Q: When an abbot presides at Mass, and there is no deacon, and a concelebrating priest is to proclaim the gospel, does that priest go to the abbot for a blessing as a deacon would? The Ceremonial of Bishops says he does when the presider is a bishop, but does that apply to a presider who is an abbot?

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A: Not always. Some abbots are bishops, and the rules of the Ceremonial of Bishops would then apply. But when the abbot is not a bishop, then he presides as a priest, and the concelebrant goes directly to the ambo.

Now, there are Ceremonials for monasteries, so it’s possible that internally another rule applies for the monk priests who may concelebrate.

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