UK Members - Snow = No Mass!

[NewsTheMan]

Anybody else missing mass because of the snow

I feel really, really horrible about it considering we are one week away from Christmas. And if it snows on Christmas I won’t be able to make it on Christmas day

Man this snow is really terrible. Since coming to the UK 4 weeks ago I have only mad 2 masses so far because of the weather

Anything I can do today to ‘make up’ for it? I pray the Rosary daily but perhaps something else, though I know nothing can ever actually make up for missing mass.

 

[thistle]

Anybody else missing mass because of the snow

I feel really, really horrible about it considering we are one week away from Christmas. And if it snows on Christmas I won’t be able to make it on Christmas day

Man this snow is really terrible. Since coming to the UK 4 weeks ago I have only mad 2 masses so far because of the weather

Anything I can do today to ‘make up’ for it? I pray the Rosary daily but perhaps something else, though I know nothing can ever actually make up for missing mass.

If you are unable to travel to attend Mass because of the snow (which is a serious reason)your obligation is dispensed with and you do not commit a sin.

CCC 2181 The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. For this reason the faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason (for example, illness, the care of infants) or dispensed by their own pastor. Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin.

 

[laszlo]

Anybody else missing mass because of the snow
Anything I can do today to ‘make up’ for it? I pray the Rosary daily but perhaps something else, though I know nothing can ever actually make up for missing mass.

Read the Mass from a missal. or follow an simulcast. Here is a webpage about them

rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2010/05/daily-tlm-live-on-internet.html

Here is a website to read the daily Mass

divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

(I would appreciate I someone would point to a site with the Novus Ordo)

As for the original question my primary reaction was: what kind of snow can stop the traffic? Last year I drove 12 miles in 4 inch snow to get to Mass. However earning that the Original Poster is from South Africa, and remembering that when I lived in Huston TX the school was closed for 1/2 inch snow, I understand the problem. The Church does not expects to face danger for the Mass.

 

[Bbigam]

Of course, you can’t make up for missing Mass, but as noted, it’s not sin if you can’t safely get there. Watch Mass online if you can, and/or read the readings of that day.

Here are the readings for Mass every single say, for the Ordinary Form: usccb.org/nab/

That’s the translation used in the US, sorry, but the same readings generally except for minor calendar differences. Keep praying that Rosary, too!

 

[Santi2]

Anybody else missing mass because of the snow

I feel really, really horrible about it considering we are one week away from Christmas. And if it snows on Christmas I won’t be able to make it on Christmas day

Man this snow is really terrible. Since coming to the UK 4 weeks ago I have only mad 2 masses so far because of the weather

Anything I can do today to ‘make up’ for it? I pray the Rosary daily but perhaps something else, though I know nothing can ever actually make up for missing mass.

You did not mention where you are and whether you could safely venture to the Church on foot. As for today, I echo those who have already advised as to what you can do in the meantime that you are missing Sunday Mass. Then, there is also Daily Mass during the week which you can attend.

 

[Theophorus]

I’m not to bad up here in Scotland as I can walk to Mass easily, but I feel for you!
Here are the translations as used in the UK and Ireland:
catholicireland.net/
Scroll down the page to the features section and the readings are there.
God Bless

 

[LemonAndLime]

I always walk to Mass, and I noticed today there were slightly fewer people then normal. My Church is just outside the town centre and many people live nearby. It was still fairly busy, it was quieter during half term for the kids! A baby was baptised during the Mass, was so cute.

 

[NewsTheMan]

Thanks for the help guys Downloaded the Mass from the Website, wil watch it as soon as I can. Prayed the Divine Office Morning Prayer earlier and also watched the EWTN Mass.

As for walking to Mass. I live in a Hamlet about 5 miles from town where the Church is. Not really walking distance, especially in this weather. Driving is impossible, since the roads are barely suitable even without snow, but add snow to the equation and it becomes impossible. I really pray that the snow holds off for Christmas day. Funny that my Mom (Atheist) keeps talking about a “Christmas miracle of snow” and hoping it happens, and I hope the opposite happens!

Second time I have missed Mass this Advent (and this year) due to the weather

 

[tbcrawford]

I always walk to Mass, and I noticed today there were slightly fewer people then normal. My Church is just outside the town centre and many people live nearby. It was still fairly busy, it was quieter during half term for the kids! A baby was baptised during the Mass, was so cute.

HI L&L how lovely this baptism was today at Mass…I love seeing baptisms!Gorgeous x

To the OP I am sorry you are having difficulty getting to Mass becuase of the weather.I have so far been able to attend Mass.Today I am (probably)unable.We live a few miles from the nearest Catholic Church and the snow is deep,so I would not be able to walk to Mass.I will try to get to weekday Masses.I surely hope and pray this snow will go away for Christmas.As others have said it does not fulfil your obligation watching EWTN Masses but is enjoyable! You have special dispensation from non attendance due to the weather.Lest all pray the weather clears before Christmas so we can ALL attend.God bless

 

[Gloria1]

In the place where I work, they give bonus points on bad weather days. For example when it snows or rains heavily and you walk through the bad weather and go to work, at the end of the week you will see some bonus hours on your paycheck. I think if you walk through snow or bad weather and go to church, God is going to give you bonus blessings.

 

[Matthew_Holford]

In the place where I work, they give bonus points on bad weather days. For example when it snows or rains heavily and you walk through the bad weather and go to work, at the end of the week you will see some bonus hours on your paycheck. I think if you walk through snow or bad weather and go to church, God is going to give you bonus blessings.

Yes he may but for some the walk may be too far or too dangerous. Thankfully we live in a town and on a main road that gets gritted. We walked to Church though today giving ourselves extra time knowing walking in snow would slow us down.

 

[Mark1970]

I live close enough to my parish church to be able to walk to Mass, I was able to walk to Mass (OF) last night but there was a lot of snow about. I had planned to drive to an EF Mass this morning, but decided not to because of the snow. A friend 'phoned me later in the day to say that the snow around the church I decided not to attend was very bad and only about half the normal number of attendees turned up.

 

[angelic06]

I’m sure the OP knows that the obligation to assist at Mass is dispensed in these cases. However, from what I understand he is saying, he bemoans the fact that the opportunity to come to it and receive the Lord is missing, not merely the obligation. If this is the case, I say to the OP: my sincere condolences to your plight. I remember having to miss Mass a few years back on the occasion of the Nativity of our Lord Christ because of doubts on the part of my mother on whether or not we would even have a priest to offer it, as opposed to a deacon having only a communion service, due to our pastor being investigated by the diocese, and I think also the secular authorities, for possible misconduct.

And you are right, nothing ever “makes up” for missing the opportunity to participate in the Mass, regardless of whether or not the obligation has been dispensed. However, as stated above, there are still opportunities to grow in faith, such as reading Scripture and other spiritual readings, the Rosary, etc. I hope and pray that the situation lets up in Europe so that you and your loved ones can come to the Holy Altar of God on the occasion of this great Feast. And I am truly grateful for weather which permits us U.S. residents (at least in south Texas) to assist at the Holy Eucharist on the the Great Solemnity of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, whereby Mary’s “yes” gave us the ultimate Gift of all: our Savior, and from there our salvation.

I don’t mean to make light of your plight, so I apologize in advance if it seem this way, but I woke up this morning reading the Most Rev. (Bishop) Anthanasius Schneider’s Dominus Est. The Catholics (and other believers) living under the Communists really had a sorry state of affairs, for Bishop Schneider mentions that many Catholics waited decades to receive Holy Communion—due to the priests being shipped off to concentration camps. One of them, a bi-ritual Ukrainian Catholic priest who gave the author’s mother a host to give to a dying relative (her own mother?), died in martyrdom. Reading about these things makes me all the more grateful that I can attend weekly Eucharist.