{"id":20947,"date":"2024-11-29T21:04:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T21:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20947"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:49:23","slug":"midnight-mass-catholics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/midnight-mass-catholics\/","title":{"rendered":"O que \u00e9 a Missa do Galo e \u00e9 sempre \u00e0 meia-noite?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Midnight Mass is the Christmas Mass said in the night, the first of three on the feast itself. Rome asked that it begin around midnight, yet many parishes now start it earlier in the evening, the pope&#039;s included. Its Gospel is the birth of Jesus and the angels singing to the shepherds. Those shepherds were out in the field, &quot;keeping watch over their flock by night&quot; (Luke 2:8), when the news came to them, and this Mass opens its readings\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christmas Mass during the Night: why Rome asked for midnight, why many parishes start earlier, its readings, history, and who may receive Communion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[210],"series":[217],"class_list":["post-20947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","tag-christmas-series","series-catholicism-demystified"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00469.webp?fit=900%2C679&ssl=1","mfb_acf":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20947"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=20947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}