Canon 1248 states that Catholics can fulfill their Sunday obligation by attending any Mass, including a nuptial Mass, on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation during the day or evening of the day preceding. However, it does not state that it must be a Sunday Mass. Any Mass, including a wedding Mass on a Sunday in ordinary time, will fulfill the obligation. A wedding Mass held after 4 p.m. on a Saturday does fulfill one’s obligation to attend Mass on Sunday. The obligation to attend Sunday Mass exists as a commandment of the Church, binding under the penalty of grave sin. The present Code of Canon Law reads: “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass.” The Sunday Mass Propers are also used at a wedding mass held on a Saturday night during Advent, Lent, or Easter. For Latin Catholics, the Ritual Mass for Matrimony fulfills their Sunday obligation if it is celebrated with the readings from the Mass, Vol. IV for Marriage from the Lectionary.
Canon law states that assisting at a Mass celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite, either on the feast day itself or the evening of the preceding day, satisfies the obligation of participating in the Mass. This applies to any Mass celebrated in a Catholic rite, whether on a holy day itself or the evening of the previous day. It does not matter if the liturgical readings of the Holy Mass are those of the Saturday or Sunday Mass.
A wedding Mass or sacramental Mass on Saturday does not fulfill the Sunday Mass obligation. To fulfill a Sunday or Holy Day obligation, a Mass on the previous day is required. However, if it is physically or morally impossible to attend Mass on Sunday or the anticipated Mass on Saturday evening, the obligation no longer applies.
A Mass that takes place after 4 p.m. on a Saturday does fulfill one’s obligation to attend Mass on Sunday. However, weddings are never at a Sunday Mass, and even if they are on Saturday night, they do not use the Sunday readings.
In conclusion, attending a wedding Mass on Saturday or at 4 p.m. on Saturday does fulfill one’s obligation to attend Mass on Sunday. This is not just about liturgy police making arbitrary rules, but about the reasons behind attending Mass on Sunday.
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Can I go to daily Mass instead of Sunday?
There are exceptions to this rule, and your case qualifies. If you’re sick or have a moral reason to miss church on Sunday, you can miss Mass on that day. You should go to Mass and receive communion another day. Many Catholics go to Mass on Saturday or during the week. Join them. Don’t feel guilty about missing Mass on Sunday. You’re doing God’s work. Missing Mass is a sin, but missing Mass on Sunday to save lives is not.
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Is missing Sunday Mass a mortal sin?
The Church says we must go to Mass on Sundays. Failing to attend Mass is a mortal sin. If you miss Mass, you could be committing a mortal sin.
Does 4pm wedding Mass count for Sunday?
In wedding season, people often ask if a Saturday afternoon wedding Mass at 1:30 or 2:00 PM counts as part of Sunday Mass. The answer is usually no. Canon 1248 §1 says that if you help with a Mass on the feast day or the day before, you have fulfilled your obligation to attend Mass. What does “in the evening of the preceding day” mean? The USCCB says “evening” starts at 4 pm. You must go to Mass between 4 p.m. Saturday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday. In very rare cases, a priest can let someone off the hook or let them attend a different Mass on Sunday. But they have to ask ahead of time. Let us pray for safe travels this summer and this week, especially as people may be on vacation for Independence Day. I hope you have a wonderful time at Mass wherever you are!
Does 4pm wedding mass count for Sunday?
In wedding season, people often ask if a Saturday afternoon wedding Mass at 1:30 or 2:00 PM counts as part of Sunday Mass. The answer is usually no. Canon 1248 §1 says that if you help with a Mass on the feast day or the day before, you have fulfilled your obligation to attend Mass. What does “in the evening of the preceding day” mean? The USCCB says “evening” starts at 4 pm. You must go to Mass between 4 p.m. Saturday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday. In very rare cases, a priest can let someone off the hook or let them attend a different Mass on Sunday. But they have to ask ahead of time. Let us pray for safe travels this summer and this week, especially as people may be on vacation for Independence Day. I hope you have a wonderful time at Mass wherever you are!
Can online Mass fulfill Sunday obligation?
Watching Mass online doesn’t fulfill Sunday obligations, but it can be good for our faith lives. “If you find the music or preaching at our church spiritually nourishing, please add or maintain that as a component of your spiritual life,” he says. To help us think differently about our obligation, Father Dave quotes from his book, Mass Class. Your Questions Answered. He says, “In our modern life, ‘obligation’ is a bad word. People don’t like to be told what to do or have rules. Instead of using the word “obligation,” what if we use the word “commitment”?
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Is it a mortal sin to miss Mass on Sunday?
The Church says we must go to Mass on Sundays. If we don’t go to Mass, we could be sinning. If you miss Mass, you could be committing a mortal sin.
Is wedding Mass same as Sunday Mass?
Catholics who attend Mass on Sundays or Holy Days of Obligation can fulfill their obligation. A wedding Mass on Sunday or the feast day after 4 p.m. on the night before would fulfill the requirement. The Order of Celebrating Matrimony says that if a wedding mass is on Sunday, use the Sunday mass. If the Mass isn’t part of the parish schedule, the wedding Mass can be used without change. Weddings during Advent and Lent should reflect the penitential character of those seasons. Talk to the priest helping you plan your wedding.
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Can a wedding Mass count for Sunday obligations?
Answer: If you go to Mass on a Sunday, you have fulfilled your Sunday obligation. It doesn’t say it has to be a Sunday Mass. Any Mass on a Sunday fulfills the obligation.
Question: I have a wedding on an ordinary Sunday outside of the normal Sunday Mass schedule. Will this fulfill the Sunday obligation? Can I choose the readings for the nuptial Mass? Do the Gloria and Creed have to be sung on a Sunday? Canon 1248 says that when a Catholic goes to Mass on Sunday, they fulfill their Sunday obligation. It doesn’t say it has to be a Sunday Mass. Any Mass on Sunday fulfills the obligation. For a wedding on a Sunday in ordinary time, you don’t have to use the day’s prayers and readings (GIRM 372). The only exception is if a holy day of obligation falls on that Sunday (e.g., August 15, the Assumption).
Which Mass fulfill Sunday obligation?
Answer: The Code of Canon Law (can. 1248) lets Catholics fulfill their Sunday and other Mass obligations by attending Mass the night before.
Question: Can a 2 p.m. Saturday Mass fulfill the Sunday obligation? The Code of Canon Law (can. 1248) lets Catholics fulfill their Sunday and other Mass obligations by attending Mass the night before. I don’t think many of us would consider 2 p.m. to be evening. The Church doesn’t count that as the evening of the previous day. Pope Pius XII set the earliest Mass at 4 p.m. in the apostolic constitution Christus Dominus.
Does wedding Mass on Saturday count for Sunday?
A wedding mass on a Saturday evening uses the Sunday mass propers. If the ritual mass for matrimony uses the readings from the lectionary for marriage, this mass fulfills the Sunday obligation of Catholics who attend.
Is going to Mass every Sunday a obligation?
The Sunday obligation is based on a divine law to worship God on Sunday. The Church believes the Sunday Eucharist is the best way to keep Sunday holy.
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“All that is done by obedience is meritorious… It is obedience which, by the light of faith, puts self-will to death, and causes the obedient man to despise his own will and throw himself into the arms of his superior… Placed in the bark of obedience, he passes happily through the stormy sea of his life, in peace of soul and tranquility of heart. Obedience and faith disperse darkness; he is strong because he has no longer any weakness or fears, for self-will, which is the cause of inordinate fears and weakness, has been destroyed.” – St Catherine of Siena
Hasn’t the situation changed since ED?Like, Francis gave SSPX faculties for 2 sacraments (3 if you count nuptial masses). 1 of those, extends anywhere in the world. So, they have been legitimately given an office for the care of souls. That is, in some interpretations, the broad sense of a canonical status. If an SSPX priest left for SSPV, or was dismissed by the SSPX, presumably he’d lose his papally granted faculties. That indicates that the Church recognizes a legal reality to the SSPX at this point. BXVI repeatedly said “they do not excercise any legitimate ministry in the church” as reasons for his position, but now, of course, under Francis, they do. If they have canonical status, then no interpretation of canon1248 which relies on an implicit need for their supposedly lacking canonical status can adhere. Which is not to say that their masses are licit. Which is not to say one may receive communion there normally. Which is not to say that normally you shouldn’t ask your bishop. But it is to say: It really looks like it SHOULD fulfill your obligation.
I’m so conflicted about this. I felt called to catholicism and started to pray the rosary daily. I looked at what churches I could go to and decided to go to an sspx chappelle in my town. I loved the Mass, felt God’s presence and attended for a few months. After doing more research on the sspx I started to question if I made the right decision. I looked into other catholic churches in my town. Looked at the NO Masses they put online, and I really wish it didn’t but they really made me cringe. Women reading scripture at the altar in tight jeans. Communion in the hand. Alter boys wearing sneakers. Alter girls. Music that was completely out of tune, loud, and giving me a literal headache. I don’t want to go to church cringing it doesn’t feel right. I’m supposed to give up a completely respectful Mass where I was able to focus, and pray for a Mass where I’m going to be cringing in horror. I am at an impasse. What should I do? Sspx says it’s sinful to go to NO. Rome says it’s sinful to go to sspx. I absolutely don’t feel drawn to go to the churches that have NO Masses in my town. And now… I haven’t been going to church. I stopped praying the rosary. I feel completely discouraged. Both sides say I’m doomed if I go to the wrong side. I almost feel like when I get over this feeling of disappointment and confusion I’m better off focusing on my relationship with Jesus, reading the Bible by myself, and praying. Maybe it’s the pregnancy hormones getting the best of me. But I feel like this is all too conflicting, complicated, and discouraging.
How is it that John Salza has become the go-to expert on these serious matters? There are higher experts in the Catholic Church you can interview who are outside the SSPX. I wouldn’t want that decision to weigh on my conscience. Again, John always speaks with certainty, but with his usual sidebar note to ‘just ask your Bishop’.
I would say one does not have to attend any Mass that would put one into scandal or damaging to one’s salvation. I can’t tell you how many Novus Ordo “Masses” I have attended that were so scandalous and so offensive I would never attend if that were the only Mass I had access to. Priests and hierarchy are duty bound to offer proper worship that is fitting and sanctifying to the people. We have a right to receive the Faith in all its glory and continuity with Tradition. I know a few that it is either banal Novus Bordo or crazy charismatic service Mass. Or the SSPX chapel down the street. It’s not a rare thing but very common for many. So, if the Church or local bishop cannot offer worthy and fitting Mass for the people then the people have recourse to a Mass that is fitting and fosters the sanctification of souls.
Bro why is there so much hate from fellow Catholics. If people are bringing this up, it is because there is tons of confusion on the subject of sspx. And then it’s like we’re split and fighting with each other. I see folks who don’t go to sspx bring up points that are valid points worth discussion, but instead it’s pure anger and mocking, with a strong sense of arrogance in reply. Most of the comments I have read talking about ideas about not going to sspx are bringing it up out of charity. At the end of the day we are supposed to lift each other up and help each other, not sit there and bash eachother. It’s hard enough trying to convince people outside Holy Mother Church to become Catholic, and yet we do this type stuff and I know darn well non-Catholics watch this and see all the infighting and confusion. The comments just sowing division might actually push away people from the faith. Come on y’all, we have to be disciples of Jesus Christ and act accordingly with truth, and respect. Act grown and stop getting all emotional and being so rude to eachother. This man brought up a great point about asking your bishop in your diocese. Then be obedient to what he says. That obedience is more pleasing to Jesus, even if he says to go to a parish you don’t want to. We as the laity don’t make the rules, we just follow them and we don’t sit there and try to act so pious but by doing so actually be the complete opposite.
Canon 1248 §1 of the Catholic Church states: “A person who assists at a Mass celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the feast day itself or in the evening of the preceding day satisfies the obligation of participating in the Mass.” Since we can say that the SSPX Mass is celebrated in a Catholic rite specifically the Roman rite, I believe we can say that the Sunday obligation would be fulfilled by attending the SSPX Mass. It seems pretty straight forward to me, but perhaps I’m missing some crucial distinction that’s not explicitly pointed out in this section of canon law.
Ok so you are supposed to ask those very Bishops who give public communion to homosexual protestants and public figures in a state of grave mortal sin? Who permit abortion groups to operate in their churches and preach universal salvation and pluralism of religions? Those that have led the flock to completely abandon the faith??? When we see the modernism is leading us over the cliff we should double down, obey and jump? Let our children take the risk? Matt – how could you air this??? How have you not done your homework? Please consult sources like Kennedy Hall etc. there is so much factual inaccuracy in this guys testimony, he is a wolf in sheeps clothing.
Attending an SSPX Mass does not fulfill Sunday obligation. Worse, it can even lead you to hell. Take note of this syllogism based on official teachings of the Magisterium…\r 1st Premise: JPII: Ecclesia Dei; BXVI: Ecclesiae Unitatem; and Francis: Traditionis Custodes: clearly say SSPX “not in full communion with the Catholic Church” (=schismatic=outside the Catholic Church)\r 2nd Premise: Council of Florence: those outside the Catholic Church are not saved (=go to hell!)\r Conclusion: SSPX are not saved (=go to hell!)
Can. 1248 §1, which the SSPX uses in their defense: “A person who assists at a Mass celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the feast day itself or in the evening of the preceding day satisfies the obligation of participating in the Mass.” If they are going to say you can fulfill your obligation at ANY “Mass celebrated in a Catholic rite,” then they’d have to acknowledge that any valid mass celebrated by a valid priest fulfills the obligation. But of course this is not the case. So how can they continue to use this in their defense?