Show 214: The Time and Place where Mass is to be Celebrated

THE TIME WHEN MASS IS TO BE CELEBRATED

1. The holy sacrifice of the Mass is generally to be celebrated between sunrise and noon, and at midnight on Christmas Eve.
2. On Sundays and holydays of obligation the holy sacrifice of the Mass is offered at a convenient hour in all parish churches, and almost always on week-days also.
3. No priest may, as a rule, say Mass more than once daily; but on Christmas Day all priests are allowed to say three Masses. And by the permission of the bishop some parish priests who have a large congregation are allowed to duplicate, that is, say two Masses on the same day.

THE PLACE WHERE MASS IS TO BE CELEBRATED.

1. The apostles offered the holy sacrifice on a table in a dwelling-house.
2. In the time of the great persecution of the Christians, the holy sacrifice was offered on the tombs of the martyrs in subterranean passages (the Catacombs).
3. "When the period of persecution was over, the holy sacrifice of the Mass was offered in churches upon altars of stone.
4. Churches are usually built on a height, or in the centre of a township. The styles of ecclesiastical architecture are many and varied.
5. Both the external and internal arrangements of churches are adapted to awaken and aid devotion.
6. The consecration of a church is performed by the bishop, but a church can, with the permission of the bishop, be employed for divine service without consecration.

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