Please Go to Mass on the Solemnity of the Assumption!

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Please make a point of attending the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass today, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother.

Do this not only to honor the Mother of God and to pray for your intentions, but also to show our lukewarm bishops in a respectful manner that we don’t want holy days of obligation to be declared non-obligatory simply because they immediately follow or precede a Sunday.

Keep and spread the Faith.
 
I went to 7:15 AM Mass this morning. The Assumption is still a Holy Day of Obligation in my diocese, by the way.

Being at Mass this morning has made me want to go back to Daily Mass. I don’t know if I’ll be able to get up that early everyday (I don’t get home early at night), but I’ll try. 🙂

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…i will be there…

but, i don’t buy the “luke warm Bishops” remark… you may disagree with their decision, but they are the valid shepherds of the flock in these United States.

…those that plan on attendence, i feel sure didn’t change their minds due to the removal of formal obligation. I’m yet to meet a practicing catholic that always celebrates the holy days of obligation and then chooses not to come solely because today (for this year only) the obligation was removed. The Bishops have not recommended the lay stay home.

…i suggest we support the Bishops at every opportunity, and not be too quick on the trigger to do otherwise…

IMHO…

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…i will be there…

…i suggest we support the Bishops at every opportunity, and not be too quick on the trigger to do otherwise…

IMHO…

peace:thumbsup:
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He’s right. The clergy get enough unfair criticism.

They did make this Asumption non-obligatory this year, but we still have the option to go to Mass.
 
While it is not a holy day in our diocese, I attended mass. It is also a custom for our church to have members bring bouquets of flowers and herbs from their gardens to be blessed. Just as Christ is the first fruit, Blessed mother carried the fruit in her womb…we remember her with flowers and bring them home to place them before our house shrines in her honor. At the mass I attended and participated in as a minister…there were at least 100 or more people there to worship as well. It does feel good.
 
I am converting (I start RCIA next month) and I went to daily Mass for the first time today. (I am on vacation so I am going all week!) I really liked it. I am embracing catholicism completely and will attend Mass every chance I get! Every time I go I feel I am closer and closer to Jesus. I am struggling to learn more about Mary, but I do realize her significance and will honor her as well.

Tamie Walcott
 
Thanks Steve, for bringing this up. It is important for us to honor Our Mother on this day in particular.
 
Steve O'Brien:
Please make a point of attending the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass today, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother.

Do this not only to honor the Mother of God and to pray for your intentions, but also to show our lukewarm bishops in a respectful manner that we don’t want holy days of obligation to be declared non-obligatory simply because they immediately follow or precede a Sunday.

Keep and spread the Faith.
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I went … for no other reason than because I wanted to. Frankly, I don’t need an “obligation” to attend Mass (no one should) so I don’t understand your obvious disappointment with the bishops. Personally I don’t think judging them “lukewarm” is the charitable thing to do. They are our bishops, vicars of Christ, and we should at least respect their decisions. But that is just MHO.
 
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While it is not a holy day in our diocese, I attended mass. It is also a custom for our church to have members bring bouquets of flowers and herbs from their gardens to be blessed. Just as Christ is the first fruit, Blessed mother carried the fruit in her womb…we remember her with flowers and bring them home to place them before our house shrines in her honor. At the mass I attended and participated in as a minister…there were at least 100 or more people there to worship as well. It does feel good.
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Oh my! Your sharing helped me recall that wonderful custom. :blessyou: In the church I grew up in we did the same thing. But, I was told as a youngster we brought floweres to church for a blessing because when Mary was assumed into heaven the apostles found her body gone from the grave and fragrant flowers in its place.
 
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I went … for no other reason than because I wanted to. Frankly, I don’t need an “obligation” to attend Mass (no one should) so I don’t understand your obvious disappointment with the bishops. Personally I don’t think judging them “lukewarm” is the charitable thing to do. They are our bishops, vicars of Christ, and we should at least respect their decisions. But that is just MHO.
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Dear Mary Agnes,

Thanks for your comment!

I, too, respect the authority of our bishops, who are the successors of the Apostles. We should love our bishops as our shepherds and our brothers in Christ.

Still, Catholics should love the Blessed Mother even more. Because of that love, we should have the candor to admit the following: a national hierarchy that makes attendance at Mass on the solemnity of the Assumption optional simply to avoid two obligatory Mass days in a row is lukewarm.

Such a hierarchy is certainly not aflame with devotion to Mary. If I were to say that the U.S. bishops are burning with the ardor of this devotion, I would be fibbing. Aren’t we allowed to express our feelings openly in such a situation?

It hurts me to think that anyone would wish to downgrade the celebration of the truth of the Assumption or any other dogma of the one true Faith. :crying: Why would any Catholic, let alone a bishop, wish to do this? :confused: Is it wrong for me to say this? (Please forgive me for crying in public.)

After all, she is the Mother of God! And there’s no conflict between charity and honesty.

It’s wonderful that you went to Mass today simply because you wanted to. Again, I appreciate the fact that you shared your honest reaction with everyone on this forum, just as yours truly has done.

Keep and spread the Faith.

Sincerely,

Steve
 
Sometimes I prefer them to have the day be an obligatory day, because then the parish has to schedule mass when people can attend, instead of at 9am or some such, a very difficult time to make if you work standard US working hours.

I recall the days when a nearby parish had evening daily mass…it was heaven!! I miss it.
 
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Sometimes I prefer them to have the day be an obligatory day, because then the parish has to schedule mass when people can attend, instead of at 9am or some such, a very difficult time to make if you work standard US working hours.

I recall the days when a nearby parish had evening daily mass…it was heaven!! I miss it.
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You only have one mass a day??? I hope there is at least a morning.
 
perhaps making it non-obligatory had to do with the shortage of priests>
 
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