The particular Sunday readings are not required to fulfill the obligation, so it counts.
Yes I agree - it would count.
Can. 1248 §1. A person who assists at a Mass celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the feast day itself or in the evening of the preceding day satisfies the obligation of participating in the Mass.
The attendance at any mass on Sunday (or Saturday evening) is what matters. By going to wedding mass Saturday evening, you are no longer *obligated *to go on Sunday (though you may still go if you wished)
Counts. But why not go Sunday anyway?
That’s funny. When DD and I were making the arrangements for her wedding in the chapel of her HS, Sister suggested that she schedule the Mass after 4:30 so that all the attendees would fulfill their Sunday obligation.
However, in my hometown, pastors know this very well, and refuse to let us have nuptial Masses any later than 4.30 pm. So, if you’re getting married on a Saturday (as I did), you still have to make it to Mass the next day. Not that we minded, though we were all quite sleepy.
That’s nice of them. (From what I gather, the issue here is that the Saturday evening Masses are fixed beforehand, and they don’t want to tamper with them or have anything overlap with them. Wedding Masses tend to be quite long here, though we kept it short and sweet.
)Maybe it’s different where you live, but here any Mass beginning at 4pm or later would fulfill the requirement. A 4:30 nuptial mass would still count. Some places hold Saturday Vigils as early as 2pm, and in some parts of the world they start at 12 noon.
However, in my hometown, pastors know this very well, and refuse to let us have nuptial Masses any later than 4.30 pm. So, if you’re getting married on a Saturday (as I did
I can see limiting nuptial Masses so they don’t interfere with regularly scheduled Masses. I can see limiting nuptial Masses because they would cause priests to exceed their number of Masses per Saturday. I can imagine limiting them because they are just plain inconvenient for the staff.
However, in my hometown, pastors know this very well, and refuse to let us have nuptial Masses any later than 4.30 pm.
The tradition here is generally “around sunset” with regard to Saturdays, so the “early Sunday” Masses are all at 6 - 6.30 pm.
I think it’s more a “lack of staff” thing, because they clearly tell you to get your own priests for the nuptial Masses.I can see limiting nuptial Masses so they don’t interfere with regularly scheduled Masses. I can see limiting nuptial Masses because they would cause priests to exceed their number of Masses per Saturday. I can imagine limiting them because they are just plain inconvenient for the staff.
But I just don’t get limiting nuptial Masses because they would count towards meeting the Sunday obligation.
Does the parish allow evening weddings if there is not a nuptial Mass? I would think those are even more worrisome since plenty of people consider any liturgical function to satisfy their Sunday obligation.
Oh, OK. So your parish just doesn’t want Saturday evening weddings period. I thought you were implying the Sunday Mass obligation of the wedding attendees was the reason.And nope, no evening weddings without Masses.
