Priest missed out part of the mass

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This evening father missed out the Gloria and forgot to say ‘offer one another the sign of peace’ although we sort of muddled along and did the peace anyway after an awkward pause. Consecration and all else happened. Was the mass still valid ? No idea why this happened
 
No Gloria during Advent.

Of course the mass was valid. Don’t worry about the sign of peace being left out.
 
As Father said, the sign of peace is optional, and there are a small but significant number of priests who never include it. It’s not a matter of forgetting, they just prefer to omit it for various reasons.
 
Got you. He just normally does include it. Maybe as it’s advent.
 
Could be something as minor as, It’s cold season and he may think the handshaking spreads germs.

Or he could possibly have forgotten.
 
Its advent. No Gloria during advent. And I don’t think sign of peace is compulsory.
 
Again, not true. The Gloria is not said during Advent. The sign of peace is optional. I’m not sure what you’re playing at being contradictory, but you really should stop. It’s confusing people.
 
edward_george1 said:
The sign of peace is optional.
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I’d like to take this opportunity, if I may, Father, to ask you to clarify a doubt that crops up quite often in these comments threads. As I understand it, the sign of peace is optional for the priest. But on the occasions when the priest opts to include it, then it’s not optional for the people. It’s required. Is that correct?
 
I’ve never seen any rubric that would seem to indicate that. The only thing close to that I can think of is that in the old rite, the sign of peace was mandatory at High Mass, but was reserved to the clergy. But I’ve never heard of what you’re describing and it wouldn’t make a whole lot of sense in any event.
 
You must have missed the part where I responded to this thread first.
 
I don’t think it’s going to be a good use of our time to continue responding to the Colonel. Flagging, praying, moving on.
 
The Sign of Peace is indeed optional. I have stated this before and others have argued with me but they are wrong. If you look in your St. Joseph Missal provided in many parishes, it will say something like “If appropriate, the priest will now offer the Sign of Peace;” If appropriate being the operative words, meaning the whole thing is up to his discretion. A priest may not find it to be appropriate at a funeral a for example. In parishes where the Gloria is not omitted during Advent, the priest simply isn’t bothering to read and figure out what should and should not be going on at that particular time in the calendar.
 
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