The Homily: Who can say it?

[japhy]

• At the Eucharistic celebration of the Mass, the only people who can give a homily are a bishop, priest, or deacon, period. (Cf. Codex iuris canonica (CIC), can. 763-765, 767 §1)
• Those who have lost their clerical state or abandoned their sacred ministry may not give a homily. (Cf. Ecclesiae de Mysterio, art. 3 §5)
• No non-ordained member of the faithful can give a homily at a Mass, not even seminarians and theology students. (Cf. Ecclesiae de Mysterio, art. 3 §1)
• At a “Children’s Liturgy”, while a layperson can “speak to the children after the Gospel”, this does not take the place of the homily, which must be given by an ordained minister. (Cf. Directorium de missis cum pueris, n. 24)
  For the full analysis, see [: The Homily, Part I: Who can say the homily?Excerpti (The Cross Reference: Excerpti: The Homily, Part I: Who can say the homily?)

 

[benedictgal]

There is a seriously glaring error in your post. According to Redemptionis Sacramentum:

[64.] The homily, which is given in the course of the celebration of Holy Mass and is a part of the Liturgy itself,142 “should ordinarily be given by the Priest celebrant himself. He may entrust it to a concelebrating Priest or occasionally, according to circumstances, to a Deacon, but never to a layperson.143 In particular cases and for a just cause, the homily may even be given by a Bishop or a Priest who is present at the celebration but cannot concelebrate”.144

[65.] It should be borne in mind that any previous norm that may have admitted non-ordained faithful to give the homily during the Eucharistic celebration is to be considered abrogated by the norm of canon 767 §1.145 This practice is reprobated, so that it cannot be permitted to attain the force of custom.

[66.] The prohibition of the admission of laypersons to preach within the Mass applies also to seminarians, students of theological disciplines, and those who have assumed the function of those known as “pastoral assistants”; nor is there to be any exception for any other kind of layperson, or group, or community, or association.146

In other words, the laity, per Redemptionis Sacramentum, cannot “preach the homily” during Mass. Japjy,. I’m curious as to the reason behind the post, as there was no question. Did you want us to address what you quoted?

 

[ThuribleGuy45]

There is a seriously glaring error in your post. According to Redemptionis Sacramentum:

In other words, the laity, per Redemptionis Sacramentum, cannot “preach the homily” during Mass. Japjy,. I’m curious as to the reason behind the post, as there was no question. Did you want us to address what you quoted?

What, specifically, is the error in the OP? It states that "No non-ordained member of the faithful can give a homily at a Mass, not even seminarians and theology students. " Where do you find the error?

 

[benedictgal]

What, specifically, is the error in the OP? It states that "No non-ordained member of the faithful can give a homily at a Mass, not even seminarians and theology students. " Where do you find the error?

You know, you’re right. I misread the post. That’s what happens when you’ve been driving a couple hundred miles in one day and you’ve had a very long business trip. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Japhy, I should have known better.