Sunday mass

Catholic weekly service

Sunday mass is the principal weekly worship service in Catholic and some other Christian traditions, held on Sunday to commemorate the resurrection of Christ.

For observant Catholics, attending Sunday mass is a religious obligation: We never missed Sunday mass growing up.

The phrase often evokes routine devotion or childhood religious upbringing.

Opposites
day/timing of worship

Sunday massweekday service

Worship held Monday-Friday

midnight mass · Friday prayers · morning prayers · compline

sacred vs. secular activity

Sunday massSunday brunch

Late morning weekend meal

sleeping in · lawn mowing · golf outing · staying home · golf

religious tradition

Sunday massShabbat services

Jewish weekly religious gathering

Quaker meeting · Buddhist meditation · secular humanism

Family

Sunday, mass, sun, day, days, sunny, sunlight, sunrise, sunset

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