Watching Mass on TV is not the same as attending Mass and does not fulfill someone's Sunday/holy day obligation. However, if someone is unable to attend Mass, then there is no obligation to attend Mass.
Answer: No, unless the local bishop has made watching a televised or recorded Mass a requirement, one does not commit a sin by failing to do so. Most bishops simply suspended the obligation to go to Mass as permitted in canon law. Most bishops certainly encouraged the faithful to keep Sunday as a day of special prayer.
It is still considered a mortal sin to miss Mass on a day of obligation without a good reason. The church has always believed that this obligation stems from the Ten Commandments given to Moses, one of which was to “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
There is nothing in the canon law that prohibits replay online Masses,” Macalintal said.
The Calendar of the Holy Masses
Then you can watch the Holy Mass live online. This website was created for the sick, home bound and for those who, due to other important reasons, could not go to Mass; or those who, due to their locations, do not have Churches to go to.
There is no simple answer to whether applause is appropriate in the liturgy. It really depends on who the Catholics are and why they might be clapping! Applause is never called for per se in the rubrics that govern our rites.
A mortal sin is defined as a grave action that is committed in full knowledge of its gravity and with the full consent of the sinner's will. Such a sin cuts the sinner off from God's sanctifying grace until it is repented, usually in confession with a priest.
Our obligation is to attend Mass on Sundays (or Saturday evening). If someone is unable to fulfill his Sunday obligation for valid reasons, then his obligation to attend is simply abrogated.
A virtual Mass can be a powerful aid to us in making a spiritual communion when illness or grave obligations prevent our being at church, but it is not the same as being both spiritually and physically present to God in the same place where he becomes sacramentally present to us.
You have no obligation to come to Mass when it is impossible, either physically or morally, or where charity would require absenting yourself, such as if you have a contagious illness. Examples of legitimate reasons to miss Mass given in the Catechism are illness or the care of infants (CCC 2181).
20:1-15), blasphemy against the Holy Spirit must be a final refusal to repent, or final impenitence. Thus the official stand of the Catholic Church's, following Augustine and a whole host of subsequent moral theologians, is that the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is final impenitence.
But when it comes to receiving Communion on a weekday, because you can receive Communion even in a Communion service where many parts of the Mass don't take place (because it's not a Mass), you are able to receive Communion even if you haven't fully attended the Mass.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that, while no sin is absolutely "unforgivable", some sins represent a deliberate refusal to repent and accept the infinite mercy of God; a person committing such a sin refuses God's forgiveness, which can lead to self-condemnation to Hell.
You don't clap at the end of Mass because you had a good time. That's not what it's about.” Pope Saint John XXIII also said as people waited for him to arrive to a church outside of Rome, “I am very glad to have come here.
Nevertheless, the Church's law also strongly encourages priests to celebrate Mass daily (see canon 904), and should a priest be faced with the choice to celebrate Mass alone or not to celebrate Mass at all, the law recommends his celebration alone.
Answer: No. A Saturday morning Mass does not fulfill the Sunday obligation. Canon law says the following: “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” (CIC 1248 §1).
It is no small matter to miss Sunday Mass. If you've missed even one by your own free choice, a visit to the confessional is in order, and soon, because deliberately skipping Mass is a grave sin.
There is no legal or canonical answer. The Church simply requires us to attend Mass, not parts or percentages of Mass. If we are late for Mass, the question is, why are we late? If we are late because of circumstances beyond our control or because of essential responsibilities, then we still fulfill our obligation.
A Catholic can receive the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist at the most, 2 times per day, if certain conditions are met. You attend a regular daily Holy Mass and a funeral during which there is a Eucharistic celebration. You attend a regular daily Holy Mass and a wedding during which there is a Eucharistic celebration.
As a general rule, Catholics are obliged to attend Mass each Sunday. This is in fulfillment of the Second Commandment. Simply watching Mass on TV does not fulfill the obligation.
Our Sunday Mass obligation is based on the Third Commandment: “Remember the sabbath day — keep it holy” (Ex 20:8). All of the commandments of God are serious matter, so to deliberately miss Mass on Sunday — without a just reason — would objectively be considered a mortal sin.
A. Yes, most likely, at least an honest attempt must be made, but let's clarify. It's not necessarily a black-and-white answer. The quick answer is that if you committed a mortal sin, then yes, you should go to confession prior to receiving Holy Communion if possible.
The Church's teaching on cohabitation is not an “arbitrary” rule. Living together before marriage is a sin because it violates God's commandments and the law of the Church.
He has listened to confessions of lying, cheating, gossiping, violence, pornography use, fornication, homosexual behavior, abortion, sterilization, IVF use, etc. He has heard it all. Don't be afraid to bring darkness into the light so the priest can exercise his power and remit these sins from your life.
In Mark 3:29 Jesus says that “whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.” Matthew's account adds that even blasphemy against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but not blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31–32).