Q: At our 9am Sunday Mass, our assigned Priest was out of town and the priest who was supposed to fill in, never showed up. As a deacon, I instead led a communion service and fortunately we had enough Hosts reserved in the tabernacle.
After my initial blessing and Kyrie, the musicians motioned that they could not sing the Gloria. Afterwards, they told me they could only sing it during a mass.
Is this true? Can the Gloria be sung during a communion service on Sunday?
Thanks for your guidance.
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A: The service comes from the 2012 edition of Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest. https://ltp.org/products/details/ESCAP/sunday-celebrations-in-the-absence-of-a-priest-rev-ed
Does your church have a copy of that book? If not, it’s pretty important to have one on hand.
The Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion is detailed in Chapter II. Indeed, there is no Gloria. Nor is there a penitential act or Kyrie.