I once went to a 4pm Mass after working a day shift and fell asleep during the homily and pitched forward and crashed into the pew ahead of me. I caught myself before I injured my head, but boy was I embarrassed!
I never even considered I hadn’t fulfilled my obligation. I nearly had the scars to prove it.
Not if you finished the cup before you went to Church. The fast if from the time of receiving
Hmmm. You might make a good med student then; they are notorious for going to sleep standing up.
Nah, I voluntarily keep the fast from before midnight unless it’s an afternoon or evening Mass, in which case I keep it from three hours.
The only question that raises in my mind is, how on earth did coffee addicts cope pre-Vatican II? If I couldn’t have my coffee before mass I would fall over and go to sleep and probably never wake up.
My guess is that the coffee addicts in question went groggily to the first Mass they could and then immediately after Mass went for coffee. I am a serious coffee addict but I manage a 6:30 a.m. weekday Mass without coffee. I am also one of those morning people which helps.:coffeeread:
Good point. When my dad was an SSPX Catholic he would always complain about waking up for the 8 AM mass. I was 8 so I would ask dude why not the 10 AM mass. The reply was an absolute no way. Looking back, it was probably the coffee xD
Did people drink as much coffee then as they do now?
I would guess probably more. Pots and pots of it, brewed either in a percolator or on the stove, kept warm and drunk all day. Also, if you ever read stories about the life of the settlers and pioneers, the coffee grinder and pot was a standard household item. They didn’t think it was bad for you. (Which it isn’t).
I have no doubt that they did. But this was about 7 years ago. The SSPX, of course, still keep the rule of midnight fast.
