Why Does Anyone Go to Mass?

What do these three answers or paradigms suggest collectively? Mainly, I think, that there is very little the Church can do to encourage attendance at Mass one way or the other; even the favored solutions of some conservative prelates—e.g., having pastors remind the faithful about their obligation to attend Mass under pain of mortal sin—is only applicable to those for whom “obligation” and “mortal sin” are meaningful categories of human experience. It is, literally, preaching to the choir (or in this case perhaps the schola).

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