Daily Mass Readings

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I have never been to a mass during the weekday (except for Holy Days). Right now I cannot because of my work hours. One question I had, typically, does the priest read the first and second readings in addition to the Gospel? Or, are there readers like the weekend mass? I am sure this might vary from parish to parish, but just wanted to see what some of your experiences were.

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We have a reader assigned on week days as well as Sundays and Holy Days.
 
regression said:
I have never been to a mass during the weekday (except for Holy Days). Right now I cannot because of my work hours. One question I had, typically, does the priest read the first and second readings in addition to the Gospel? Or, are there readers like the weekend mass? I am sure this might vary from parish to parish, but just wanted to see what some of your experiences were.

Thanks.
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usccb.org/nab/

This contains the daily mass readings. I am not a big fan of the NAB, but it is noteworthy that this is what is read out the lectionary
 
I do attend Daily Mass and for the last few decades a lay person has always read the readings for the day. In fact, the only time in my recent memory that the priest has done so was a couple of years ago when we were in the midst of a terrible snow storm and only myself and one other parishoner showed up for Mass. Even so, the priest did ask me before Mass if I would do the readings but I had laryngitis and the other parishoner was actually a member of the Korean community of our parish and did not read English well at all.
At all parishes that I am familiar with, there will be a list of people who volunteer to do the daily readings. Usually, the parish secretary will check with those people in advance of each week to make sure that they will be available on the day to which they are assigned. My parish tries to have two people available for each day (with one the actual assignee) just in case unforeseen circumstances occur and the assigned reader doesn’t make it to Mass.
 
Frosty said:
I do attend Daily Mass and for the last few decades a lay person has always read the readings for the day. In fact, the only time in my recent memory that the priest has done so was a couple of years ago when we were in the midst of a terrible snow storm and only myself and one other parishoner showed up for Mass. Even so, the priest did ask me before Mass if I would do the readings but I had laryngitis and the other parishoner was actually a member of the Korean community of our parish and did not read English well at all.
At all parishes that I am familiar with, there will be a list of people who volunteer to do the daily readings. Usually, the parish secretary will check with those people in advance of each week to make sure that they will be available on the day to which they are assigned. My parish tries to have two people available for each day (with one the actual assignee) just in case unforeseen circumstances occur and the assigned reader doesn’t make it to Mass.
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Thanks for the info. I guess I should check my bulletin to see if people are listed as readers during the week… I would like to go to daily mass, but it is hard to with my work schedule. Maybe next time I am on vacation I can.
 
I don’t know what it is like where you live, but in my area, many parishes have a weekday Mass at least once a week in the evening. Some of the larger parishes, especially a Cathedral will also have a noon Mass. I understand that it is difficult to adjust one’s work schedule to make it to an early morning Mass and there are many who think that all Daily Masses are just that----early morning. But check around. You might be pleasantly surprised to find one that does fit your schedule.
 
Frosty said:
I don’t know what it is like where you live, but in my area, many parishes have a weekday Mass at least once a week in the evening. Some of the larger parishes, especially a Cathedral will also have a noon Mass. I understand that it is difficult to adjust one’s work schedule to make it to an early morning Mass and there are many who think that all Daily Masses are just that----early morning. But check around. You might be pleasantly surprised to find one that does fit your schedule.
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Thanks. I’ll check on masstimes.org and see what I can find. You are right, I was assuming they were all morning masses…
 
We have weekday Mass at 6:30 p.m Tuesday to Friday. No reader is scheduled but at each Mass someone gets up to read the Psalm and the reading. It helps that a few who attend weekday Mass are readers at Sunday Masses but we wouldn’t dream of scheduling those people on a regular basis. I’ve talked to the sacristan and even she will read if no one else does it - English is neither her first nor her second language but she’s a trooper and if she’s needed at daily Mass she’s there.
 
A little of both even within the same parish. Depends on what the priest wants to do and if there is a lector at the Mass (they are not scheduled for daily Mass). We have 3 daily Masses each day on weekdays and I have seen both regularly. We never have music at a daily Mass except on HDO, so there is no cantor to sing the psalm.
 
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Thanks. I’ll bookmark that site for future reference. I was actually asking who read the readings, a lector or the priest…
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weekday probably the priest or a acolyte depending on the Church. I believe EWTN has acolytes do reading except Gospel. I think they are called acolytes
 
One question I had, typically, does the priest read the first and second readings in addition to the Gospel?
**Usually on an ordinary Weekday (aka “feria”) there is only ONE reading before the Gospel.

Ideally, it’s read by a reader, but the celebrant may well do it himself if there’s no one present comfortable with this function.**
 
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