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I would say it all depends on your opinion of the NOM. If you think it's a valid Mass (which a point can be made for with the new translation), then going to one is not a sin. If you don't (another point can be made for that), then obviously it is.
Well, it might be a sin if it's not a valid mass, but it wouldn't be a mortal sin since, if you've been going to it up until now, you must not have been aware that it wasn't valid, and to be a mortal sin, you have to be aware that it is, indeed, a mortal sin.
Quote from: MrYeZeWell, it might be a sin if it's not a valid mass, but it wouldn't be a mortal sin since, if you've been going to it up until now, you must not have been aware that it wasn't valid, and to be a mortal sin, you have to be aware that it is, indeed, a mortal sin.I think you are walking on the edge of a very sharp knife.
All these Popes have resisted the union of the Church with the revolution; it is an adulterous union and from such a union only bastards can come. The rite of the new mass is a bastard rite, the sacraments are bastard sacraments. We no longer know if they are sacraments which give grace or do not give it. The priests coming out of the seminaries are bastard priests, who do not know what they are. They are unaware that they are made to go up to the altar, to offer the sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus Christ and to give Jesus Christ to souls.
Quote from: MattoQuote from: MrYeZeWell, it might be a sin if it's not a valid mass, but it wouldn't be a mortal sin since, if you've been going to it up until now, you must not have been aware that it wasn't valid, and to be a mortal sin, you have to be aware that it is, indeed, a mortal sin.I think you are walking on the edge of a very sharp knife.I really just don't want to risk my salvation by attending mass outside the Church which may, or may not, be legitimate. What would you recommend?
Quote from: MrYeZeQuote from: MattoQuote from: MrYeZeWell, it might be a sin if it's not a valid mass, but it wouldn't be a mortal sin since, if you've been going to it up until now, you must not have been aware that it wasn't valid, and to be a mortal sin, you have to be aware that it is, indeed, a mortal sin.I think you are walking on the edge of a very sharp knife.I really just don't want to risk my salvation by attending mass outside the Church which may, or may not, be legitimate. What would you recommend?It depends on what is available to you. Is is possible for you to attend the Tridentine Mass?
QuoteAll these Popes have resisted the union of the Church with the revolution; it is an adulterous union and from such a union only bastards can come. The rite of the new mass is a bastard rite, the sacraments are bastard sacraments. We no longer know if they are sacraments which give grace or do not give it. The priests coming out of the seminaries are bastard priests, who do not know what they are. They are unaware that they are made to go up to the altar, to offer the sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus Christ and to give Jesus Christ to souls.I think Archbishop Lefebvre said it well in his Letter to Confused Catholics. Some Masses may be valid, NO priests may be good and holy, but it is safer for a person's soul to avoid the Masonic Bugini-ICEL service that calls itself a Mass.
It must be understood immediately that we do not hold to the absurd idea that if the New Mass is valid, we are then free to assist at it. ...It is clear that no one can assist at sacrilegious Masses or at Masses which endanger our faith.
It is obvious that there are fewer and fewer valid Masses ...Furthermore it can be said without any exaggeration whatsoever, that the majority of Masses celebrated without altar stones, with common vessels, leavened bread, with the introduction of profane words into the very body of the Canon, etc., are sacrilegious, and they prevent faith by diminishing it.Your perplexity takes perhaps the following form: may I assist at a sacrilegious Mass which is nevertheless valid, in the absence of any other, in order to satisfy my Sunday obligation? The answer is simple: these Masses cannot be the object of an obligation; we must moreover apply to them the rules of moral theology and canon law as regards the participation or the attendance at an action which endangers the faith or may be sacrilegious.The New Mass, even when said with piety and respect for the liturgical rules, is subject to the same reservations since it is impregnated with the spirit of Protestantism. It bears within it a poison harmful to the faith. That being the case the Catholic of today finds himself in the conditions of religious practice which prevail in missionary countries. There, the inhabitants in some regions are able to attend Mass only three or four times a year. The faithful of our country should make the effort to attend once each month at the Mass of All Time, the true source of grace and sanctification, in one of those places where it continues to be held in honor.
Quote from: JaynekQuote from: MrYeZeQuote from: MattoQuote from: MrYeZeWell, it might be a sin if it's not a valid mass, but it wouldn't be a mortal sin since, if you've been going to it up until now, you must not have been aware that it wasn't valid, and to be a mortal sin, you have to be aware that it is, indeed, a mortal sin.I think you are walking on the edge of a very sharp knife.I really just don't want to risk my salvation by attending mass outside the Church which may, or may not, be legitimate. What would you recommend?It depends on what is available to you. Is is possible for you to attend the Tridentine Mass?I could, actually. There's a SSPX church in the city.