the Catechism of the Catholic Church states that:the first precept ("you shall attend Mass on Sundays and on holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor") requires the faithful to sanctify the day commemorating the Resurrection of the Lord... by participating in the Eucharistic celebration, in which the Christian community is gathered....
The Mass obligation is an application othe "Sabbath principle", which was instituted by God when he gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. The third Commandment was "Remember to keep holy the sabbath day".
The Sabbath was to be a day of rest, dedicated to the Lord and to worship, based on the rest of the Lord on the seventh day, after He created the heavens and the earth.
Simply put, the Mass obligation is for the purpose of stressing the high importance of worship and Church attendance.
The Christian shouldn't regard going to Church as an optional thing.
It is a great honor and a necessity.
The earliest Christians started to observe the Sabbath on Sunday rather than Saturday, because this was "the Lord's day", when Jesus rose from the dead.
Church attendance on holy days of obligation is also required , in accordance with their supreme importance.
Failure to observe these obigations, apart from a serious reason, is a mortal sin.
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Aha! Bagong-bago pa lang :)
Good morning sayo dyan, kuya! I hope maganda ang iyong gising and naka-smile ka dyan :)
May question ako, kuya. Does Sabbath really have to be on Sundays? What about the other religions? And what about us Catholics who go to mass on Saturdays for the anticipated mass?
Yung family kasi namin nasanay na Saturday nagsisimba kasi di hamak na tahimik sa church and nakasanayan namin when my mom got sick. Bawal kasi sa kanya ang crowd kasi baka mahawa sya ng kung ano mang sakit kaya every Sat dahil walang gaanong tao.
Paano yun, kuya? :)
Mwah!
kuya...
very clear ang post mo skn ngaun kuya... thnx!
isa lng ang nagpagulo sa isip ko... ung last line mo... talaga bang mortal sin kapag hndi ka nag attend ng Mass?
oo nga pla kuya... dumaan si Marko sa bahay mo... nahihiya lng daw xa mag iwan ng messge para sau... pro skn nya pinasabi.. salamat daw sa mga messge na binigay mo sa site ko...
happy tuesday!
see u
@sasha
ey sashing--yung simba ng hapon ng sabado ay anticipated Mass yun for Sunday..so, it does not bring anyone to any commission of sin as even us, monks nuns, priests and other forms of religious congregations use Saturday afternoon as an anticipation to the holy day which is Sunday....
yung mga ibang denominations, their belief makes them get saved...like yung Sabadista, ang itinuturo sa kanila na interpretasyun sa Bible ay sabado ang holy day...it's fine...what matters most is the intention and the heart to it--eh mas malala naman yung sa Sunday nga nag aatend ng Mass pero wala naman sa utak at puso ang mga kaganapan sa Mass kundi walang ginwa makipag tsismisan or mag pa tsarming..ay batu bato po sa Langit , wag magalit ang matatamaan..hindi ko sinasasdya... i am only trying to elucidate here the issue brought.
your family is doing very fine- matindi ang rason nila para gawing anticipated Saturday ang holy day of obligation nila, as what you have mentionesd...
mas magulo nga kapag madaming nagsisimba--kaya ang hirap mag focus at magdasal --dami daming nakikita ang mga mata na nakaka distract sa solemn celebration...
@vera
ay sayang- hindi ko man lang siya nasalubong nung dumaan siya dito sa bahay ko heheheh...tell him to feel free to say anything--comment or request ...whatever.
ey - yung mortal sin ay nakasaad sa catehism ....yun ang bilin...
the sin gets committed pag ang tao ay madaming dahilan, oras at pagkakataon na magsimba pero hindi nya magawa dahil natatamad, or nababagot, but if one is tied up and the reason for not being able to make it to Sunday Mass is valid and very reasonable- or a matter of life and death or sickness...then he or she is not committing any sin.
kuya...
cge sasabihan ko un... tigas ng ulo nun e...hihih
gets na gets ko na kuya... so it means ang dami ko nang moratl sin... minsan i escaped going to Mass... for some unresonable reasonse...-- kuya, tinamaan ako sa reply mo kay te'sashing... as in malking bato ang tumama skn...hihihi
godd afternoon!
@vera
naku sis- eh kung ganun na ang dami mo na palang napalampas na hindi ka nag simba ng Linggo ay dapat na sigurong magkumpisal ka- doon sa paring hindi mo kakilala para hindi ka ma conscious sa sasabihin mong mga sins mo--- then bibigyan ka ng general absolution... and you are as good as a new baptized child of God!... walang bahid kasalanan at walang remorse conscience na naiiwan sa puso at isipan...
hala, ngaung linggo or kahit anticipated mass na lang kung hindi mo magagawa sa Sunday morning--pareho lang ang anticipated Mass at ang mismong Sunday Mass...
kuya...
naku... medyo matagal tagal na akong walang kumpisal kuya... as in... yrs na ang lumipas... pro sa ngaun... hndi na ako nag eescaped ng Mass... present na ako palagi..nuon lng nung nasa Pinas pa ako... cge... ill go for confession.
thnx kuya ha... kung wala ka.. ano lng ako... sa Kanya! salamat ng marami! muah labyu Kuya ko...
i've got new post kuya...hihihi
see u...
@vera
hahahahaha--kaya nga magkumpisal ka....bukas basahin mo ang aking post about why catholics need to go to confession?.....
good night na sis ko...
kuya...
opo... ill go for confession...
nyt nyt kuya ko... sweetdreams...
kuya...
good morning! good morning! good morning! happy wednesday ng umaga!
see u po...
@vera
wowwww, ang aga mo sis--thnks sa pagbati--you brightened my morning...
@vera
hey sis, eeeeeeeek, kalimutan ko repyl ang bati mong gud evening heehehehe---thats last night ..belated din sau heheheheheeh.
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