described by the OP, but if it becomes consistent the reason probably is not valid anymore and the person may be trying to find a excuse not to go to mass.
  3. The parish should not have wrong information on mass times when people are obligated to attend.
 
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