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Scruffy_Nerfherder | 10 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +3 
 I attend a Latin Mass oratory as well as a Novus Ordo parish.

The clash finally became real tonight for me. I saw the rector force someone out of line who was kneeling, and send them to the communion rail, but at the communion rail were two Eucharistic Ministers.

That doesn't fly in the Latin Mass. So I am a member of one Catholic Church that is saying two completely different things about the most important part of being Catholic.

Communion is the source and summit of our faith. It's the thing we should agree on.

SO - I have to work every other weekend. Since I have to work, and cannot attend the Latin Mass when I work weekends, do I still meet my obligation by attending a weekday mass? (Which I usually do anyway.)
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c178de3f | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 No, the validity of the novus ordo does not depend on the holiness of the priest. You must go on Sundays to meet your obligation.
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c178de3f | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It confuses me that when you see another person do something improper during the Mass, you as a traditional Catholic would consider failing to meet your Sunday obligation. Please keep going, maybe write a letter to the priest, or to the bishop, and in the meantime you could stand and receive on the tongue.
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Michael J | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The commandment is to keep holy the Lord's Day.  That's Sunday, my man.  Weekday Mass is a bonus, but it can't substitute for Sunday.
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Lazy JM ranch | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 This might not be correct, but it isn't that you fulfill your Sunday obligation but rather that you are excused from it if you need to work to support your family and it would bring undo harm or it is impossible to change jobs/proffession.