Mass without the Gospel

[recentrevert]

How serious an abuse is it for the priest to allow a relative at a Requiem Mass to read a eulogy after the first reading, then omit the Gospel and only read it after the concluding rights?

 

[seagal]

Sounds like the priest simply forgot eek the gospel, since he did finally do it at the end. Eulogies are not a proper part of the funeral mass.

 

[zab]

How serious an abuse is it for the priest to allow a relative at a Requiem Mass to read a eulogy after the first reading, then omit the Gospel and only read it after the concluding rights?

I don’t know. That is a puzzling question. If it was a Latin Mass, the readings are done in Latin, (and then it is read again in English) . And there is a last Gospel of St. John at the end of the Mass. However, I doubt that a eulogy would be given after the readings.

 

[chaplainmom]

Are you sure it was a mass? It sounds like a memorial service.

 

[peter26]

Easy way to check: was there communion? If not, it wasn’t a Mass. If it was a Mass, it needs a Gospel reading in the correct place and deliberately committing it would be a serious abuse. But if it just happened once, I would guess the priest forgot. If it happens again, its worth having a word with him, its not a trivial matter by any means.

 

[rondirect]

Sounds like the priest simply forgot eek the gospel, since he did finally do it at the end. Eulogies are not a proper part of the funeral mass.

Agree. We do not allow eulogies at our funeral masses, only at the wake service.

 

[corsair]

I believe one poster got it right; in the TLM Requiem there is no eulogy. I also believe that they are not permitted in the OF Funeral Mass either. Just something that has crept in since 1969.