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Day of Obligation

Exodus 23:14

"Three times every year you shall celebrate feasts to me"

Exodus 23:15

"Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread"

Exodus 23:17

"Thrice a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God."

Canon 1246

"The Lord’s Day, on which the paschal mystery is celebrated, is by apostolic tradition to be observed in the universal Church as the primary holyday of obligation. In the same way the following holydays are to be observed: the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Epiphany, the Ascension of Christ, the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, the feast of Mary the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, the feast of St Joseph, the feast of the Apostles SS Peter and Paul, and the feast of All Saints."

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