bkaycee, I can’t explain that. See some of my comments to metmom on this thread about Catholics and the Bible.
I can only tell you that on the Left Coast, our parishes have Bible studies, prayer groups, Scripture passages listed in the bulletin to read over at home and reflect upon, and, at Mass, we have a short reading from the Old Testament, a song from the Psalms, a reading from the New Testament and a reading from the Gospels. It’s more like 20 minutes of Scripture. Then the priest launches into his homily reflection on that day’s Scripture... and I guess I don’t have to tell you he might go on for another 10-20 minutes! So it works out to about a half hour on the Scriptures and a half hour for the Eucharistic Celebration.
If you want to private message me a safe, neutral address, I will mail you a copy of this Sunday’s parish bulletin so you can see for yourself. I will even mail you several from several different parishes so you can compare them and see that’s the norm here.
I do not believe that I have ever met bkaycee and yet he (she?) is correct.
I also grew up in the northeast and bkaycee’s experiences that have been related in the past on the RF mirror mine.