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Tag Archives: Holy Day of Obligation
ASK FATHER: 1 Nov this year is on a Monday, so Mass is not obligatory. But do we still have to refrain from work? – UPDATE and CORRECTED
UPDATE: 2 Nov 2021 The official decree, not as it’s posted on the USCCB website, but in the book, has clearer wording. When 1 January, 15 August, or 1 November fall on a Saturday or Monday, “they will not be … Read More
ASK FATHER: One Mass for the obligation for Sunday, Christmas Eve and Monday, Christmas Day?
Under another post someone asked: Father, would can. 1248.1 apply to the case of a double obligation, e.g., an evening Mass for Sunday also satisfying a Holy Day obligation for Monday (as Christmas this year)? I’ve written about this situation … Read More
ASK FATHER: No Catholic Mass on Sunday. Are we obliged to attend Orthodox Divine Liturgy?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My question comes from what my professor said in class and it doesn’t seem correct. In class, we were told that if a Catholic was in Russia [and there being no Catholic Church; either Latin or … Read More
ASK FATHER: Who can dispense Holy Day of Obligation?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: A friend of mine just informed me that the Solemnity of Mary isn’t [wasn’t] a Holy Day of Obligation in the whole state of California. What ecclesiastical body has the authority to grant such dispensations? In … Read More
ASK FATHER: Fulfilling the Mass Requirement for December 8 2014
In these USA Monday, 8 December, is a Holy Day of Obligation because Our Lady under the title of Immaculate Conception is the Patroness of our nation. So, several readers have asked about fulfilling the Mass obligation. Here’s is one: … Read More
ASK FATHER: Mass on TV and Sunday Obligation… again
From a reader… QUAERITUR: if I go to nursing [home] to visit someone and I go for mass and watch it on a tv and fr is in the chapel does that count for filling my sunday obligation We are … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged active participation, D. Black Duck, hear Mass, Holy Day of Obligation, moral presence, St. Fidelia, St. Ipidipsy, Sunday obligation, Tall Tree Circle, Unreconstructed Ossified Manualist
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QUAERITUR: Immaculate Conception 2013 – Holy Day of Obligation… NOT
From a reader: I know that the Immaculate Conception is transferred to December 9th this year. Is it obligatory to attend mass on that day? This year, 2013, 8 December falls on a Sunday. For this reason, according to the Ordinary Form calendar, the … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z concedes about the “one Mass for two obligations” theory
I have written a couple times (HERE and HERE) about the possibility of attending one Mass on Saturday evening of the day of the Immaculate Conception (a Holy Day of Obligation in these USA) and, thereby, of fulfilling also the … Read More
QUAERITUR: Are Catholics obliged to go to Mass on only Christmas and Easter?
From a reader: Father please clear up for me our obligations for mass attendance. Many times we hear that we are obligated to attend mass only twice a year, Christmas and Easter. Yet we also hear that we must attend … Read More
REMINDER of Seasonal Blessing: Assumption – Blessing of Herbs (and HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
Just a quick note to remind you that in the Rituale Romanum there is for the feast of the Assumption a special blessing of herbs and flowers. Click HERE for more. And the Assumption is, this year at least, a Holy … Read More
QUAERITUR: Ascension Thursday Mass obligation where Ascension Thursday is really on Thursday
From a reader: A local priest regularly celebrates Mass in the Extraordinary Form on Wednesday evenings. We are also in a diocese that observes the Ascension on Thursday. How do vigil Masses work with the EF in this case? The … Read More
Wed 8 Dec: Holy Day of OBLIGATION. Have a plan!
Also, 8 December is, I believe, a Holy Day of Obligation in most places. It is the Feast/Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Have you made a plan to go to Mass?
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Tagged Holy Day of Obligation
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