Priest moved the homily?

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Hi CAF friends,

I’ve been to a weekday Mass a couple of times in the past few weeks and the same priest for both masses preached the homily at the beginning of the mass instead of after the proclamation of the Gospel. By beginning I mean after the “The Lord be with you – and with your spirit” and just before the “Lord have mercy.”

Can this priest have any justification for doing this? If so what might it be, do you think? I don’t mind it so much but it surprised me the first time. I have heard that Saint Thomas Aquinas would put the homily at a different part of the Mass in order to let the congregants to go home and eat lunch in between.

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A homily is not required for a weekday Mass.

Is he giving a homily, or is he giving an introduction to the Mass of the day, talking about whose feast day it may be, or giving a break-down on the “theme” of the readings?
This is an acceptable practice, and happens often in my diocese.
 
Oneofthewomen said:
A homily is not required for a weekday Mass.

Is he giving a homily, or is he giving an introduction to the Mass of the day, talking about whose feast day it may be, or giving a break-down on the “theme” of the readings?
This is an acceptable practice, and happens often in my diocese.
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you are most likely correct, yes. Same here.
 
pianistclare said:
you are most likely correct, yes. Same here.
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And is in fact even mentioned in the General Instructions of the Roman Missal:
  1. When they reach the sanctuary, the priest, the deacon, and the ministers reverence the altar with a profound bow.
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As an expression of veneration, moreover, the priest and deacon then kiss the altar itself; as the occasion suggests, the priest also incenses the cross and the altar.
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  1. When the Entrance chant is concluded, the priest stands at the chair and, together with the whole gathering, makes the Sign of the Cross. Then he signifies the presence of the Lord to the community gathered there by means of the Greeting. By this Greeting and the people’s response, the mystery of the Church gathered together is made manifest.
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After the greeting of the people, the priest, the deacon, or a lay minister may very briefly introduce the faithful to the Mass of the day.
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(my bold)

Sounds like everything is on the up and up in the OP’s Mass, although the Missal does not define “briefly”. We all know that can be open to wide interpretation 😛
 
OraLabora said:
Sounds like everything is on the up and up in the OP’s Mass, although the Missal does not define “briefly”. We all know that can be open to wide interpretation 😛
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With the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. 😃
 
Cor_ad_Cor said:
It’s that way with some priests, too. God bless 'em!
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My wife’s Pentecostal pastor would often preach for 1.5 hours on a Sunday. The longest Catholic homily is a blink of an eye from a Protestant perspective lol.
 
I see.

I’m familiar with brief comments at that point in the Mass. Based on the overall time of the mass, though, I think that these comments are about as long as a regular homily. I could be wrong, of course. So I don’t think his comments are brief.

I didn’t know that weekday masses do not require a homily. That’s cool!
 
twf said:
My wife’s Pentecostal pastor would often preach for 1.5 hours on a Sunday. The longest Catholic homily is a blink of an eye from a Protestant perspective lol.
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That’s what comes of not having the eucharist - you have to do something to fill in the time! 😛
 
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