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CHAZER2222
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Why is it a si to miss mass on sunday
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semper_catholicus
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Because we are commanded to keep the Lord’s day Holy be attending it.
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CHAZER2222
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But i thought it was only obligatory to attend one a year liek 1000 years ago
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semper_catholicus
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What are you talking about?
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CHAZER2222
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I thought you only had to attend mass once a year back in the day
maybe im wrong
maybe im wrong
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AZ42
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I believe you are thinking of the obligation to recieve communion at least once a year.I thought you only had to attend mass once a year back in the day
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Edward_H
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Because the Church understands that it’s so important to your soul, even if we don’t, or have our own opinion about matters.
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CHAZER2222
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ah i am, My apologies
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edward_george1
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Even if that was the case at some point, the current law of the Church is that we are obligated to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of obligation. This is the Church exercising her God-given authority to apply the divine law, which commands us to keep holy the Lord’s day.
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steve-b
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consider this answer from another threadWhy is it a si to miss mass on sunday
in extension, from the CCC
2178 This practice of the Christian assembly dates from the beginnings of the apostolic age. The Letter to the Hebrews reminds the faithful “not to neglect to meet together, as is the habit of some, but to encourage one another.”
Tradition preserves the memory of an ever-timely exhortation: Come to Church early, approach the Lord, and confess your sins, repent in prayer. . . . Be present at the sacred and divine liturgy, conclude its prayer and do not leave before the dismissal. . . . We have often said: “This day is given to you for prayer and rest. This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
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.
BTW: Grave sin = mortal sin, they are synonymous terms. A distinction without a difference
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otrrl
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grave matter =/= mortal sin.
check out paragraph 1735 of catechism about things that reduce or nullify the responsibility for an action. Keep that in mind.
yes, Christ gave the Church the power to bind and loose, and from that to bind us to the attendance of Mass on weekends (sat or sun).
check out paragraph 1735 of catechism about things that reduce or nullify the responsibility for an action. Keep that in mind.
yes, Christ gave the Church the power to bind and loose, and from that to bind us to the attendance of Mass on weekends (sat or sun).
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C4THOLIC
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Let’s say you missed mass then again then again then again it keeps on going after missing a lot you would not care when you miss it. When you don’t go to mass for a year you will not be taught the faith and would most likely plumet cause you can spen an hour out of 168 hours to see the lord
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TTLE127
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Commandment Number 3 is to “Keep Holy The Lord’s Day.” Unless you have a valid reason (illness, weather) then you are bound.
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Crocus
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This sounds a lot like what I remember from a nun teacher at Catholic school. She said the discipline was a gift of the Church, so that we would stay close. It’s easier to keep a discipline, especially when we are weak, than to just do what we feel like. It’s better of course when we do something out of love, and the constant practice should lead one to greater love. I remember the nun’s words fondly, and do believe her words encouraged my faith and growth in love.Let’s say you missed mass then again then again then again it keeps on going after missing a lot you would not care when you miss it. When you don’t go to mass for a year you will not be taught the faith and would most likely plumet cause you can spen an hour out of 168 hours to see the lord
Recently, I think of the Mass obligation as similar to vows professed by religious, who offer vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, under “pain of sin.” It is a commitment.
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mVitus
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A way I heard it put was by a priest on the same day that the Gospel reading about the vine was read. He likened the Church’s obligation to a mother obligating her children to eat. It’s so that we don’t starve ourselves amd become weak. It’s an obligation that’s there for our benefit.
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otrrl
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What we Catholics refer to as the 3rd commandment says to observe the sabbath. It doesn’t say to go to Church every Sunday. In the same OT that contains the 3rd commandment, the Jews only had to go to the temple 3 times a year.
Why do I bring this up? We should be clear about what the Bible SAYS, not what we make it up to say. We should believe for the right reasons.
We should WANT to go to Mass because Jesus wants to give himself to us. “I rejoiced when they said unto me, we shall go up to the house of the LORD.”
What I don’t like are the early masses (before noon).
Why do I bring this up? We should be clear about what the Bible SAYS, not what we make it up to say. We should believe for the right reasons.
We should WANT to go to Mass because Jesus wants to give himself to us. “I rejoiced when they said unto me, we shall go up to the house of the LORD.”
What I don’t like are the early masses (before noon).
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Todd_Easton
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It is sin because competent church leaders, exercising their God-given authority, have decided that, for the time being, Sunday Mass attendance should be obligatory. The author of Hebrews said, “Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as men who will have to give account.” (Hebrews 13:17)
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steve-b
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in contextgrave matter =/= mortal sin.
check out paragraph 1735 of catechism about things that reduce or nullify the responsibility for an action. Keep that in mind.
[1734] Freedom makes man responsible for his acts to the extent that they are voluntary. Progress in virtue, knowledge of the good, and ascesis enhance the mastery of the will over its acts.
[1735] Imputability* and responsibility for an action can be diminished or even nullified by ignorance, inadvertence, duress, fear, habit, inordinate attachments, and other psychological or social factors.
[1736] Every act directly willed is imputable to its author:
Thus the Lord asked Eve after the sin in the garden: "What is this that you have done?"29 He asked Cain the same question.30 The prophet Nathan questioned David in the same way after he committed adultery with the wife of Uriah and had him murdered.31
An action can be indirectly voluntary when it results from negligence regarding something one should have known or done: for example, an accident arising from ignorance of traffic laws.
bottromline, mortal sin as all sins, are a cinch to commit. And people will use or find every excuse in the book to get outta being guilty for what they do.
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ThePlottingPlodder
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isn’t it true mass isn’t even in the Bible?
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edward_george1
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No, there are references to the Eucharistic sacrifice in the letters of Paul, and some evidence to suggest that the Gospels themselves are written with the early practice of the Eucharist in mind. But this is off-topic. If you want to discuss this, why don’t you start another thread about it?
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