Because of the reports about the likelihood of severe winter weather this weekend, please remember that no one is required to sacrifice their safety and well-being to attend Sunday Mass. We should not lightly exempt ourselves from the obligation to attend Mass, but dangerous roads and icy conditions provide a good reason to stay at home. Live-streamed masses, reading the Scriptures of the day, prayer as a family can all be good ways to keep holy the Lord’s Day when it is not safe to go to Mass.
Peace and all good,
Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv.