Family Member Did Not Attend Day Of Obligation

[emmaberry101]

Hello! This is the user emmaberry (posting on this account because my regular has a topic posting glitch?)

My dad did not attend Mass on the Assumption. He is a devout Catholic. Do I approach him next time we are at Mass if he has the intention of receiving communion without confession? He said he was busy at work, and that releases him from the obligation. I am not sure if this is one of the few things that can release him from an obligation, but he seems pretty confident about it.

I would love to not have to say anything, but I will if it is required of me. Thanks for any help!

[cappie]

Canon 1247
On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass; they are also to abstain from those labors and business concerns which impede the worship to be rendered to God, the joy which is proper to the Lord's Day, or the proper relaxation of mind and body.
Canon 1248
1. The precept of participating in the Mass is satisfied by assistance at a Mass which is celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the holy day or on the evening of the preceding day.
2. If because of lack of a sacred minister or for other grave cause participation in the celebration of the Eucharist is impossible, it is specially recommended that the faithful take part in the liturgy of the word if it is celebrated in the parish church or in another sacred place according to the prescriptions of the diocesan bishop, or engage in prayer for an appropriate amount of time personally or in a family or, as occasion offers, in groups of families.

Since a "grave cause" is needed to excuse one from this obligation it would be a serious or mortal sin to willfully skip Mass on Sunday or a Holy Day of Obligation, as the Church has always taught. Reasons such as the necessity to work to support one's family, child care, personal sickness or the care of the sick, necessary travel etc. would excuse a person on a particular occasions.

I would think that it is a matter between God and your father.

[Theoketos]

I am not sure why this has zero replies, but I am writing here to see if by bumping it might now. Good answer above.