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Änσnymσus

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Suffering from not being able to get to Sunday Mass
« on: September 27, 2023, 02:08:22 PM »
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    • Serious back injury is preventing me from being able to function. Taking a complicated mix of pain meds and still barely able to walk. Going anywhere in automobile causes excruciating back spasms and is now limited to essential medical apts. Being driven to Mass would cause huge increase in pain and possibly damage to spine (waiting for MRI results). In spite of this, I feel guilty for missing Mass. I offer up my suffering at missing Mass, but still feel like I'm bad.
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    Re: Suffering from not being able to get to Sunday Mass
    « Reply #1 on: September 27, 2023, 02:43:32 PM »
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on September 27, 2023, 02:08:22 PM
    I feel guilty for missing Mass. I offer up my suffering at missing Mass, but still feel like I'm bad.
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    Re: Suffering from not being able to get to Sunday Mass
    « Reply #2 on: September 27, 2023, 04:09:45 PM »
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    • Quote from: Yeti on September 27, 2023, 02:43:32 PM
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    THIS^^^.  Church Law is reasonable, and this scenario is well within reason.  Basically, you can't miss because you're lazy or you don't feel like it, but one is also not required to make some heroic effort, like riding on horseback for 10 hours to get to Mass.  Theologians have set out limits of what is reasonable and what is not, but not only would the pain excuse you from going, but I suggest that the possibility of doing damage would render it a sin against your own health by undertaking the trip.
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    Re: Suffering from not being able to get to Sunday Mass
    « Reply #3 on: September 27, 2023, 04:22:33 PM »
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    • Sabbath rest is of divine law. In the New Covenant this has been shifted to Domincal rest. How one observes that rest, i.e., attendace at Mass, is ecclesiastical law. The Sabbath exists for man, not man for the Sabbath.
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    Re: Suffering from not being able to get to Sunday Mass
    « Reply #4 on: September 27, 2023, 07:13:31 PM »
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    • Do you watch Mass LIVE on the net?
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    Re: Suffering from not being able to get to Sunday Mass
    « Reply #5 on: September 27, 2023, 08:35:31 PM »
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    • How will you focus and pray at Mass if you’re in excruciating pain?  Better to follow online from your bed or in a comfortable chair.  Read with the missal.  Before Mass, examine your conscience and confess your sins to God.  Make a spiritual Communion.  During the week pray the Rosary or other prayers as able.  Arrange for a priest to make periodic home visits so you can make Sacramental Confession and receive Communion.  Request of the priest Last Rites or special blessing for healing.  
    The Church does not require Mass attendance at the detriment of one’s health.
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    Re: Suffering from not being able to get to Sunday Mass
    « Reply #6 on: September 27, 2023, 08:54:06 PM »
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    • Accept your Cross and embrace God's will over your own. Even when your will seems good and holy, like wanting to assist at Mass. Nothing is greater than accepting God's will over your own inclinations, desires, and habits, however holy they might be.

    Our Lord is sharing His Cross with you, and hoping to take you to the next level of Love of God.

    I think you would get a lot from reading Lives of the Saints right now, especially those who dealt with abandonment to God's will, and who suffered physically. 
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    Re: Suffering from not being able to get to Sunday Mass
    « Reply #7 on: September 27, 2023, 10:10:56 PM »
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    • Does your priest know of your condition? If not, contact him and ask if it is possible to have a home visit for Confession and Holy Communion.

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    Re: Suffering from not being able to get to Sunday Mass
    « Reply #8 on: September 28, 2023, 01:10:25 AM »
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on September 27, 2023, 02:08:22 PM
    In spite of this, I feel guilty for missing Mass. I offer up my suffering at missing Mass, but still feel like I'm bad.
    You are doing your sincere best and the Lord sees your efforts. 
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    Re: Suffering from not being able to get to Sunday Mass
    « Reply #9 on: September 28, 2023, 02:48:03 AM »
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    • An easy but comforting read, Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence, by Claude La Colombiere & Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure.  If reading is difficult, listen to it online or have someone read it to you.  
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    Re: Suffering from not being able to get to Sunday Mass
    « Reply #10 on: September 28, 2023, 11:12:07 AM »
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on September 28, 2023, 02:48:03 AM
    An easy but comforting read, Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence, by Claude La Colombiere & Jean Baptiste Saint-Jure.  If reading is difficult, listen to it online or have someone read it to you. 
    Thank you. Found a used copy!
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