Sunday Easter Mass Question?

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So last night I attended the Saturday night vigil and it was such a beautiful service. I can’t wait to be up there getting confirmed next year!!! I was planning on attending mass this morning but overslept my alarm but there is another service at 9:00 PM tonight. I have an early class tomorrow (I’m in college) and kind of want to get some sleep but I’m not sure if I’m obligated to go tonight. Thanks!
 
Riman643 said:
So last night I attended the Saturday night vigil and it was such a beautiful service. I can’t wait to be up there getting confirmed next year!!! I was planning on attending mass this morning but overslept my alarm but there is another service at 9:00 PM tonight. I have an early class tomorrow (I’m in college) and kind of want to get some sleep but I’m not sure if I’m obligated to go tonight. Thanks!
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You aren’t obligated. The Vigil fulfilled your obligation to attend Mass.
 
Riman643 said:
So last night I attended the Saturday night vigil and it was such a beautiful service. I can’t wait to be up there getting confirmed next year!!! I was planning on attending mass this morning but overslept my alarm but there is another service at 9:00 PM tonight. I have an early class tomorrow (I’m in college) and kind of want to get some sleep but I’m not sure if I’m obligated to go tonight. Thanks!
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Be at peace!

The Easter Vigil Mass absolutely fulfills any and all obligations to attend Mass on Easter Sunday.

In fact, given the option, the Easter Vigil Mass is the preferred choice.
 
You are still obligated as i discussed in another thread
 
TheTrinitySaves said:
You are still obligated as i discussed in another thread
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If you attend the Vigil Mass, you are NOT obligated to attend on Sunday. That is that. Please stop spreading false information. Two priests have shown you in Canon Law where attending on Saturday evening fulfills the obligation for Sunday Masses, Easter or otherwise on that “other” thread. You are a new Catholic and these are learned and experienced priests that are showing you those sources, so please learn from them instead of arguing against what the Church plainly teaches.
 
TheTrinitySaves said:
You are still obligated as i discussed in another thread
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Why do you insist on spreading false information?

You have been shown the relevant canon regarding holy days of obligation. The obligation to attend Mass is met whenever we attend a Mass on the day of obligation or in the evening before. Even though it’s Easter Sunday, there is only the obligation to attend 1 Mass. If you attend the Easter Vigil you have attended 1 Mass, obligation met.

Nothing says you can’t go back for the Easter Day Mass, but you don’t have to. You seem unable to understand that concept that any Mass celebrated the evening before meets your obligation. If there was a funeral on Saturday evening the funeral Mass would fulfill your obligation to attend Mass on Sunday.

Let me ask you this. Would an Ordination Mass on Sunday fulfill your Sunday obligation to attend Mass? Why?
 
LightBound said:
If you attend the Vigil Mass, you are NOT obligated to attend on Sunday. That is that. Please stop spreading false information. Two priests have shown you in Canon Law where attending on Saturday evening fulfills the obligation for Sunday Masses, Easter or otherwise on that “other” thread. You are a new Catholic and these are learned and experienced priests that are showing you those sources, so please learn from them instead of arguing against what the Church plainly teaches.
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I believe the priests are mistaken.
 
Phemie said:
Why do you insist on spreading false information?

You have been shown the relevant canon regarding holy days of obligation. The obligation to attend Mass is met whenever we attend a Mass on the day of obligation or in the evening before. Even though it’s Easter Sunday, there is only the obligation to attend 1 Mass. If you attend the Easter Vigil you have attended 1 Mass, obligation met.

Nothing says you can’t go back for the Easter Day Mass, but you don’t have to. You seem unable to understand that concept that any Mass celebrated the evening before meets your obligation. If there was a funeral on Saturday evening the funeral Mass would fulfill your obligation to attend Mass on Sunday.

Let me ask you this. Would an Ordination Mass on Sunday fulfill your Sunday obligation to attend Mass? Why?
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Yes a ordination mass on SUNDAY would count because it occurred on SUNDAY. i can provide evidence if you wish, that easter SUNDAY (not Saturday) is a holy day of obligation
 
TheTrinitySaves said:
I believe the priests are mistaken.
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Why do you think that? Why would the Church have Masses at 4:30 or later every Saturday evening, in most parishes in the world, if they did not count for the Sunday obligation. Essentially, you are saying the Catholic Church is wrong.
 
TheTrinitySaves said:
You are still obligated as i discussed in another thread
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Dear readers: Please pay no attention to this post. Be assured that attending the Easter Vigil Mass absolutely fulfills any and all obligations to attend Mass on Easter Sunday.
 
TheTrinitySaves said:
Because we shouldn’t outlaw people from attending easter vigil and easter Sunday mass.
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Nobody is outlawing anyone or anything. One can attend BOTH if they choose, but attending on Saturday evening fulfills the Sunday obligation.
 
TheTrinitySaves said:
You are still obligated as i discussed in another thread
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Please stop. You are spreading a falsehood that could trouble new Catholics or sensitive souls.
FrDavid96 said:
Dear readers: Please pay no attention to this post. Be assured that attending the Easter Vigil Mass absolutely fulfills any and all obligations to attend Mass on Easter Sunday.
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TheTrinitySaves said:
Because we shouldn’t outlaw people from attending easter vigil and easter Sunday mass.
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Whoa, so you are spreading false information because you think people are outlawed from attending both? That isn’t true either. People are neither forbidden nor discouraged from attending both.
 
I am the one following the church while you are not following canon
 
Exactly. It’s not a debatable topic. The Church is quite clear and there is no ambiguity.
exnihilo said:
Please stop. You are spreading a falsehood that could trouble new Catholics or sensitive souls.
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And that is exactly the problem. Many new Catholics joined the Church just a few days ago, and many of them are asking this same question.

It does them a serious dis-service to get this issue wrong and to cause them unneeded anxiety. I will venture to guess (no, I can safely say that with certainty) that only a scant few of those who became Catholic at the Easter Vigil Mass went back to a second Mass on Easter Sunday morning. Many of them are visiting CAF pages.

At this point, with this misinformation being posted over and over again on so many different threads throughout CAF by one misguided and misinformed member, the matter goes far beyond merely one person answering a question wrongly. **It is an outright injustice. **
 
FrDavid96 said:
Exactly. It’s not a debatable topic. The Church is quite clear and there is no ambiguity.

And that is exactly the problem. Many new Catholics joined the Church just a few days ago, and many of them are asking this same question.

It does them a serious dis-service to get this issue wrong and to cause them unneeded anxiety. I will venture to guess (no, I can safely say that with certainty) that only a scant few of those who became Catholic at the Easter Vigil Mass went back to a second Mass on Easter Sunday morning. Many of them are visiting CAF pages.

At this point, with this misinformation being posted over and over again on so many different threads throughout CAF by one misguided and misinformed member, the matter goes far beyond merely one person answering a question wrongly. **It is an outright injustice. **
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Never thought it would be a injustice to promote people to attend Mass more, especially from a priest.
 
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