Yes. One of the Ten Commandments (3rd) states:
"Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day"
The Mass is one way that Catholics meet that demand of Our Lord.
Yes, a Sacramental Mass on Sunday fulfills the Sunday Mass obligation for Catholics. The Church teaches that participating in any valid Mass on Sunday satisfies the requirement to attend Mass, as it is a celebration of the Eucharist. However, the specific nature of the sacramental celebration may vary, so it’s important to ensure that it is a valid Mass according to Catholic teaching.
Catholic AnswerThe Lectionary contains all the readings for Mass.
Sunday is a holy day of obligation and we do participate in Mass for prayer and worship but neither the Holy Scriptures or Holy Tradition state that formal religious education must happen on Sunday. Catholic religious education can be taught on any day of the week. The day is determined by each parish according to its own needs.
The third reading is always the Gospel on a Sunday or Solemnity.
Catholic Mass can be seen on The Daily Mass, Catholic TV, Sjccdalton, The Sunday Mass, and Saint Mary of Angels. Some of the sites have a daily Mass and others have selected services.
Catholic Church usually have a Vigil Mass on Saturday evening which satisfied their Sabbath duty to hear Mass on Sunday.
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On Sunday it is coffee and donuts
Absolutely not. Catholics are required to attend Sunday Mass at a Roman Catholic Church. Absolutely not. Catholics are required to attend Sunday Mass at a Roman Catholic Church.
.Catholic AnswerYes, a Catholic is required to attend Mass each Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation. The Church has tried to make this easier by supplying a Sunday (or Holy Day) Mass on the evening preceding, thus Sunday Mass is celebrated in most Churches starting on Saturday evening and this fulfills your obligation.
Absolutely! First of all, the Bible does come to us through the Catholic Church, even though many non-Catholics don't seem to realize that. Second, the vast majority of the Bible is read at Masses during a repeating three-year cycle. It is wonderful to attend daily Mass and hear all of the readings, but many books are covered on Sundays over the three-year period. So even if a Catholic never picks up the Bible outside of Sunday Mass, he'll still hear a good part of the Scriptures.As far as learning about the Scriptures, there are wonderful Catholic books available that can help Catholics to get more out of the Bible. There are also Catholic Bible study groups. Jeff Cavins' Great Adventure Bible Study is great for helping people read the Bible in historic sequence. To really know the Scriptures, Catholics need to study beyond Sunday Mass, just like Protestants need to study beyond their Sunday services.Roman Catholic AnswerTo continue the excellent exposition above, the Sacred Scriptures were actually judged canonical or not depending on whether they were read at Mass. The Church did not actually put together the New Testament, as such, until the fourth century, and one of the criteria that they used was whether the book was read at Mass.