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Attending 1 Mass after another... Aaron Saturday, December 18, 2004

Question:

Dear Brother,

Christmas Mass for this year - 2004 - falls on a Saturday. As such my parish church is celebrating the usual morning Christmas Mass as well as a sunset Mass commemorating the same feast.

I have read about Masses for Christmas being celebrated 3 times on that day, specially apart from all other days where Mass can only be celebrated once a day...so I suppose its possible.

But once we have fulfilled the obligation, do we still have to fulfill the Sunday obligation of the following day, on Boxing Day - Dec 26th, Sunday?

Thanks and May you have a blessed and holy Christmas this season.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Aaron:

The Christmas Mass, this year, is a Saturday Mass, thus it does not count as the Sunday Obligation. We still need to go to Sunday Mass.

As for a sunset Christmas Mass that is to be done on Friday evening as a vigil Mass, not on Saturday evening.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary


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