In its liturgical year, the Catholic Church presents us every day with a number of saints. Some are more liturgically important to a particular place or community than others.

Thus, we have days where the remembrance of a saint is either optional or compulsory.

On special days we have feasts or solemnities.

A feast is of a higher liturgical degree than just a remembrance. And, then, a solemnity is higher than a feast. For instance, St Lawrence and St Bridget have their own feasts while the Annunciation and St Paul’s Shipwreck are solemnities.

Some of these feasts and solemnities fall during the week.

Normally, on weekdays the Glory and Creed are not said. However, in the case of a ‘feast’, the Glory is said and when it is a ‘solemnity’ both the Glory and Creed become compulsory.

Here I would like to point out that a handful of priests celebrating Mass in certain churches have, for years, been leaving out regularly the Glory or the Glory and Creed when they fall due during weekdays.

They ignore the ‘Ordo’ and regularly opt for a liturgical abuse.

So I ask: do the congregations participating in the Mass of these priests have no right on weekdays to praise God with the Glory and confess their faith with the Creed according to the day’s liturgy?