カトリック教会の信者
「Fr.Zのブログ」より：Fr.Z への質問です。
QUAERITUR:
Someone told me that I am bound to attend mass at my territorial parish, even though it is a rule that is not followed by many people. I was told this as reason for why I should not be attending the TLM at a church about 30 minutes away from my house. Is this true? Am I required to attend mass only at my territorial parish church?
In the 1983 Code of Canon Law we find that on Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Mass (can. 1247). We also find that, “a person who assists at a Mass celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the feast day itself or in the evening of the preceding day satisfies the obligation of participating in the Mass.(can. 1248 §1).
Hence, you can go to Mass anywhere, so long as it is a Catholic Mass.・・・・・・・・
Keep in mind that, out of justice, if you are receiving services from a parish, you should be supporting the parish financially (or an equivalent) as well.
Fr.Zの答はいつもカトリックの教会法に基づいているので正確です。質問者のような人は世界中にいるでしょう。そしてこの人たちを非難するのは信徒だけでなくわずかですが司祭もおられます。司祭から注意されれば自分はミサに与っているのに悪いことをしているかのように感じてしまう人もいるでしょう。とても悲しいことですね。
皆さん「私たちはそれぞれ〇〇教会の信者である前にカトリック教会の信者である」ことを忘れないでください。ごミサに与ることが大切なのですから。
