Then you were wearing earplugs. The Bible is front and center at EVERY Mass, both Old and New Testaments. Catholics call it the "Liturgy of the Word". The Priest's sermon (Catholic term "Homily") is very often an in-depth discussion some facet of those Bible readings.
At EVERY MASS!
You can call it whatever you want but the Gospel IS NOT presented at every Mass.
Not even close.
I did hear ONE “Priest” give the Gospel - once. On TV in the mid-80s.
I left the “Holy Roman Catholic Church” after a series of homilies about — a budget shortfall in the diocese. Then, years later (in the mid-80s) someone showed me the Gospel for the first time in my life. Then I knew what was missing for those 30 years.
“ The Bible is front and center at EVERY Mass, both Old and New Testaments. ”
That isn’t the Gospel, which isn’t presented at any “mass”.