The Fourth Commandment

Keep holy the Sabbath day
Is also fairly straightforward. Just attend Church every Sunday. God gave us seven days each week- is it too much to ask that for one day, for one hour, we go to mass and devote ourselves to Him?
For some, yes, it is too much to ask. Yes, don't go if you are sick, but you should make up for the mass you missed. Pray for an hour in your room, attend mass during the week, do something to make Sunday holy. But some people skip mass even if they are not sick. "I'm too busy." "I don't get anything out of mass." "It's boring." "It's just the same thing every time." Are some of the many excuses I have heard. So let's break down each one.
I'm too busy.
Is God too busy for you? Too often have I fallen into the trap of thinking that I am too busy with track or with homework for mass. But then I think. Every time we pray, God listens. No matter the day, the hour, the second, God is watching over us. He made us, gave us all that is good, listens to us when we need Him, yet we cannot spend a single hour a week in mass? You cannot possibly have better things to do. God is more important than everything and everyone. And it's not as if there is just one time for mass- there are many masses every Sunday. Find one that works for you. Fit it in.
I don't get anything our of mass.
You must not be paying attention hard enough. You get counseling form a priest,hear the words of God, and receive the body and blood of Jesus Christ each mass. Who could ask for more?
It's boring.
How? You get a different readying each mass, different priests with different interpretations of God's word, different songs, different seasons of mass. If I feel myself beginning to zone out during mass, I find it helpful to think about what we say, or sing or hear throughout mass. We make promises to God and to others to be the best we can be. Are you being your best? I, for one, know that I can certainly be better... so mass can't be boring. It can transform into something exciting, because we are learning how to better our lives to become our best.
It's just the same thing every time.
If it was the same thing every time, then why does the Pope attend mass? Why does God tell us to go every Sunday? Because mass is not repetition. As I said before, mass is constantly changing. Yes, we do repeat some old tradition, but mass is in no way the exact same each time. Just because you greet your host, eat pizza, and dance at different parties, doesn't mean that those parties are the same old same old. Each is different and unique, yet follows the same basic tradition. Just like mass.
But what if mass was boring and repetitive and useless but God still said we should go to it? We would still need to go to it. But mass is new and inspiring and holy and good and God wants us to go. Why not go?