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Questions / The Mass and the Eucharist

Why do Catholics go every Sunday?

Church teaching

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In short: Because Sunday is Resurrection day, and Sunday Mass is the foundation everything else in Catholic life sits on. CCC 1166

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

By a tradition going back to the apostles, from the day of the Resurrection itself, the Church celebrates the Paschal mystery every seventh day, the Lord’s Day. CCC 1166

The Sunday Eucharist is “the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice.” CCC 2181

Our words

Every Sunday is a little Easter. You don’t go because God needs your attendance; you go because you need Him, and because a family eats together.

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Sources on this page

How we know · 2 Catechism paragraphs
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 1166, 2181 (official text on vatican.va).

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