Held captive at the end of Mass

[Digitonomy]

The problem is that
a) a layperson is not allowed to give the homily

Correct. The OP never said a layman was doing so.

anp1215:

b) nothing is to be added to the Mass that isn’t in the rubrics… this “appeal” is being added to the Mass when the rubrics don’t call for it.

The rubrics absolutely call for a homily. Here is what the GIRM says in paragraph 65:

It should be an explanation of some aspect of the readings from Sacred Scripture or of another text from the Ordinary or the Proper of the Mass of the day and should take into account both the mystery being celebrated and the particular needs of the listeners.

Almost any Sunday of the year a visiting Ligourian priest could pluck a couple salient points from the readings and expand into an appeal for donations. Annoying, maybe. Illicit, hardly.

 

[iloveangels]

Have the same thing here sometimes. I just wait it out. Nothing keeps you from praying a little bit extra because you have the time while you wait.

 

[WingsOfEagles]

I agree. However, that wasn’t the complaint the OP made about the homily. Here’s what he said about the homily:To which you appear to have replied,I am not aware of any rule preventing an appeal for donations as part of the homily. It is not my favorite thing to hear during mass, but clerics have latitude to speak about a lot of different topics during the homily, including donations for whatever cause.

The homily is specifically to be about the day’s readings. It is not to be about appeals for money or other announcements. This is clear in the rubrics. Therefore, OP poster has a right to not like hearing it at that point.

Any sort of announcement is specified for the Concluding Rites. The OP needs to grin and bear any appeals for causes at this point.

 

[anp1215]

Correct. The OP never said a layman was doing so.The rubrics absolutely call for a homily. Here is what the GIRM says in paragraph 65:Almost any Sunday of the year a visiting Ligourian priest could pluck a couple salient points from the readings and expand into an appeal for donations. Annoying, maybe. Illicit, hardly.

Of course the rubrics call for a homily. But you can’t interject an appeal in place of a homily. If a priest incorporates some sort of appeal within a homily, I don’t have a problem with that.

 

[Digitonomy]

The homily is specifically to be about the day’s readings. It is not to be about appeals for money or other announcements. This is clear in the rubrics.

I would be interested to see a rubric that specifies what a homily is not to be about.

Just because a cleric includes some of the day’s scripture does not prevent him from mentioning what a beautiful day it is, or why he’s wearing the color vestment he is, or what the HHS mandate controversy is about, or (as we are discussing here) suggest ways we can fulfill the precepts of the Church.