SPLIT: Proper wording to announce Gospel reading

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jps23430 said:
There are many things that are reserved solely for the priest. for example, when the priest says “The Lord be with you” before reading the Gospel, I am not allowed to say this when I read, I just say " a reading from the Holy Gospel acoording…" I am also glad that these services are no longer happening in your church.
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I have a question about the reading of the Gospel. The proclamation of the Gospel is also reserved for an ordained person as you say. There was an issue at our church about someone reading the Gospel and proclaiming the words 'this is the ‘Gospel of the Lord’ - is this incorrect also, I mean to use these words?
 
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I have a question about the reading of the Gospel. The proclamation of the Gospel is also reserved for an ordained person as you say. There was an issue at our church about someone reading the Gospel and proclaiming the words 'this is the ‘Gospel of the Lord’ - is this incorrect also, I mean to use these words?
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The Gospel is reserved to the ordained during Mass. When there is no ordained person available, such as at a Communion service (Liturgy of the Word with Communion), then a lay person may do it.

The proper acclamation after the reading of the Gospel is simply “The Gospel of the Lord” That’s what’s written in the Lectionary and we’re not supposed to read anything but what is in the Lectionary.
 
If I read a Gospel in a non-liturgical setting, I am always leery of using the acclamations at Mass, so I never conclude with “The Gospel of the Lord” and have the listeners respond. I often use the older “Thus are the words of the Holy Gospel, please be seated”. That way it does not appear to be a like a liturgical Gospel reading.
 
porthos11 said:
If I read a Gospel in a non-liturgical setting, I am always leery of using the acclamations at Mass, so I never conclude with “The Gospel of the Lord” and have the listeners respond. I often use the older “Thus are the words of the Holy Gospel, please be seated”. That way it does not appear to be a like a liturgical Gospel reading.
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What do you call a non-liturgical setting? A Bible study class?
 
TheMc said:
Why not just use the same words, without “the lord be with you”?
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If you’re doing a Sunday Liturgy of the Word, such as we had this morning since there was no priest within a 300 mile radius, you don’t say “The Lord be with you”, but you still say “The word of the Lord.”
 
What’s the story with “This is the word of the Lord,” which was common years ago? What caused it to be used in the first place, and what led to its disappearance?
 
Digitonomy said:
What’s the story with “This is the word of the Lord,” which was common years ago? What caused it to be used in the first place, and what led to its disappearance?
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Again it starts with a mistranslation, one which has now been corrected.
 
My parish:

Readings: "A reading from ." OR "A reading from the () Letter from ___ to the ___.)

“The word of the Lord.” “Thanks be to God.”

Gospel: “The Lord be with you.” “And (also with you)/(with your spirit).” “A reading from the Gospel according to ___.”

“The Gospel of the Lord.” “Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.”
 
Phemie and TheMc, I suspected there might be some of that involved, but I was really looking for more specifics.

When “This is…” was discarded, it was quite a shock to me; I don’t recall ever hearing the shorter version before. I may not have been as widely-traveled back then, but I rather doubt that every single parish we visited used the same publisher. If not, is it possible there was an “official” document, perhaps only a temporary one, that used the longer version, from which the publishers took their cue?

The second question is why did it end? Intertwined with that is a third question, when did it end? Inertia is a mighty force; I doubt this was changed without some sort of pressure from the USCCB, or some document from the Vatican that made this issue a little more clear.
 
Digitonomy said:
The second question is why did it end? Intertwined with that is a third question, when did it end? Inertia is a mighty force; I doubt this was changed without some sort of pressure from the USCCB, or some document from the Vatican that made this issue a little more clear.
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I cannot answer the *why *but the when: This change was made coincident with the implementation of the 2002 GIRM, which in my diocese was the first Sunday of Lent 2003.
(Yes, he said Lent, not Advent)

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tee_eff_em said:
I cannot answer the *why *but the when: This change was made coincident with the implementation of the 2002 GIRM, which in my diocese was the first Sunday of Lent 2003.
(Yes, he said Lent, not Advent)

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For Canada it ended in 1992 with the publication of a new Lectionary.
 
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