Question: I am concerned by a practice in which a priest defers to a visiting non-cleric (religious sister or brother) or permits a lay person to offer a reflection. The reflection usually follows a one- or two-minute comment from the presider who claims it was the homily. I have been taught that canon law is clear as to whom the homily at Mass is reserved, as well as the exceptions permitted by the bishop for a layperson to preach. However, this is not the case about which I am speaking. — T.O., Gloucester, New Jersey
