Watching or listening to a recorded Mass

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I currently cannot go to daily Mass due to my work schedule. So I try to either listen to a live evening Mass on Relevent Radio or I find a recorded Mass on EWTNs Youtube channel.

Is listening or watching daily mass valid as if I were to physically attend due to my limited circumstance?
 
It can certainly be a spiritual benefit to listen to mass on radio or watch it on TV- but I don’t know what you mean as “valid as”.

Mass on TV and the radio predates cable TV or nationwide radio networks- and was started at the dawn of the radio era and continues to this day.

Although back in the day,local Catholic Masses as well as protestant services were broadcast as a public service by many radio stations- not so much today.
 
Can I still recieve the graces of attending a daily mass by listening to it live or recorded if I cannot physically attend?
 
You’re not required to attend weekday Masses.
However, if you pray along with a broadcasted Mass, your prayers will still be efficacious.
Will they be as efficacious? I don’t know.
But I’m confident to assure you you’re not wasting your time.
 
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Can I still recieve the graces of attending a daily mass by listening to it live or recorded if I cannot physically attend?
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You can certainly receive graces, but not in the same way. Listening to Mass in person or via recording might result in receiving actual grace (i.e. grace granted by God to do a particular good deed), but you cannot receive sacramental graces if you are not physically present.

Regardless of the type of graces received, it is salutary to read or hear the word of God. It opens us to receive His grace and move closer to Him. Ultimately that is the whole purpose of grace; to draw us closer to Him.
 
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The TV Mass does not fulfill the Sunday obligation, if that is what you are asking. I’ve heard a priest or two say this on EWTN.

I’ve seen it so many times, but I can’t remember – is EWTN rolling the program credits over the image of the Blessed Sacrament in the monstrance? I don’t like that image broadcast on TV, but that’s just me – like, am I supposed to kneel down in front of my TV?
 
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An TV image of the Blessed Sacrament is still only an image. You are not required to bow down to it or kneel, and I have seen Catholic theologians argue that you actually shouldn’t since it could be considered idol worship (that is, if you intend to worship the image in the same way that you would if the Sacrament were right in front of you and, therefore, placing it in a different category than praying in front of a statue of Jesus where the statue serves only as a focus point). I’m pretty sure that the sentence in parentheses is a run-on, but you get the point.
 
Go to EWTN and schedules. You can decide to see the whole Mass if you want.
 
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