‘We strongly encourage our faithful to return to the Sunday Eucharist with a purified heart, renewed amazement, and increased desire to meet the Lord,’ says CBCP president and Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David.
MANILA, Philippines – Citing the relaxation of COVID-19 health protocols in the country, the head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines encouraged the faithful to return to the pews physically for Sunday Mass.
David said, these circumstances “permit and oblige us to return to the normality of Christian life, which has the Church building as its home of the celebration of the liturgy, especially the Eucharist.” Given this, he said that there was a need to “evaluate and study” the frequency of livestreamed Masses, which has sustained Catholics spiritually during the height of the lockdown.
Sundays are considered “days of obligation” for Catholics, as it “is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice,” according to t. “he faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason or dispensed by their own pastor,” the Catechism stated.
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