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Oct 3, 2023 · If selling sacred things is a sin (called simony), then how can Catholic priests ask for or accept stipends to say a Mass?
Oct 31, 2017 · Grace from Eucharist comes to all of us, whether or not we pay a Mass stipend. But that stipend is a reflection of looking at Eucharist as not an action but a thing -- a commodity.
6 days ago · Mass stipends are a donation for having a Mass said for some intention. This is the subject of a whole chapter of canon law due to the abuses in the past! A priest generally is allowed to keep one stipend per day and cannot combine multiple intentions into one Mass.
Nov 8, 2019 · What has traditionally been called a Mass stipend is an offering, usually monetary, which the faithful give to a priest and which, on acceptance, obliges him in justice to offer the fruits of the Mass for the intention of that donor.
Jan 31, 2018 · Father Ken Doyle delves into the sticky matter of monetary offerings for Mass intentions. Though he dislikes the appearance of impropriety, there are good reasons for, and against, the practice.
Jul 12, 2023 · Q: What are Mass stipends? Are these the same as Mass offerings? A: As the 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia defines it, a Mass stipend is “a certain monetary offering which anyone makes to the priest with the accompanying obligation of celebrating a Mass in accordance with the intentions of the donor.” In common parlance, the terms “Mass ...
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In such cases it is licit to combine the various offerings in order to celebrate as many Masses as would correspond to the fixed diocesan stipend. The faithful are also free to combine their intentions and offerings for the celebration of a single Mass for these intentions.
