A Topic of Moral Theology

Where and how the precept is satisfied

Churches and oratories; moral presence; intention and attention

Also asked about as…

arriving late to mass · leaving mass early · mass at another parish · paying attention at mass (ed.)

In the index as Mass of precept (Missa de Praecepto) · Oratory · Attention (Attentio) · MASS to be heard by precept · Mass · Mass to Be Heard · Bishop · Distraction (Distractio) · Mass to be heard by the faithful · Place (Locus) · Cemetery · Feasts · Hearing Mass is prescribed on Sundays and feast days · Private · Private Chapel · Public · Sacristy · Sunday · Advertence · Alphonsus de’ Liguori, St. · Assistance of the pastor in the celebration of Matrimony · Blessing · Busembaum, H. (S. J.) · Canonical Hours (Horae canonicae)

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. III, Chapter I. Hearing Mass of Precept, nn. 3, 4 & 5 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On the Third Precept of th…, I. On the Precept of Hearing Mass, nn. 644, 645, 646, 647, 648 & 649 (6 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. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. I, Art. II, § I. On Those Things Which Are Required for Hearing Mass Rightly, n. ¶1 — Three things are required: 1. presence of body; 2. attention of mind; 3. due place.Read in context →

Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point I. Presence of Body, nn. ¶1, 341, 342 & 343 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point II. Attention of Mind, nn. 344, 345, 346 & 347 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise On the Precepts o…, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point III. On the Due Place, nn. ¶1, 348, 349 & 350 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, On the Virtue of Religion …, Chapter III: On the Sanctification of Sunday, nn. 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029 & 1030 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. IV, Pt. III, Chapter II: The Observance of Sundays and Holydays of Obligation, nn. ¶38, ¶39, ¶40, ¶41, ¶42, ¶43, ¶44, ¶45, ¶46, ¶47, ¶48, ¶49 & ¶50 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. III, Ch. III, ARTICLE I: On the Requisites for Hearing Mass, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶671, ¶672, ¶673, ¶4, ¶674, ¶675, ¶676, ¶5, ¶677, ¶6, ¶678, ¶7, ¶679 & ¶680 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. II, Q. I, Ch. II, Art. VII, § 3. On the Precept of Hearing Mass, nn. 479, 480 & 481 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON THE PRECEPTS O…, Ch. I, Art. II, § I. On Those Things Which Are Required For Hearing Mass Rightly, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶399, ¶400, ¶401, ¶3, ¶402, ¶403, ¶404, ¶405, ¶4 & ¶406 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. I, Art. I, § II. On Attention of Mind, nn. 243 & 245 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. VI, On the Third Precept of th…, Ch. I, Art. I, § III. On the Due Place, nn. 246, 247 & 248 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Hearing Mass of Precept — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Slater, Cases I · The Casuist · The Roman Catechism · Spirago · Deshon, Guide — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)