Why is it sinful to miss Mass?

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teachccd said:
God worked through someone to let His 27 New Testament books be known. Anyway, God bless you and we can all get back to the beauty of the Mass and how God’s purpose for this perpetual gift makes His Word present to us. The Scriptures unite us with God’s Word through language and the Eucharist unites us with God’s Word through the very gift of Himself.

Is it sinful to miss Mass? Why on this side of the universe would one not want to be there with every part of their being? Why would one not wish to be present at the Last Supper?

Thank you, Beth Martin for giving me the opportunity to come here again and give glory to God for the gift of Himself in the Scriptures and in the Eucharist!!
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If that was a blesing to you, then fantastic!!

**God bless you as this day and this week!! I guess there is nothing more for me to add so I’ll see you around Lord willing.

Beth**
 
Remember that it was God himself who gave the command to keep holy the Lord’s day. For Jews that was the Sabbath day. Very early on, Christians established the day of the Lord’s resurrection as the holy day of worship. God has not abrogated the commandment to keep holy the Lord’s day. No Christian should lightly disregard any one of the ten commandments.
 
In essense, because the Church says so really, thus the reason why they can remove the obligation for certain reasons as well.
 
Jermosh said:
In essense, because the Church says so really, thus the reason why they can remove the obligation for certain reasons as well.
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And the Church says so because God said so, in the ten commandments. He didn’t make them optional.
 
JimG said:
And the Church says so because God said so, in the ten commandments. He didn’t make them optional.
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Not entirely true, otherwise there would not be any disposition for it. There are valid reasons not to attend Sun Mass. Plus also there are still places in the world that do not have mass once a week, or even once a month.
 
Jermosh said:
Not entirely true, otherwise there would not be any disposition for it. There are valid reasons not to attend Sun Mass. Plus also there are still places in the world that do not have mass once a week, or even once a month.
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Of course, and God does not demand the impossible. In giving the Church the power to bind and loose, Christ gave the magisterium the power to regulate such exceptions. But the magisterium did not overturn any of the ten commandments. It seems to me that any Christian group which finds it ok to entirely ignore this command is skating on thin ice.
 
AdamC said:
I don’t mean out of sheer laziness, but because of some kind of situation that comes up. And what about weekend camping trips? Are those out of the question?

It seems like there are a lot of really strict, unnecessary rules involved in the Church. I understand the Eucharist now, I understand Mary’s perpetual virginity, and I see the obvious authority and apostolic origin of the Pope. Those are fine, and it makes perfect sense. But why is it assumed that God is so absolutely anal about seemingly small things? Surely a weekend trip to the mountains with the kids is OK, even if you miss your Sunday mass, isn’t it? It’s not like you’re doing a twelve-hour shift, you’re relaxing and spending some time with those you love.

Is there the possibility for exceptions in these cases?
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If you understand the Eucharist, than how can you say it is a seemingly small thing? The Eucharist is supposed to be the center of our christian lives. All other sacraments culminate at the Eucharist. The only way to be a complete Christian is participation in the Eucharist. As a catholic, that is what we are called to be. If we understand this and we are still not wiling to participate in the Eucharist on the Lord’s day, we are truly turning away from the Christian faith. This is no small thing.

As to travel in the kids, I have traveled all over the world on business, extensively, and I have taken vacations of all sorts with the kids. It has NEVER been difficult for me to plan my trip around attending mass on Sunday. If you need an exception, talk to your priest.

The hardest is an early monday morning meeting in London. Have to leave the states on Saturday evening and get to London on sunday morning. Don’t get to a hotel until around noon. There is always an evening mass somewhere reasonable close by.

I will admit, some trips, I don’t go on for this reason. Recently was invited on a camping trip with a couple other families. It was apparent the trip was not taking into account mass on sunday, so I politely declined the invitation. If I had been planning the trip, it would not have been a problem.
 
AdamC said:
I don’t mean out of sheer laziness, but because of some kind of situation that comes up. And what about weekend camping trips? Are those out of the question?

It seems like there are a lot of really strict, unnecessary rules involved in the Church. I understand the Eucharist now, I understand Mary’s perpetual virginity, and I see the obvious authority and apostolic origin of the Pope. Those are fine, and it makes perfect sense. But why is it assumed that God is so absolutely anal about seemingly small things? Surely a weekend trip to the mountains with the kids is OK, even if you miss your Sunday mass, isn’t it? It’s not like you’re doing a twelve-hour shift, you’re relaxing and spending some time with those you love.

Is there the possibility for exceptions in these cases?
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Wife and I are very close to 90
and have heart problems,it will be close to zero Sat and SUN. Is it sinful to miss mass?
 
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