The Gospel as a dramatic reading-is this valid?

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Hi everyone. In my parish during lent weeks 3 to 5, the pastor has what i call a dramatic reading of the Gospel with music. the Priest, Deacon and lector all read certain sections (From the Gospel of John , not the current Sched C reading that it should be) and there is a part that the congregation sings as a response throughout it. Is this valid? I do not like it at all and feel that it takes away from the true beauty of the Gospel readings.
 
I have only ever seen this during the longer Passion narratives in the week preceding Easter, and I know that is normal. I’m not aware of this happening at other times during the year, though, or whether there is any precedent for it.
 
JohnnyK said:
Hi everyone. In my parish during lent weeks 3 to 5, the pastor has what i call a dramatic reading of the Gospel with music. the Priest, Deacon and lector all read certain sections (From the Gospel of John , not the current Sched C reading that it should be) and there is a part that the congregation sings as a response throughout it. Is this valid? I do not like it at all and feel that it takes away from the true beauty of the Gospel readings.
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I can’t speak to the dramatic reading part but the Year A readings from the Gospel of John are supposed to be used for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sundays of Lent if that Mass will have the RCIA Scrutinies.
 
Yep, our Monsignor explained at the beginnig, its done at thr RCIA scrutinies, ours went fairly smooth, but the congregation was unsure when their parts came. A little change up is always nice, broadens the skill set!

Looks like we’ll have 20 plus new Catholics by Easter!
 
It should be not dramatic as they would introduce a certain amount of interpretation. English, being a stress-timed language, is already too dramatic IMO.
 
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Yep, our Monsignor explained at the beginnig, its done at thr RCIA scrutinies, ours went fairly smooth, but the congregation was unsure when their parts came. A little change up is always nice, broadens the skill set!

Looks like we’ll have 20 plus new Catholics by Easter!
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JohnnyK said:
Hi everyone. In my parish during lent weeks 3 to 5, the pastor has what i call a dramatic reading of the Gospel with music. the Priest, Deacon and lector all read certain sections (From the Gospel of John , not the current Sched C reading that it should be) and there is a part that the congregation sings as a response throughout it. Is this valid? I do not like it at all and feel that it takes away from the true beauty of the Gospel readings.
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Sound weird. What kind of music?
 
The multiple readers would not seem proper based on GIRM 109.
  1. If there are several present who are able to exercise the same ministry, nothing forbids their distributing among themselves and performing different parts of the same ministry or duty. For example, one Deacon may be assigned to execute the sung parts, another to serve at the altar; if there are several readings, it is well to distribute them among a number of readers, and the same applies for other matters. However, it is not at all appropriate that several persons divide a single element of the celebration among themselves, e.g., that the same reading be proclaimed by two readers, one after the other, with the exception of the Passion of the Lord.
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JohnnyK said:
Hi everyone. In my parish during lent weeks 3 to 5, the pastor has what i call a dramatic reading of the Gospel with music. the Priest, Deacon and lector all read certain sections (From the Gospel of John , not the current Sched C reading that it should be) and there is a part that the congregation sings as a response throughout it. Is this valid? I do not like it at all and feel that it takes away from the true beauty of the Gospel readings.
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It is not licit. In other words, it is in violation of the Church’s liturgical laws.

The word “valid” doesn’t apply in this context.
 
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