[Desdemona]

Well, they had to cut something to make room for that stupid "prayer of the faithful"

I still say put a stopwatch on the homily, limit it to five minutes and there will plenty of time for everything else if an arbitrary time constraint is a deciding factor to what is done at Mass.

[ArrogantBustard]

I still say put a stopwatch on the homily, limit it to five minutes

If you had ever heard my pastor or priest-in-residence preach, you would not want that 5-minute limit imposed universally. Their sermons are passionate, orthodox, educational, inspiring, and could not be cut to 5 minutes.

I know. We're unusually blessed in this Parish. Many should be limited to five seconds. ;-}

[ArrogantBustard]

I suppose I should add that we also say the Confetior. I just wish they'd use the Roman Canon (#1) every day.

[dangus]

I *like* long homilies. I cant understand people who cant take one hour out of 168 to experience mass. But if the priest is just going to observe how his week went, tell an (un)amusing anectdote, and then talk about being nice to each other, he an keep it.