Not going to mass on Christmas Day

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Is it a mortal sin to not go to mass on Christmas day if you went on Christmas Eve?
 
Depends. If you attended a Mass after 4pm you fulfilled your obligation. (Some consider Christmas Eve as the entire day of Dec. 24th.)
 
thyrodandstaff said:
Is it a mortal sin to not go to mass on Christmas day if you went on Christmas Eve?
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It isn’t a sin at all. Of course, and this is for clarity, by “Christmas Eve” you mean in the evening, not Christmas eve day, right?
 
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No. Why would it be? You fulfilled your obligation.
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I amend my post; it seems I didn’t read the OP clearly.

As the other posters said, you need to have attended Christmas Vigil Mass in order to fulfill your obligation.
 
dshix said:
I amend my post; it seems I didn’t read the OP clearly.

As the other posters said, you need to have attended Christmas Vigil Mass in order to fulfill your obligation.
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This can be confusing too as in the older missals (pre-1970) Christmas Vigil Mass was said on the entire day of Dec 24th.
 
If you attended an evening vigil Mass, you have fulfilled your obligation. If it was a morning Mass on the 24th (i.e. Feast of Sts. Adam and Eve), you have not.
 
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