Why do Catholics observe Eucharist every Sunday?
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- Do they observe (mass) on other days too?
Yes. Each and every day except on Good Friday and holy Saturday (excluding Easter vigil). And btw Catholics don't observe mass like a show, they participate in it.
- Why is Eucharist observed in Catholic parishes every Sunday?
Just to help Catholics attend mass on Sundays. Why on Sunday? Because it is the day of the Resurrection: the new creation.
- Are Catholics obligated to attend the mass every Sunday?
Yes they are. To be precise, they have to attend mass on all Holy days of obligation, in which all Sundays of the year are included.
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Why every Sunday rather than less frequently? The Catechism of the Catholic Church answers:
I. THE EUCHARIST - SOURCE AND SUMMIT OF ECCLESIAL LIFE
1324 The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life."136 "The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch."137
1325 "The Eucharist is the efficacious sign and sublime cause of that communion in the divine life and that unity of the People of God by which the Church is kept in being. It is the culmination both of God's action sanctifying the world in Christ and of the worship men offer to Christ and through him to the Father in the Holy Spirit."138
1326 Finally, by the Eucharistic celebration we already unite ourselves with the heavenly liturgy and anticipate eternal life, when God will be all in all.139
1327 In brief, the Eucharist is the sum and summary of our faith: "Our way of thinking is attuned to the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in turn confirms our way of thinking."140
Yes, Mass is offered daily in most parishes, sometimes multiple times per day and in multiple languages.
Yes, Catholics are obliged by canon law to attend mass at least once a week (Sunday obligation), but to be honest, many don't. In most parishes the Sunday obligation can also be met by attending a vigil mass on Saturday evening or a late mass on Sunday evening as well as a choice of mass times on Sunday morning. There are also several holy days (varies by diocese) that are also obligations.
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