Q: Sorry to double up ..I think you addressed this matter in a recent post. Please clarify this question from my music director:
“Next Sundays readings complicated because of All Souls Day. Wide range of readings suggested which makes hymn choice difficult Any ideas Re which readings you will use? “Also. Lots of controversy, it seems, re Gloria and Creed. Some say both should be omitted. Seems that most likely best way to go is omit Gloria but keep Creed. Again, your thoughts?”
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A: Regarding the readings, you may choose any you wish — just as for any funeral Mass. If it helps, you can see the choices of the USCCB here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110225.cfm I don’t know if your New Zealand conference has something similar.
For the Gloria and the Creed, https://paulturner.org/gloria-and-the-creed/. GIRM 68 calls for the Creed on Sundays. It makes no exception for Advent, Lent—or All Souls Day.
In the proper of Saints, the singing of the Gloria is indicated when applicable. It’s not there for November 2. So even though GIRM 53 calls for singing the Gloria on Sundays outside Advent and Lent, the customs pertaining to Masses for the Dead apply. There are no exceptions to the Creed on Sundays. There are exceptions to the Gloria.