Editing Solemnity (section)

==Observance==

Even if it is a weekday or within [[Advent]] and [[Lenten]] season, if the day is a Solemnity, then the Gloria is said or sung (except [[Good Friday]] which is the second day of the Paschal Triduum), as well as the saying of the [[Nicene Creed|Creed]] at Mass, and there are two [[lection|scriptural readings]], not one, before the [[Gospel (liturgy)|Gospel]].  Also, there will sometimes be [[processional hymn|processional and recessional hymns]], and use of [[incense]].{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

Some but not all solemnities are also [[holy day of obligation|holy days of obligation]], on which, as on Sundays, Catholics are required to attend [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] and to avoid work and business that hinder divine worship or suitable relaxation of mind and body.<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4N.HTM  Code of Canon Law, canon 1247]</ref> All holy days of obligation have the rank of solemnity at least at local level, though not necessarily holding that rank in the General Roman Calendar. With the exception of the solemnities of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Annunciation of the Lord and the Birth of John the Baptist, all the solemnities inscribed in the General Roman Calendar are mentioned as holy days of obligation in [https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4N.HTM canon 1246] of the Code of Canon Law, but are not necessarily all observed in a particular country.

When a solemnity falls on a Friday, the obligation to [[Fasting and Abstinence in the Roman Catholic Church|abstain]] from meat or some other food as determined by the episcopal conference does not apply.<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4O.HTM Code of Canon Law, canon 1251]</ref>