QUAERITUR: In mortal sin, but I have to go to Mass. What do I do? Fr. Z rants.
From a reader:I feel horrible I fell in to mortal sin today and I am supposed to go to Mass, what do I do?
Why is this hard?
You go to Mass anyway. Just go. If you shouldn’t receive Holy Communion, then don’t.
Go to confession as soon as possible.
Part of the confusion comes from the mistaken notion that people should or can receive Holy Communion every time they go to Mass without any consideration of the state of their souls. People go forward automatically these days. They connect going to Mass with going to Communion automatically. Therefore, if they go to Mass theymust receive.
Folks, if you know you can’t receive, go to Mass anyway! You still have your Sunday or Holy Day obligation to fulfill. You fulfill it by going to Mass, not by going to Communion. Catholics are obliged to receive Communion once a year, which also implies confession before that Communion.
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