In the week, yes.I went to a weekday Mass at 8:00am that the parish normally has their weekday Masses at this time. After the Gospel reading the Priest went right into the Petitions without having a Homily. I went to sit down after the reading for the Homily but everyone else kept standing so it was obvious that this is a normal occurance since everyone knew to stay standing for the petitions. Is this allowed? No homily?
During the week it is allowed and is the normal practice in many places.I went to a weekday Mass at 8:00am that the parish normally has their weekday Masses at this time. After the Gospel reading the Priest went right into the Petitions without having a Homily. I went to sit down after the reading for the Homily but everyone else kept standing so it was obvious that this is a normal occurance since everyone knew to stay standing for the petitions. Is this allowed? No homily?
Ceremonies of the Roman Rite references to the 1983 Code of Canon Law #767.During the week it is allowed and is the normal practice in many places.
§1. Among the forms of preaching, the homily, which is part of the liturgy itself and is reserved to a priest or deacon, is preeminent; in the homily the mysteries of faith and the norms of Christian life are to be explained from the sacred text during the course of the liturgical year.
** §2. A homily must be given at all Masses on Sundays and holy days of obligation which are celebrated with a congregation, and it cannot be omitted except for a grave cause.**
§3. It is strongly recommended that if there is a sufficient congregation, a homily is to be given even at Masses celebrated during the week, especially during the time of Advent and Lent or on the occasion of some feast day or a sorrowful event.
Palmas85 is right during the week on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (providing it is not for Sunday) it is okay for the priest to skip the Homily. Providing, it is not an HOLY DAY or a Saturday Mass that actually counts for Sunday Obligation.During the week it is allowed and is the normal practice in many places.
Thank-you for providing the Canon Quote!Ceremonies of the Roman Rite references to the 1983 Code of Canon Law #767.
Canon 767 said:§1. Among the forms of preaching, the homily, which is part of the liturgy itself and is reserved to a priest or deacon, is preeminent; in the homily the mysteries of faith and the norms of Christian life are to be explained from the sacred text during the course of the liturgical year.
§2. A homily must be given at all Masses on Sundays and holy days of obligation which are celebrated with a congregation, and it cannot be omitted except for a grave cause.
§3. It is strongly recommended that if there is a sufficient congregation, a homily is to be given even at Masses celebrated during the week, especially during the time of Advent and Lent or on the occasion of some feast day or a sorrowful event.
As you can see for WEEKDAY Masses, assuming it’s not a Holy Day, it is STRONLY RECOMMENDED that there is a Homily but it’s NOT REQUIRED. So the priests that are NOT giving Homily during the week are not breaking canon law, unless they are falling to give a homily on a Holy Day.§3. It is strongly recommended that if there is a sufficient congregation, a homily is to be given even at Masses celebrated during the week, especially during the time of Advent and Lent or on the occasion of some feast day or a sorrowful event
So OP, the priest is NOT breaking any rules by NOT having a homily during the WEEKDAY Mass. It’s NOT required for them to give a homily at a WEEKDAY Mass. However, it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED especially during Advent.At the church near my school that I sometimes attend weekly Mass at, the retired monsignor that says it a couple times a week doesn’t do a homily (however, if it is a Holy Day he does). The pastor, if he says Mass (the monsignor says it a couple days a week), does give a short homily.