The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 031 (April 28, 2025)

Catholics can fulfill their Sunday obligation by going to Mass either on Sunday itself or on Saturday evening.

Jewish people often reckon the day as beginning at evening, so are the two practices connected?

Can Christians fulfill their Sunday obligation on Saturday night because that’s when Sunday began for Jews?

In this episode, Jimmy Akin takes you through the history of how Jewish people reckoned such matters and how “vigil Masses” were introduced into the Catholic Church.

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
00:16 – Intro
00:51 – What the Law Says
02:03 – A Proposed Explanation
03:39 – 1) Jewish Practice Was Inconsistent
09:39 – 2) The Practice Was Introduced in the 1960s
12:01 – 3) It’s Not What They Said
14:24 – Conclusion
15:53 – Closing/Outro
16:48 – End