Weekday Mass: Homily?

[ReluctantSeeker]

Quick question.

During weekday Mass, Monday through Saturday, is there supposed to be a homily or is it optional on those days?

Just curious.

 

[jmcrae]

Quick question.

During weekday Mass, Monday through Saturday, is there supposed to be a homily or is it optional on those days?

Just curious.

It’s optional.

I tend to prefer to go to daily Mass where homilies are preached, and I’m glad that it seems to be considered normal here to preach a short homily at most daily Masses, but that’s just my personal preference.

 

[ReluctantSeeker]

I thought that it might be optional. I just went to one today and I think that’s the first time I’ve ever been to a daily Mass where it was not in the liturgy.

Thanks for the quick reply! I think I prefer it too.

 

[Trishie]

Hi, the homily isn’t mandatory for weekday Masses.
God bless you.

usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/roman-missal/general-instruction-of-the-roman-missal/girm-chapter-2.cfm

“66…On Sundays and Holydays of Obligation there is to be a Homily at every Mass that is celebrated with the people attending, and it may not be omitted without a grave reason. On other days it is recommended, especially on the weekdays of Advent, Lent, and Easter Time, as well as on other festive days and occasions when the people come to church in greater numbers.”

 

[Teelynn]

Hi, the homily isn’t mandatory for weekday Masses.
God bless you.

usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/roman-missal/general-instruction-of-the-roman-missal/girm-chapter-2.cfm

“66…On Sundays and Holydays of Obligation there is to be a Homily at every Mass that is celebrated with the people attending, and it may not be omitted without a grave reason. On other days it is recommended, especially on the weekdays of Advent, Lent, and Easter Time, as well as on other festive days and occasions when the people come to church in greater numbers.”

It says it is recommended. Especially in Advent, Lent and in the Easter Season. At our week day Masses either the Priest or the Deacon always says a few words after the Gospel, but it is a matter of 2 or 3 minutes. We also don’t have Mass every day. We have it 3 days during the week.

 

[Mrs_Sally]

It is recommended but not mandatory.

Priests understand their congregations. When one is trying to fit Mass into a lunch break, or go to Mass on the way to work, including a homily can mean that some can’t attend, or can’t stay until the final blessing.

Also, some priests are just not good homilists, for them it would be a stuggle to come up with a homily every day.

Those of us who can go to daily Mass are very blessed, even without a homily!

 

[HonoraDominum]

At my FSSP (EF) parish, the 6:30a daily mass does not have a homily from M-F, but the 10a daily mass does have a homily. The Saturday 8a mass always has a small homily as well. I’m guessing the no-homily early morning masses are so that we can get out of there faster, as most of us are going from mass directly to work. We had a visiting priest for a few weeks here recently, and his 6:30a masses ran considerably longer than the regular priest’s masses. People were bolting out of there as soon as the priest walked out of the church.

 

[DarrenOglesby]

All the daily masses that I have attended, the priest gave a short homily. There is the elderly man who is a retired priest that sometimes fills in for my pastor, gave a history lesson on someone who was in the reading. It was informative, but don’t ever ask me what was said in a Homily or a sermon . My memory is terrible.

If I ever became a priest, which I want to do God Willing, I would prefer to give the congregation a chance to pray in silence during the Daily mass. And just work on one good Homily or sermon per week.

I say sermon, Because sometime’s priests decided to do a preaching series that has nothing to do with Sunday Reading’s.