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Anonymous wrote:I went to an 8 AM mass this Monday morning before work and was pleasantly surprised it was pretty well-attended! I wasn't sure if that's normal or if Mondays during the summer are busier because families are traveling so much, so they miss weekend Mass? Also wondering if much of the same weekday crowd tends to go every day or do most just pop in once a week?

LOL
Yes it’s the same people

People come to all 5 weekday Masses and then to a weekend Mass? Wow!

Some people do.

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Anonymous wrote:I see why people left Catholicism. Did Jesus say that you must come on Sundays and other masses “don’t count”?

THE CHURCH says it. The other masses count, just not for your Sunday obligation. It's right there in the 10 commandments: Thou must honor the Sabbath.

I guess some protestants don't think that means you have to go to church on Sundays.

But the church isn’t Jesus.

“It is He who is head of the body, the Church.”

You cannot separate Christ from His Church.

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Anonymous wrote:I see why people left Catholicism. Did Jesus say that you must come on Sundays and other masses “don’t count”?

THE CHURCH says it. The other masses count, just not for your Sunday obligation. It's right there in the 10 commandments: Thou must honor the Sabbath.

I guess some protestants don't think that means you have to go to church on Sundays.

But the church isn’t Jesus.

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Anonymous wrote:There's a usual crowd. Some people go every day. Over the years I have seen different groups go on different days - like the ladies club would go to mass on Wednesdays or a bunch of golfing buddies would go to mass and then golf on Thursdays.

No, weekday does not fulfill your obligation, but I have gone on a weekday when I have missed Sunday mass...because it's something. The Saturday vigil mass fulfills your Sunday obligation - not the Saturday morning mass.

Hand to God I did not know this!

Certainly you did not go to catholic school. sounds like you didn't go to catechism either. Maybe teachers aren't emphasizing it any more. They should.

Anonymous wrote:I see why people left Catholicism. Did Jesus say that you must come on Sundays and other masses “don’t count”?

THE CHURCH says it. The other masses count, just not for your Sunday obligation. It's right there in the 10 commandments: Thou must honor the Sabbath.

I guess some protestants don't think that means you have to go to church on Sundays.

I see why people left Catholicism. Did Jesus say that you must come on Sundays and other masses “don’t count”?

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Anonymous wrote:Weekday Mass is not a substitute for the Sunday obligation so that's not an answer to your observations.

At our Church there's a fairly sizable group of retired/senior citizens who go daily.
There are also groups that go (Legion of Mary, Widow/Widowers' Group, Moms' Group, AM Bible Study, etc) that go to Mass first then meet up afterwards.

Interesting. Thanks. I didn't know that. Can you elaborate on why that is?

You’re a Catholic and you don’t know that you have to go on Saturday night or Sunday? Keep holy the Sabbath.

I hope the OP mentions this in confession. The priest will have a hearty laugh!

Nope. You’re not going to convince me that any Catholic honestly thinks or thought that you can just pick any day of the week to go to church and then skip Sunday and you’re good.

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Anonymous wrote:There's a usual crowd. Some people go every day. Over the years I have seen different groups go on different days - like the ladies club would go to mass on Wednesdays or a bunch of golfing buddies would go to mass and then golf on Thursdays.

No, weekday does not fulfill your obligation, but I have gone on a weekday when I have missed Sunday mass...because it's something. The Saturday vigil mass fulfills your Sunday obligation - not the Saturday morning mass.

Hand to God I did not know this!

Sound like you've got some confessing to do.

My mom goes most days. We picked a Catholic long term care facility specifically to accommodate this. If I am free during the week, I will go with her.

One of my kids chose to go 2-3 days a week in ES.

Another has gone every Wednesday after the pandemic restrictions lifted. It’s on the way to work.

DH sometimes goes during the week now that he WFH.

Anonymous wrote:There's a usual crowd. Some people go every day. Over the years I have seen different groups go on different days - like the ladies club would go to mass on Wednesdays or a bunch of golfing buddies would go to mass and then golf on Thursdays.

No, weekday does not fulfill your obligation, but I have gone on a weekday when I have missed Sunday mass...because it's something. The Saturday vigil mass fulfills your Sunday obligation - not the Saturday morning mass.

Hand to God I did not know this!

There's a usual crowd. Some people go every day. Over the years I have seen different groups go on different days - like the ladies club would go to mass on Wednesdays or a bunch of golfing buddies would go to mass and then golf on Thursdays.

No, weekday does not fulfill your obligation, but I have gone on a weekday when I have missed Sunday mass...because it's something. The Saturday vigil mass fulfills your Sunday obligation - not the Saturday morning mass.

Anonymous wrote:Weekday Mass is not a substitute for the Sunday obligation so that's not an answer to your observations.

At our Church there's a fairly sizable group of retired/senior citizens who go daily.
There are also groups that go (Legion of Mary, Widow/Widowers' Group, Moms' Group, AM Bible Study, etc) that go to Mass first then meet up afterwards.

My mother attends weekday mass. She and her old lady friends go out for brunch afterward.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weekday Mass is not a substitute for the Sunday obligation so that's not an answer to your observations.

At our Church there's a fairly sizable group of retired/senior citizens who go daily.
There are also groups that go (Legion of Mary, Widow/Widowers' Group, Moms' Group, AM Bible Study, etc) that go to Mass first then meet up afterwards.

Interesting. Thanks. I didn't know that. Can you elaborate on why that is?

Are you not Catholic?

I am. When we were supposed to learn a weekday Mass isn’t a substitute for missing Sunday Mass? Maybe it’s one of those goes without saying things most people just know. I don’t know. There’s also a Saturday afternoon Mass, which I believe is a permissible substitute for Sunday Mass.

It’s a really fundamental concept in the Catholic Church. There’s no way that you are Catholic and don’t know that.

New poster. I had a good friend who was a convert to Catholicism and somehow didn’t know about the Sunday obligation. She loved the calm, quiet daily masses and actually preferred to skip the noisy Sunday masses. We friends filled gently her in about the obligation.

Her sponsors did not do a good job preparing her to convert.