7 Reasons to Celebrate Holy Days of Obligation: 1. We get to unite with Catholics throughout the world to show how special the day is. 2. We get to unite with Christ in the Eucharist. 3. We get to worship God and love Him. 4. We get to put our priorities in order once again. 5. We get to pray in the highest form of prayer there is - The Mass. 6. We get to stand out from the crowd and proclaim to the world our faith. 7. We get the opportunity to share the faith with a friend who is non-Catholic and may not understand why we do such things. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are the Holy Days of Obligation or "Opportunity": ~January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God; ~Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the solemnity of the Ascension; ~August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; ~November 1, the solemnity of All Saints; ~December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception; ~December 25, the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. ~Whenever January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, or August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption, or November 1, the solemnity of All Saints, falls on a Saturday or on a Monday, the precept to attend Mass is abrogated.
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