Sincerely just forgot to go to Mass - is this a sin?

[Riley259]

Today I just plain forgot to go to Mass. I had every intention of going but got distracted by a couple of personal issues at home and it suddenly dawned on me much later that I had actually missed Mass. Did I commit a mortal sin? Thanks in advance for your responses.

 

[1ke]

Do you understand that you cannot accidentally sin?

This should answer your question.

 

[thistle]

Today I just plain forgot to go to Mass. I had every intention of going but got distracted by a couple of personal issues at home and it suddenly dawned on me much later that I had actually missed Mass. Did I commit a mortal sin? Thanks in advance for your responses.

Did nobody else in your family go to Mass either?

 

[JRKH]

Today I just plain forgot to go to Mass. I had every intention of going but got distracted by a couple of personal issues at home and it suddenly dawned on me much later that I had actually missed Mass. Did I commit a mortal sin? Thanks in advance for your responses.

You cannot accidentally commit a mortal sin - period… so don’t worry about that.

Just to clear your mind, mention to your confessor the next time you go to confession.

Peace
James

 

[TrueLight]

Riley, I’m not speaking of your personal situation per se, because I don’t know what situations you are facing, that made you forget to go to mass, but I want to ask a question about accidental missing of mass.

If attending mass is so important that to miss it except in certain situations is grave matter, then how can one say that missing it because one forgot is okay?

Does one forget to go to work?

Again, I don’t know the OP’s situation. I am only responding to the answers.

 

[mlz]

Today I just plain forgot to go to Mass. I had every intention of going but got distracted by a couple of personal issues at home and it suddenly dawned on me much later that I had actually missed Mass. Did I commit a mortal sin? Thanks in advance for your responses.

Only God knows, it would however be best to confess this in Confession and leave it to Him. It is a good sign that you are even wondering…

Stay true to Him,
mlz

 

[LilyM]

Riley, I’m not speaking of your personal situation per se, because I don’t know what situations you are facing, that made you forget to go to mass, but I want to ask a question about accidental missing of mass.

If attending mass is so important that to miss it except in certain situations is grave matter, then how can one say that missing it because one forgot is okay?

Does one forget to go to work?

Again, I don’t know the OP’s situation. I am only responding to the answers.

I don’t know about you, but the people I know do occasionally, when there’s a lot going on, forget even important things.

I know someone who drove home with her baby, went inside and straight to sleep, being completely dog-tired, and woke up a few hours later only to discover she’d left the child in the back of the car. She was in no way lacking in love or care or attention for the child, she was simply human and stretched beyond her limits.

God knows we’re all human and all forget, sometimes even important things like deadlines and whatnot. Of course some of us can forget to go to Mass!

 

[Cat]

Riley, I’m not speaking of your personal situation per se, because I don’t know what situations you are facing, that made you forget to go to mass, but I want to ask a question about accidental missing of mass.

If attending mass is so important that to miss it except in certain situations is grave matter, then how can one say that missing it because one forgot is okay?

Does one forget to go to work?

Again, I don’t know the OP’s situation. I am only responding to the answers.

Yes, people forget to go to work! And people who are scheduled to be off work come to work anyway! This happens all the time at the hospital where I work!

I think that anyone who works weekends (me) often gets mixed up on the days of the week. E.g., I’m off today after working the weekend, and it feels like Saturday to me.

 

[SMHW]

This may or may not apply to the OP’s situation.

I think forgetting something important is especially likely for people who have variable schedules or for people who have regular routines but have an interruption that requires everything else to be moved around.

If someone is always going to a different Mass each weekend --sometimes on Saturday evening, sometimes early Sunday, sometimes later in the morning, sometimes on Sunday evening-- or else if they routinely go on Saturday/early Sunday but for whatever reason don’t… then I think it would be very easy to get involved in other things on Sunday and then realize that one had missed the last late Sunday evening Mass within reasonable driving distance.

 

[Soldier_Of_God]

Today I just plain forgot to go to Mass. I had every intention of going but got distracted by a couple of personal issues at home and it suddenly dawned on me much later that I had actually missed Mass. Did I commit a mortal sin? Thanks in advance for your responses.

As others have said, no mortal sin has been committed. For a sin to be mortal…

• It must be a grave matter.
• It must be committed with full knowledge of the nature of the sin *and *gravity of the offense.
• It must be committed with deliberate and complete consent.

There wasn’t a deliberate attempt to sin, ego it is not mortal.

 

[Soldier_Of_God]

As others have said, no mortal sin has been committed. For a sin to be mortal…

• It must be a grave matter.
• It must be committed with full knowledge of the nature of the sin *and *gravity of the offense.
• It must be committed with deliberate and complete consent.

There wasn’t a deliberate attempt to sin, ego it is not mortal.