2007-12-21 03:20:15 · 13 answers · asked by BerserkKirk 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Unless you're sick or otherwise unable to get to mass, yes.
2007-12-21 03:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Christmas is a Holy Day of Obligation. One must go either to the vigil mass (usually called a Midnight Mass but sometimes ending at Midnight, and sometimes just taking place sometime after nightfall on Christmas Eve) or to a Christmas Day Mass.
Only illness, injury, accident, a blizzard, childbirth, attending a family member in death, stopping to rescue people from a burning building, or something like that are allowable reasons for missing Mass on Christmas or any other Holy Day of Obligation.
2007-12-21 12:43:27 · answer #2 · answered by sparki777 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Missing Mass on weekend and holy Days of Obligation, such as Christmas, is a sin - potentially a mortal sin if one is aware of their obligation and blows off Mass regardless for no good reason.
One might miss Mass due to sickness, or some other issue(s) beyond their control. This is not necessarily sinful because the desire to worship God at Mass is still there.
2007-12-21 11:48:18 · answer #3 · answered by Daver 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Attending Mass on all Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation (of which Christmas is one) is one of the Six Precepts of the Church. It is a sin unless there is a reasonable...erm, reason. (You have a nasty flu...you're at a cottage that's more than an hour or two - I forget the exact number - away from the nearest Catholic church).
2007-12-21 12:05:12 · answer #4 · answered by raxtonite 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in the Catholic religion it's actually considered a mortal sin to miss Mass on Sunday and Holy Days.
2007-12-21 11:23:26 · answer #5 · answered by Leaf 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
YES - it's not only a sin, it's sad. the CAtholic churches offer a variety of mass times and I would think every Christian should WANT to attend the party in Jesus honour!
2007-12-21 11:26:52 · answer #6 · answered by Marysia 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mass on Christmas is a holy day of obligation, which means yes, it is a sin to miss mass, unless you are unable to attend (illness, etc...)
2007-12-21 11:24:57 · answer #7 · answered by osborne_pkg 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Also on Sunday and other days of Holy Obligation.
2007-12-21 11:34:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i was told it's a minor sin to even miss sunday mass. not something hell-worthy, but a sin nonetheless
then again, they might have said that to scare the 7 year old me into going.
2007-12-21 11:47:44 · answer #9 · answered by Jedi Tabby 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not since Vatican II. Prior to that, missing church, unless you were an eldery or ill "shut in" was a mortal sin. Confession, soon thereafter, was a must !!
Contemporary Catholic doctrine suggests attending mass at least twice annually
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2007-12-21 11:24:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋