<p>I didn't. I feel so bad</p>
<p>Don’t feel bad</p>
<p>Church is not required for Salvation and vice versa</p>
<p>Church is just used to strengthen those who are weak in faith. But then again if you NEED church to strengthen your faith then you really aren’t a true christian anyway. Church is like school, all they do is review what is in the book.</p>
<p>I didn’t because I Hindu friend of mine was having his thread ceremony (the initiation of a male’s spiritual journey) so I went to that instead. The only reason i feel bad about not going to church is because we got a new pastor and this sunday was his first time preaching at our church</p>
<p>I didn’t. Haven’t since I was confirmed. I feel great.</p>
<p>I went, we did communion.</p>
<p>I did. You don’t need to feel guilty for not going, just go next week. There are many sins worse than missing one church meeting.</p>
<p>I didn’t today. Had to practice for my recital.</p>
<p>There’s no reason to feel bad. God’s not going to damn you to hell because you didn’t go to one service…or even multiple services. It’s what in the heart, not a building.</p>
<p>I wish I could “like” madogmgd’s comment, like they do on facebook.</p>
<p>Feel much better:)</p>
<p>I didn’t, because I was too busy skinning cats and defecating on their bloody bodies in the name of Satan my Lord and King.</p>
<p>I went to a catholic grammar school and went to church every week until I graduated 8th grade.</p>
<p>Haven’t been back since. I feel great.</p>
<p>I did, Hallelujer praise God
I felt the power of JESUS in me
and of the HOLY GHOST
Praise the Lort</p>
<p>@Romulus</p>
<p>The Lort?</p>
<p>May the Lort bless us all.</p>
<p>I went twice on Saturday; once for that day and once for the vigil mass for Sunday. If you’re Catholic, you should feel bad (mortally bad) about not going if you could have gone on Sunday, and should go to confession ASAP. </p>
<p>I love the people who hate the mass and were formerly Catholic. All it means is, for whatever reason (and most of the time not their own fault, the post-1960s was simply awful for religious instruction), they never learned how to pray. Catholicism has not been tried and found wanting; it has been tried and found difficult. </p>
<p>Anyways, that represents mass-attending Catholics on this thread.</p>
<p>Unless you’re Catholic, you don’t have to worry much. But even if you are Catholic, don’t sweat it, one mass isn’t a biggie.</p>
<p>Thanks to my SDA father, I go to church on Saturday, which is a pain. Ellen White is just eh,…</p>
<p>I’m Catholic and I haven’t been to mass in over three years haha…</p>
<p>I tend to skip church on days I’m really busy and screwed for the following Monday…</p>
<p>Before HS, I never used to do this, but it’s becoming more frequent as I’m getting deeper into HS.</p>
<p>I can say for sure, if you plan on doing this more, you will begin to feel less guilty.</p>
<p>However, I will also tell you that, for sure, your sense of spirituality will decline significantly.</p>
<p>Weighing the pros vs the cons, it’d probably be wise to only skip Sundays sparingly.</p>
<p>Lol, I live in a Catholic country and I am not even baptized! So I’m not even talking about Sunday church and communions. I’d probably combust as soon as walk into the church.</p>
<p>So no, I don’t go to church and I don’t believe in religion. In my opinion, religion is just a way to control masses.</p>
<p>And my Mom refused to have me Baptized as a baby arguing that it was unfair from my perspective, as I was too young to consciously decide weather I want to be Catholic, Orthodox or even Muslim. I know, cool story indeed.</p>
<p>I’m gonna assume OP is a Catholic like myself.</p>
<p>It is a sin to miss Mass, but obviously not one on the level of murder or rape. Just make sure to mention it the next time in confession. If you truly just forgot about it then it isn’t even that bad. The fact that it concerns you is a good sign.</p>
<p>^Small clarification: missing mass intentionally, in the absence of extenuating circumstances (i.e. physical impossibility, kidnapping, injury, sickness, caring for a sick or elderly person, etc. etc.), is according to Catholic teaching a mortal sin. If you are guilty of all three components of a mortal sin (full knowledge, grave matter, full consent), you would go to Hell if you died without confessing your sin of skipping mass intentionally when you could have gone on Sunday. And, no, claiming too much work does not count, unless you work as a surgeon in the hospital room at all available mass times. </p>
<p>BUT, confessing that you skipped a Sunday mass is not really that difficult to do. Just mention it in confession ASAP.</p>