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Tag Archives: Holy Days of Obligation
Another point of Catholic identity out with the bathwater?
Occasionally we have a collision of Holy Days of Obligations and Feasts in the calendar. Feasts get transferred. Does the obligation get transferred? We had this situation recently regarding the Feast/Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception which fell on an Advent … Read More
Letter of Bp. Jude Noble to the Faithful of the Diocese of Black Duck concerning 8 December 2024
This came in via the usual suspects over in the happy Diocese of Black Duck. You will recall that Black Duck shares a border with Bp. F. Atticus McButterpant’s Diocese of Libville. In this letter, Bp. Jude Noble deals with … Read More
ASK FATHER: 8 December 2024 is Immaculate Conception but also the 2nd Sunday of Advent – What to do? – UPDATED
From a priest reader… This year the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8 December, falls on the 2nd Sunday of Advent. Which has precedence? It is transferred in the Novus Ordo. Is it transferred in the Traditional Latin Mass? My initial reaction … Read More
A good point about Holy Days of Obligation and our Catholic identity
At The Catholic Thing, John M. Grodelski makes an obvious but NOT thereby less valuable point. Let’s see. January 1, 2022 was a Saturday. January 1, 2023 is a Sunday. January 1, 2024 is a Monday. Only one of those January … Read More
ASK FATHER: A sick child and fulfilling Mass obligation
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I attended an Extraordinary Form Mass this morning [Sunday] so I could stay home with a sick child while my husband and older children went to a later Novus Ordo Mass at our parish. I forgot … Read More
ASK FATHER: Stuck at work for all Sunday obligation Masses
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I work 12 hour shifts at a hospital, including 1 weekend a month. This means even Saturday night Mass is out of the question. Is it a sin to miss Mass because I am required to work? I … Read More
ASK FATHER: When Holy Days of Obligation… aren’t
From a reader… QUAERITUR: When a holy day such as the Assumption or All Saints Day falls on a Saturday or Monday and we are not required to attend mass, are the usual restrictions on work also lifted? Yes. When … Read More
ASK FATHER: I work on Sunday. Can I go to Mass on another day?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Never dreamed I’d be asking this, but I suppose I had better: Due to my current job or the job that I’m hoping to take soon, getting to Mass on Sunday can be difficult. If I’m … Read More
QUAERITUR: Weddings on Sundays or Holy Days of Obligation?
From a reader: Can a couple get married on a holy day of obligation? What about (more generally) on a Sunday (which, in a certain sense, is a holy day of obligation)? The Rite of Marriage may be used anytime … Read More
HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION ALERT 15 August – Assumption (TLM opportunities & Blessing of herbs)
15 August, the Feast/Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Holy Day of Obligation on the Latin Church’s universal calendar and in calendars of particular countries (cf. can. 1246). It isn’t transferred. So, I remind the … Read More
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