Q: Why do we only say one reading at daily Masses, besides the fact that its shorter?

Well, that's a big reason... there are people to minister to on golf courses all over America and we need to early tee times to do it!

NOT REALLY :o) I kid... I'm a kidder!

In fact, though, you are partly right. The weekday Mass is intentionally kept shorter than the Sunday celebration because it the Sunday celebration that is called "Preeminent." What that means is that when we gather on Sunday it should be a day of greater happiness and should reflect more the idea that we are once again sharing in the Easter joy. You see every Sunday is a sharing in the Easter celebration and so we have to make them more special. So how do we do that... we don't do everything during the week that we will do on Sunday, like bringing back the second reading, adding the singing (although in some places I have seen them sing at daily Mass, most places don't do that), and proclaiming the Gloria and the Creed. All these things return on Sunday and that adds to the greater time of celebration of the Easter Eucharist we get to participate in every week.

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