Up here in the north woods where you might get snowed in completely.

Someone could say, well, that's my excuse.

I got snowed and I couldn't go to mass.

So instead I just went to the mall.

Like, well, no, you've got snowed it.

You know, anyways, back to our story.

Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascension Presents.

So one question that comes up all of the time,

I'd like legitimately all over the time,

is the question of why do we have to go to mass every single Sunday.

In fact, it gets so serious that when it comes to our,

what they call this Sunday obligation,

is that if I intentionally skip mass on Sunday,

I'm guilty of a mortal sin.

A sin mortal sin is a grave matter.

That means not doing what the Lord has asked me to do.

And I know it's a sin and I really choose to do it anyways.

If I intentionally skip mass on a Sunday, it is a mortal sin,

which means I have to go to confession before I can receive Holy Communion.

It's a big deal.

Why is it a big deal?

So I wanted to try to, I don't know, take a little,

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