Day: February 25, 2011
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Priests in Australia Restive About Missal
“The NCP recognises that our union with Jesus in the Eucharist is at the heart of our life as priests and more than anything else expresses the unity of our Church. It should not be a source of contention or disunity. … [T]here will need to be some tolerance of people who find this new…
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The New Missal — What Will It Cost?
There is a substantial cost to allocating the extra resources (especially time) necessitated by significant changes in linguistic style, increases in complexity of expression and level of difficulty in proclamation, and the discarding of large portions of musical repertoires. The cost here is what economists describe as “opportunity cost,” the cost of not being able…
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Translating the Roman Canon: 1967 and 2010 (part III)
A 1967 ICEL booklet provides commentary on the liturgical, historical, and linguistic considerations behind an earlier translation of the Roman Canon. We share it with you to show the specific reasons for decisions made in the 1960s, and also to allow you to see the 2010 translation against this background.