Is Kissing the Gospels Optional?

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Aramis said:
The priest is disobedient to the rubrics of the mass. This makes the mass illicit, but it is nowhere near enough to make it invalid.

it’s a sin for the priest, but how big a one depends upon his state of mind, his education, and a number of other issues.

You should put politely in writing that you are uncomfortable with his not obeying the rubrics of the Mass. Make a couple copies, and send the original to him. If he doesn’t change the behavior, send a copy with a letter to the bishop, along with copies of any written response by the priest.

Redemptoris Sacramentum states that a valid and licit mass is a right of the faithful. (and not many rights are conceeded by the Church!)
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In direct answer to the OP question this is the best answer I’ve seen thus far.
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triumphguy said:
Yes, it’s in the rubrics - but the whole mass is not illicit if the priest does not kiss the book of the Gospels.
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I never incited that the whole Mass was invalid. There’s a difference between Mass being illicit and invalid.

Still Aramis is correct in what he posted
Originally Posted by Aramis
The priest is disobedient to the rubrics of the mass. This makes the mass illicit, but it is nowhere near enough to make it invalid.
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it’s a sin for the priest, but how big a one depends upon his state of mind, his education, and a number of other issues.
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You should put politely in writing that you are uncomfortable with his not obeying the rubrics of the Mass. Make a couple copies, and send the original to him. If he doesn’t change the behavior, send a copy with a letter to the bishop, along with copies of any written response by the priest.
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Redemptoris Sacramentum states that a valid and licit mass is a right of the faithful. (and not many rights are conceeded by the Church!)
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The mass is not illicit. It is illicit to miss some of the rubrics.

If I speed once during a car journey does that make my whole journey illegal?

Anyway - I’m spending a day with a priest and canon lawyer - I’ll ask him.
 
triumphguy said:
The mass is not illicit. It is illicit to miss some of the rubrics.

If I speed once during a car journey does that make my whole journey illegal?

Anyway - I’m spending a day with a priest and canon lawyer - I’ll ask him.
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That’s a little tacky way of putting it. How would you see it as a priest changing rubrics of the Mass or deliberately omitting rubrics of the Mass for his own convience?
Would that not be illicit, but not necessarily invalid?

The Roman Missal is there for priest the follow to the letter because it is a prescribed norm undersigned by a respective countries Conference of Catholic Bishops in union with the Papal authority of Catholic Church. The prescribed rubrics of the Mass are not open to optional omission for the sake of whim. Granted there is room for human error.
 
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