I missed Mass today. We were on our way out the door when my mother called and said that she had locked her keys in her house. She lives a half hour away so we needed to get her the keys because it was my daughters first birthday party at her grandfather’s house. We planned on trying to get to Mass where my mother lives and then head to the birthday party. My mother called back and said my sister found a key to her house and we didn’t have to come. At this point it was well over a half an hour into mass in our town so we couldn’t go. There was an 11:00 Spanish Mass but that would make us late for the birthday party if we went to that. So I was unable to get to mass today. The question is did I fail my Sunday obligation and commit a mortal sin in this situation?
