Why is our Sunday Mass obligation so important to us Catholics? And why does missing Mass on Sundays harm our relationship with God? In this podcast, a caller asks Father Dave why he said that missing Sunday Mass is a mortal sin. Father Dave explains the importance of our obligation and why missing Mass hurts our spiritual life. (Original Air 10-19-16)

Photo credit: Father Alonzo Cox, coordinator of the Vicariate of Black Catholic Concerns in the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., presides at a healing Mass  at St. Martha Church in Uniondale, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)