A Topic of Moral Theology

The Time for Saying Mass

The days and hours at which Mass may be celebrated.

Within this topic

In the index as Mass · Bination · Sacrifice of the Mass · Adventitious Masses · Eucharist, as Sacrifice (Eucharistia, ut Sacrificium) · Celebration of Mass · Nativity Of Our Lord Jesus Christ · To celebrate Mass in leavened bread · Holy Week · Dawn · Mass, with exposition of the Most Holy Sacrament · Thursday in the Supper of the Lord · Holy Saturday · Hours · Nativity of the Lord · Notion of Mass · Supper of the Lord · Bishop · Church · Functions of Holy Week · Mass Stipends · Parasceve · Priest · Time

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. III, Book Fourth. On the Euchar…, Chapter Second. On the Euc…, Q. VI, Article II., nn. ¶1, 205, 206 & 207 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. V, Pt. II, Chapter IV. The Time for Saying Mass, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. IV, Diss. III, Pt. II, Sect. II, Chapter III. On the Time of Offering, nn. 248 & 249 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. II, Treatise On the Eucharist, Second Part. On the Euchar…, Ch. IV, Article I. On the Time of Celebration, nn. 381, 382, 383, 384 & 385 (28 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. III, Bk. II, Tr. IV, Ch. III, Art. II, Time, and Place of Celebra…, § 2. On a Suitable Time of Celebration, nn. 336, 337, 338, 339 & 340 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IV, Sect. II, Ch. III, Article I. On the Time of Celebrating Mass, n. ¶40 — The time of celebration is determined by ecclesiastical law both as regards the days and as regards the hours. It is indeed lawful to celebrate Mass daily, but by Latin ecclesiastical law private Masses are prohibited on… Read in context →

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. IV, Sect. II, Ch. III, Art. I, § 1. On Masses During the Last Three Days of Holy Week, nn. 281, 282 & 283 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Part Third: On the Sacrame…, Tr. IV, Diss. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1. On the Time and Place of Celebration, nn. ¶1, ¶1623, ¶1624, ¶1625, ¶1626, ¶2, ¶1627, ¶1628 & ¶1629 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE EUCHARIST, PART SECOND: ON THE EUCHAR…, Ch. IV, ARTICLE I: ON THE TIME OF CELEBRATION, nn. ¶1326 & ¶1327 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Most Holy…, Section B: On the Eucharis…, Second Part: On the Precep…, Appendix: On the Rites, Ceremonies, and Other Precepts to Be Observed in the Celebration and Dispensation of the Eucharist, nn. ¶1 & 387 (29 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. II, Tr. XIV, Pt. II, Chapter IV. On the Time of the Celebration of Mass, nn. 713, 714, 714, Q. 2, 714, Q. 3, 714, Q. 4, 714, Q. 5 & 714, Q. 6 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. I, Case III: Low Mass on Holy Thursday, nn. ¶1–¶18 (18 passages)

Vol. IV, Case LIV: Saying a Second Mass, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4 & ¶5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion

Pt. III, I. THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF T…, 11. THE TIME WHEN MASS IS TO BE CELEBRATED, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, Comprising Select Decrees and Definitions of the Holy See, of Ecumenical Councils and of the Sacred Roman Congregations (Enchiridion Morale), Fourth Edition

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905), On the Eucharist, n. 638 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Enchiridion, and Supplement to the Compendium of Moral Theology of Gury-Ballerini (Enchiridion Morale)

Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion, On the Eucharist, nn. ¶78–¶98, ¶104 & ¶105 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Sacrifice of the Mass — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · The Roman Catechism · Decretum of Gratian · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)