Hi, I'll give one right reason that I went to Mass - it's been two weeks since I got the Eucharist and I wanted it again, especially after I got a clean slate from confession yesterday. But now I'll expound on the "wrong" reason.
I was dog-tired today and truth be told I probably should have stayed home for that reason. I just couldn't mentally get myself to go, but I forced myself to. If the church in question wasn't literally five minutes away, it would have been bad for me to drive. The problem is, I went to Mass out of fear. I was afraid God would be mad at me if I "deliberately" missed Mass. This is one teaching I struggle with - I'm OK with it being a sin to miss Mass, but I just wish that the sin were venial instead of mortal. Today was the first time I went to Mass out of abject fear; it's that I didn't have any desire to go at all, but the fear quite superseded the love of God, which I didn't like.
I was dog-tired today and truth be told I probably should have stayed home for that reason. I just couldn't mentally get myself to go, but I forced myself to. If the church in question wasn't literally five minutes away, it would have been bad for me to drive. The problem is, I went to Mass out of fear. I was afraid God would be mad at me if I "deliberately" missed Mass. This is one teaching I struggle with - I'm OK with it being a sin to miss Mass, but I just wish that the sin were venial instead of mortal. Today was the first time I went to Mass out of abject fear; it's that I didn't have any desire to go at all, but the fear quite superseded the love of God, which I didn't like.
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