Most people already have New Year’s Eve planned. Some people go to the ball, others go to a party with friends, and the rest celebrate in the comfort of their home. Regardless of what form of entertainment you choose, each requires appropriate preparation: hairstyle, shopping, food preparation. Believers are faced with a dilemma on this day: should they find time to go to church amid all this?
Do you have to go to church on January 1? The Code of Canon Law is clear
In the Catholic Church, New Year’s Eve is not a special day. It is not a holiday, but a custom of grand partying to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one. Participation in the Holy Mass on December 31 is not obligatory. The exception is when New Year’s Eve falls on Sunday. This is the case this year, so on this day the faithful should exceptionally go to church. You must also attend mass on January 1, as stated in the Code of Canon Law. We then celebrate the Solemnity of the Holy Mother of God.
On what holidays do you have to go to church? There are seven of them in total
Some people may not be able to attend mass on the first day of the new year. According to the Code, you will avoid committing a grave sin if you come to mass celebrated the day before in the evening. In ours there is a list of holidays of obligation, i.e. a list of days on which it is obligatory to go to church. In addition to the Feast of the Holy Motherhood, it also includes:
- Epiphany (January 6),
- Ascension of the Lord (7th Sunday of Easter),
- Corpus Christi,
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15),
- All Saints (November 1),
- Christmas (December 25).
Source: Gazeta
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