just wonderin, is it for Christmas Eve or Christmas, or none? Is it an option to go? PLZ answer
2007-12-24 12:52:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Yes
The Feast of the Nativity of the Jesus (Christmas) is a holy day of obligation.
Holy Days of Obligation are feasts on which Catholics are required to assist at Mass.
In the United States these are:
+ Christmas, the Nativity of Jesus, December 25
+ Mary Mother of God, January 1
+ Ascension of the Lord, forty days after Easter
+ Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15
+ All Saints' Day, November 1
+ Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, December 8
By the way, every Sunday is considered a Holy Day of Obligation. Therefore Holy Days that are always on Sundays like Easter are not listed.
Outside the United States, variations of Holy Days may occur.
+ Vigil Masses +
According to the tradition of ancient Judaism, a day began at sunset and ended the following sunset.
This practice comes from first account of creation in the first chapter of Genesis.
When Moses gave the Israelites the Law and proscribed the days of worship, those days began at sunset.
Leviticus 23:5: The Passover of the LORD falls on the fourteenth day of the first month, at the evening twilight.
Because most of the early Christians were Jews, the early Christian communities celebrated the mysteries of the Faith within this ancient practice.
Because of this, Christmas Eve Masses fulfill the obligation of attending Mass on Christmas.
With love in Christ.
2007-12-25 13:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, indeed.
I'm not obligated, though, so I don't go.
Well, unless you count stepping into Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City for 5 minutes to look around, of course.
2007-12-24 12:56:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easter consistently falls on Sunday, an afternoon of criminal duty in its very own precise. solid Friday is the only day of the year that there will be no Mass (Eucharistic Liturgy). consequently there could be no criminal duty to attend Mass. exceptionally much all the ceremonial dinner of the Lord ensue on Sundays and in many cases interior the U. S. the Ascension of the Lord and and the thought of Mary are moved to Sunday combining the Sunday and Holyday responsibilities.
2016-11-24 23:12:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is no an option .. this celebration is the main part of the crianism.. by the way Christmas comes from Christ and he is a important person in tis religion.. and they have to calebrate his Nativity"..
2007-12-24 12:57:13 · answer #4 · answered by Sebchvr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just go to church dummy....
if you do not go to church, santa will not bring you any presents, that's what my religion teacher use to say anyways. And I believed her, especially after she whipped me with her ruler across my face a few hundred times.
2007-12-24 12:56:57 · answer #5 · answered by Timmy Bananas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋