Is the Homily part of the Mass?

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Is the Priest’s Homily actually part of the Mass? I remember someone telling me a while ago that it was somehow a “break” or a “pause”. Is there a name for this? I could be totally way off, just curious. Thanks 😃
 
ProVobis said:
Technically no. (There is no text or script he must follow.)

And neither is people’s communion for that matter.
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In the GIRM it is under part B (Liturgy of the Word) of section 3, “Individual parts of the Mass”
  1. The homily is part of the Liturgy and is strongly recommended, for it is necessary for the nurturing of the Christian life. It should be an exposition of some aspect of the readings from Sacred Scripture or of another text from the Ordinary or from 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.
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Wow i really like how fast people reply on this site! Thanks guys.
What i was kind of leaning towards was that sometimes a priest may talk about something controversial and that his opinion is not the official opinion of the Church. So is what he says actually a part of the Mass? Sorry i’m not great at communicating what i want to say.
 
A priest is morally-bound that when he teaches (or preaches/gives homilies) to teach in accordance with all doctrines and dogmas of the Catholic Church.
 
PaulMatthewM said:
Wow i really like how fast people reply on this site! Thanks guys.
What i was kind of leaning towards was that sometimes a priest may talk about something controversial and that his opinion is not the official opinion of the Church. So is what he says actually a part of the Mass? Sorry i’m not great at communicating what i want to say.
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The part I quoted from the GIRM says as such:
It should be an exposition of some aspect of the readings from Sacred Scripture or of another text from the Ordinary or from 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.
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Some priests are skilled in tying in any social issue with the readings. Some just abandon the readings and tackle the issues. As long as the teaching is inline with the Church, then its fine I guess.
 
I would think it would be as the elder/pastor/teachers job is to equip the saints…Paul used to preach so long people went to sleep…Best not to be sitting in the window sill…🙂
 
PaulMatthewM said:
Is the Priest’s Homily actually part of the Mass? I remember someone telling me a while ago that it was somehow a “break” or a “pause”. Is there a name for this? I could be totally way off, just curious. Thanks 😃
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Experientially, it is a break in the sacred action. Some people see it as an intrusion (I remember Martin Mosebach being of this opinion in his book The Heresy of Formlessness). It is sort of an interlude from the timeless world of the sacred liturgy; some priests even take off their chasubles to preach. But formally it is part of the Mass.

Interestingly, in the Orthodox liturgy, the homily is at the end of the Divine Liturgy; it stands outside of it.
 
Yes ,because after the Gospel, the Priest talks to us, explaining what the Gospel
is saying ,to help us understand. This is called the Homily,and when I hear what he
said,s it feeles me with joy,because some times when we read the Bible, we don,t
understand it ,so thst,s why, I like listhing too the Homily,the Priest bring,s out
the word of Jesus, which he supposed too do, to bring us closer to GOD.
Code: 
       May the word of the Lord be heard always

           GOD BLESS ALL THAT LISTEN TO HIS WORD,S:)
 
The pastor is responsible for the continuous Catholic education of his parishioners. The easiest way to provide it is the regular homily.

In the good old times there was homily only Sundays or on the Holy days of obligation, the weekday homilies started only after the council.
 
for me it is. It is very important to me because the Priest usually points out a way of looking at the Gospels that I would not have imagined.
 
ProVobis said:
I don’t think so. It is optional on week days, at least in the EF. Trying to find a link because I too remember reading it’s not part of the Mass.

windsorlatinmass.org/wtnews/060625.pdf is all I could find. It has something to do with his taking off the maniple to give a sermon (to break the continuity of Mass)
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It’s part of the mass, but it’s one of a very few optional parts.

It’s only optional for daily masses; it is required for Sundays and Solemnities, and encouraged for daily masses.
 
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