No homily at Mass today

[nicolep]

The Gloria cannot be omitted on Sundays in OT. The rubric says:
It is sung or said on Sundays outside the Seasons of Advent and Lent, on solemnities and feasts, and at special celebrations of a more solemn character. (GIRM 53)

Thanks for clarifying. I was thinking more of daily Mass, but didn’t structure my thought well. I was writing specifically to the PP that said the Gloria is never said during ordinary time.

 

[supertubos]

The priest is in a no win situation here. If he does not stand up there and disclose financial information once and a while during the mass he will get complaints regarding a lack of transparency from the openness hawks. If he does do it, he gets complaints from the liturgy hawks. Regardless of how much this information is publicized in the bulletin, website, newsletters, etc. the priest will still get complaints if it is not announced and as others have mentioned, most don’t read those things no matter how many times they are sent.

Our parish was in serious financial trouble a while back and the pastor and parish council scheduled multiple “town meetings” for the parish so that people could come and discuss the situation, ask questions, and offer suggestions for consideration. Out of 900+ families in the parish, less than 1% attendance was achieved. Following that, the pastor and the council solicited written questions and opinions via letter or e-mail and still hardly anyone participated. So, the council and the pastor just decided to act. Then, they announced their decisions and everyone lost their mind because they didn’t like it and felt they weren’t informed.

Bottom line, the priest is in a tough spot and he is doing what he thinks is best based on a balance of all of the situation, not just one day’s worth of the mass.

I am astonished. You could be speaking about Portugal.

Tell you a story. when the late Jesuit Fr. Arrupe arrived in Japan, he tried by all means to get to the Japanese people, trying to get them into meetings and so on. None came.

In despair, he decided to let the decision into the Japanese Christians and asked them at what time they wanted the meetings. “4 a.m.” - they say. He was dumfounded.

He invited people to the next week at 4 a.m. and, when he arrived there, the room was crowded. that’s when he learnt his so famous Survey, to ask people what they want and just follow. Maybe a Survey a complete Survey on all aspects of the Parishes should be done and then many misunderstandings would be solved and many good ideas exploited.

 

[supertubos]

The priest is in a no win situation here. If he does not stand up there and disclose financial information once and a while during the mass he will get complaints regarding a lack of transparency from the openness hawks. If he does do it, he gets complaints from the liturgy hawks. Regardless of how much this information is publicized in the bulletin, website, newsletters, etc. the priest will still get complaints if it is not announced and as others have mentioned, most don’t read those things no matter how many times they are sent.

Our parish was in serious financial trouble a while back and the pastor and parish council scheduled multiple “town meetings” for the parish so that people could come and discuss the situation, ask questions, and offer suggestions for consideration. Out of 900+ families in the parish, less than 1% attendance was achieved. Following that, the pastor and the council solicited written questions and opinions via letter or e-mail and still hardly anyone participated. So, the council and the pastor just decided to act. Then, they announced their decisions and everyone lost their mind because they didn’t like it and felt they weren’t informed.

Bottom line, the priest is in a tough spot and he is doing what he thinks is best based on a balance of all of the situation, not just one day’s worth of the mass.

Worth Reading: Fr. Pedro Arrupe, Este Japón Increíble, or This Incredible Japan, Father General of the Jesuits for many years, he entered the Society as a Medical Doctor and was in Hiroshima when the First Atomic Bomb exploded.