Catholic televised Mass for Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Oct. 31, 2018 (Morning and Mid-Day), from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“‘Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.
After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking … saying,
‘Lord, open the door for us.’ … ‘We ate and drank in your company … you taught in our streets.’ … he will say … ‘I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!’ … people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at Table in the Kingdom of God. … behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.'”
Failure to keep the Obligation to participate in Mass on Sunday or a Holy Day of Obligation is a grave sin. Grave sin bars one from receiving Holy Communion, unless and until there is repentance and absolution through the Sacrament of Reconciliation (i.e., a valid Confession).
While some Parishes or other Catholic churches might have schedules that they anticipate using for Holy Days, it might be helpful to double-check the most recent bulletin, or visit the relevant church website, to see if there are specific announcements about the Mass schedule for All Saints Day.
Church bulletins additionally often have a special section for Mass intentions, which, in the process, of course, also would be setting out times when Masses are occurring.
All Saints Day is one a subset of Holy Days of Obligation for which the Obligation now is lifted during years when the date falls on a Saturday or Monday. Yet in 2018, of course, November 1 falls on a Thursday, so the Obligation is fully intact.
One valid excuse to miss Mass might be a sufficiently serious illness or a sufficiently serious need to stay home caring for a sick family member, such as a sick child.
All Saints Day, of course, is a day to honor and commemorate all the Saints, together.
In cultures like that of the United States, where so-called “Halloween” has become a secular day of merriment with its own traditions, it bears noting that the evening of October 31 is actually the Vigil of All Saints, All Hallows Eve.
Catholic televised Mass for Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Oct. 30, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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Catholic televised Mass Readings and Homily for Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Oct. 30, 2018, from EWTN in Alabama. [Click here for Mass Readings]
“Jesus said, ‘What is the Kingdom of God like? … It is like a mustard seed … planted in the garden. … fully grown, it became a large bush and “the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.”‘ …”
Catholic TV Mass for Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Oct. 30, 2018, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
Catholic televised Mass Readings and Homily for Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Oct. 29, 2018, from EWTN in Alabama. [Click here for Mass Readings]
Catholic TV Mass for Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Oct. 29, 2018, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]
Catholic televised Mass for Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Oct. 29, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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