Question:
Forgot to ask this....Our priest skipped leading us in the Creed so it did not get recited during the Mass for Our Blessed Mother on New Years Eve. When is it okay to skip ??
Dear Kristen:
The Instructions to the Roman Missal state:
68. The Creed is to be sung or said by the Priest together with the people on Sundays and Solemnities. It may be said also at particular celebrations of a more solemn character.
The Feast of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, is a solemnity, thus the Creed is to be said whether the Mass of the solemnity is on the day, or on the vigil.
Thus, it was not okay to skip. Your priest violated the law if he did not say the Creed on the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God.
God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary
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