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Notes to nn. 639 and 657 bis

¶1.

To nn. 639 and 657 bis.

"Ordinaries, from just and reasonable causes, and with the things to be observed by law having been observed, can permit, by way of act, the celebration of Mass at home, on any day.

"Ordinaries, from just and reasonable causes, and with the things to be observed by law having been observed, can permit, by way of act, the celebration of Mass at home in favor of those who enjoy the Indult of a domestic Oratory, even on those days which are excepted in the Indult obtained, provided that the just and reasonable causes are other than those on account of which the Indult of the domestic Oratory was granted." Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments, March 22, 1915; Acta Apostolicae Sedis, vol. 7, p. 147.

Sundays of the first class are:

  1. First Sunday of Advent.

  2. First Sunday of Lent.

  3. Passion Sunday.

  4. Palm Sunday.

  5. Easter Sunday.

  6. Low Sunday.

  7. Pentecost.

  8. Most Holy Trinity.

Sundays of the second class are: 1. The second, third, and fourth Sundays of Advent. 2. Septuagesima. 3. Sexagesima. 4. Quinquagesima. 5. The second, third, and fourth Sundays of Lent.

In Doubles of the first class, commemorations can and must be made, if they occur: 1. of any Sunday whatever, whether of the second class or lesser; 2. of a Day within the privileged Octaves of the Nativity, Epiphany, and Most Holy Body of Christ; 3. of a greater non-privileged Feria, that is, of Advent, Lent, Ember Days, and the second day of Rogations; 4. of the Vigil of Epiphany.

¶2.

But in Doubles of the second class, commemorations can and must be made, if they occur: 1. of any Sunday whatever; 2. of any Double, even of a non-privileged Octave Day, or Semidouble, reduced after the manner of a Simple; 3. of a Day within the privileged Octaves of the Nativity, Epiphany, and Most Holy Body of Christ; 4. of any greater Feria whatever; 5. of a Vigil; 6. but of a Simple only at Lauds and in private Masses.

Privileged Ferias, Vigils, and Octaves which exclude Doubles of the first class: 1. Ash Wednesday. 2. The Ferias of the whole Greater Week. 3. The Vigils of the Nativity and Pentecost. 4. The Days within the Octaves of Easter and Pentecost. 5. The Octave Day of the Nativity, or Circumcision, Epiphany, and the Most Holy Body of Christ.

Nevertheless on the Octave Day of the Solemn Commemoration of the Most Holy Body of Christ, when the Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul occurs, the Office is made of their Feast, with commemoration of the Octave Day, which however is omitted in second Vespers because of the concurrence of the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Cf. Acta Sanctae Sedis, fasc. January 31, 1912.

Ferias, Vigils, and Octaves which exclude Doubles of the second class, besides those already indicated in the preceding paragraph, are: the Days within the Octaves of Epiphany and of the Most Holy Body of Christ.

¶3.

On Ferias of Lent, and also of Ember Days, of the second day of Rogations, and on Vigils, if there occurs the Office of some Double Feast, not however of the first or second class, or Semidouble, private Masses can be said ad libitum, either of the Feast with commemoration and last Gospel of the Feria or Vigil, or of the Feria or Vigil with commemoration of the Feast.

"From Decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, n. 3365, Chioggia, August 7, 1875, ad III, the Bishop can prescribe that a collect for a grave matter, if it truly is for a grave matter, be said even in doubles of the first class; it is asked:

I. When the Bishop prescribes a collect for a grave matter even in doubles of the first class, must the collect be said in all and individual doubles of the first class?

II. If the Bishop simply commands a collect for a grave matter without any mention of doubles of the first class, on what days is the collect to be omitted?

Response. To I: In the affirmative, excepting the following days, namely: the Nativity of the Lord; Epiphany of the Lord; Thursday in the Supper of the Lord; Holy Saturday; Easter of the Resurrection; Ascension of the Lord; Pentecost; the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity; and the Feast of the Most Holy Body of Christ.

¶4.

To II: In all doubles of the first class, on the Vigils of the Nativity of the Lord and Pentecost, and on Palm Sunday." Sacred Congregation of Rites, December 23, 1914.