2007-02-20 04:58:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the USA, Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation in the Roman Catholic Church. This determination is made by the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops).
2007-02-20 05:02:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not mandatory. Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation.
2007-02-20 13:06:34 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, attendance to a service on Ash Wednesday is optional not mandatory.
With love in Christ.
2007-02-20 15:17:03 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yep. Day of Obligation. My church has 4 services that day, two in the morning, two at night.
2007-02-20 13:01:42 · answer #4 · answered by sister steph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much. I always go if I can but I doubt I would mean any less to God if I had to miss it. Even if I just blew it off I think God has bigger things to get upset about. I go because it means something important to me.
2007-02-20 13:03:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you do not have to be Catholic to go and receive ashes on your head. Several churches do this now (don't want to be Catholic but they all copy her).
2007-02-20 13:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by Midge 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mandatory attendance at any church is way outside of the Bible....
2007-02-20 13:09:49 · answer #7 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋