Deacons Giving The Homily

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My understanding is that no one is allowed to read from the Gospel or give the Homily except the priest. Am I correct in this?

In our Diocese, I see Deacons giving the Homily and reading from the Gospel all the time. Should I be conscerned about this? The Deacons are ordained, but I thought only an ordained Priest could do it.

Thanks for all your help.
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My understanding is that no one is allowed to read from the Gospel or give the Homily except the priest. Am I correct in this?

In our Diocese, I see Deacons giving the Homily and reading from the Gospel all the time. Should I be conscerned about this? The Deacons are ordained, but I thought only an ordained Priest could do it.

Thanks for all your help.
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Actually, proclaiming the gospel and preaching are two of the main “percs” of deacons. 🙂
 
From Redemptionis Scaramnetum:

[63.] “Within the celebration of the Sacred Liturgy, the reading of the Gospel, which is “the high point of the Liturgy of the Word”,[139] is reserved by the Church’s tradition to an ordained minister.[140] Thus it is not permitted for a layperson, even a religious, to proclaim the Gospel reading in the celebration of Holy Mass, nor in other cases in which the norms do not explicitly permit it.[141]

[64.] The homily, which is given in the course of the celebration of Holy Mass and is a part of the Liturgy itself,[142] “should ordinarily be given by the Priest celebrant himself. He may entrust it to a concelebrating Priest or occasionally, according to circumstances, to a Deacon, but never to a layperson.[143] In particular cases and for a just cause, the homily may even be given by a Bishop or a Priest who is present at the celebration but cannot concelebrate”.[144]

[65.] It should be borne in mind that any previous norm that may have admitted non-ordained faithful to give the homily during the eucharistic celebration is to be considered abrogated by the norm of canon 767 §1.[145] This practice is reprobated, so that it cannot be permitted to attain the force of custom.
 
Reading the gospel and giving the homily are part of the deacons’ duties by their ordination.
 
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