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Hi, guys —
Our parish recently changed priests. When
saying Mass, our new priest does not have
the congregation recite the Penitential Rite.
When I asked him about this, after Mass one
Sunday,
he said that reciting the Penitential Rite
was optional and saying or singing the Gloria covered
us for not saying the Penitential Rite.
- Is reciting the Penitential Rite optional?
It's my understanding is that the Penitential Rite is an integral
part of the Liturgy of the Word
in the Mass and therefore should not
be omitted.
Jim
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John
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Hi, Jim —
The Penitential Rite takes more than
one form and the Priest has several
options.
- If the Confiteor is said, then the
Kyrie takes the short form.
- If the Confiteor is omitted, then
there is a slightly longer version
of the Kyrie that is used.
The Gloria doesn't have much to do
with it. It is required on Sundays,
except on Sundays during certain
seasons, like Lent.
John
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