Poll - Do you prefer Saturday Evening or Sunday Mass?

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I’m saying Saturday evening instead of Saturday vigil because, as I read on this forum, vigil is technically not correct and I know it would be pointed out if I used it 🙂 Also not saying anticipatory Mass because I’ve read that term is outdated.

I prefer and and voted for Saturday evening which I suspect, based on reading forum comments, I’ll be in the minority, but if I don’t ask I won’t know. If there is response and discussion I’ll give my reasons for this. Which do you prefer or no preference?
 
Saturday evening Mass makes me feel weird on Sunday. That being said, if I had a job that sometimes required work on Sunday, it wouldn’t be weird.
 
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I prefer to go on the actual day of obligation. I rarely go to a night before Mass for Sunday and Holy Days.
 
I go to Sunday Mass because I’ve always gone to church on Sunday. I also work for my parish and work on Sundays so I go to Mass before work. I’m not against going to Mass on Saturday and if I have something that will prevent me from going to Mass on Sunday, I will go on Saturday.
 
I am.not RC. But I voted Saturday evening because I always feel better at evening liturgies, vespers. If I had Saturday evening mass I think it would.not replace Sunday DL entirely, but evening/night prayers just move my soul.more…just do…
 
Since you asked! My preference would be to attend vespers in the Eastern Rite and go to Divine Liturgy on Sunday.
 
I voted Sunday, but I actually prefer Sunday evening. It’s a more quiet and meditative Mass than Sunday morning.
 
I prefer Sunday, but will go Saturday if needed. At times I go to two masses if they’re short of people for something.
 
I go to our Parish’s 5pm service on either Saturday or Sunday. I don’t really have a preference which day. After Mass, I take my kids to dinner. It is the best part of my week!
 
i like Sunday morning first mass most of the time. Around Christmas I’ll do Saturday vigil because it’s such a busy time that the thought of a totally free Sunday sounds great. But like some posted above, it feels weird.
 
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evening because I always feel better at evening liturgies, vespers. If I had Saturday evening mass I think it would.not replace Sunday DL entirely, but evening/night prayers just move my soul more
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Yes that is true for me too, especially Saturday afternoon into early evening. There is something about that time that moves me spiritually more than any other. I also like Saturday evening when I Confess. I stay in the Church before Mass and stay for Mass. Plus I like to break up the day on Saturday and get out and be around people at Church. Also I like going for the different feel when coming out of Mass. Depending on the time of year it’s either bright as noon, pitch dark or in between with the sun setting, twilight or dusk.
 
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I don’t have a preference as I try to go to Mass every day so sometimes I end up at both of them.

My main complaint about Saturday evening Mass is it tends to be crowded. Sunday evening Mass, if I can find one, is less crowded. I prefer less crowded.
 
I attend Saturday evening mass probably 50 times a year.

If I attend on Sunday, it is most likely Sunday evening.

I do work on Sunday mornings, but even when I don’t have to work, I go to Mass the night before.
 
I really don’t have a preference. Sunday morning was our choice when my sons were younger. We then attended a Saturday evening youth Mass. Now both boys are working and we have to find the Mass that is most convenient.
 
I prefer Sunday.

Reason: The intention of Saturday evening mass was for people who for legitimate reasons could not make mass on Sunday. Before this was allowed, it wasn’t uncommon for some parishes to have one or two mass between the hours of 12AM (midnight) to 6AM on Sunday in order to accommodate people who could not make a normally scheduled Sunday mass due their work schedule.

Some of these masses, esp the 2 to 4 AM time slots were often called the “newspaperman’s Mass,” because it was for people who worked for the local newspaper.

The Saturday post Vespers Mass was created to prevent Priests (and laity) from attending Mass at those crazy hours.

However, unfortunately today, what has happened is the Saturday evening mass SEEMS to be mostly filled with people who simply don’t want go in the morning.

Also, unfortunately, I think too many priests schedule the Saturday evening mass without determining what time slot is best for the people who actually work on Sundays.

Truth be told, I would imaging that in many parishes, having a Sunday evening mass would be better than a Saturday evening mass.

God Bless.
 
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I prefer to go on the actual day of obligation.
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In the Neocatechumical Way they taught us the days used to be counted from evening to evening, which meant the Sabbath started in the evening and ended the next evening. Is that wrong?
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That’s the Jewish way. The Catholic Church views the days as calendar days, with the exception of Solemnities which are from Vespers the previous day. In other words, Solemnities are longer than 24 hours.

So the Catholic way is:

Each day is from Midnight (00:00) to Midnight (23:59:59), except Solemnities, which are from First Vespers (the evening before the Solemnity) until Midnight (23:59:59)
 
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In the Neocatechumical Way they taught us the days used to be counted from evening to evening, which meant the Sabbath started in the evening and ended the next evening. Is that wrong?
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Used to be. That’s the Jewish way, and the Sabbath starts Friday sundown to Saturday sundown. Days in Catholicism are midnight to midnight, according to civil reckoning.

The celebration of a Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation does begin on the evening of the previous day, but that’s just exactly what it is: evening of the previous day. Hearing Mass on Saturday evening fulfills the obligation not because it is already Sunday, but because it is Saturday evening, which the law says is a suitable time for one to fulfill the obligation.

One has until midnight of the following day (end of Sunday) to fulfill the obligation by hearing Mass. This includes any hypothetical Mass said at 11:30 PM on Sunday.
 
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I’m the lay cantor in my UGCC parish and go both days so I voted for both days.
 
I prefer Sunday - morning, and if not that, then Sunday evening. For reasons of health and family considerations, I’ve been thinking more Saturday evenings may be in my future. Around here, those are the “liturgies on life support” with little music and mostly the don’t-drive-after-dark crowd. I’m definitely not young, but I still prefer the Sunday evening, bordering on charismatic Masses.
 
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