Msgr. James Moroney had the privilege of working with Pope Benedict on the completion of the new English translation of the Roman Missal.
Posts Tagged Vox Clara
In a time of liturgical questions, changes, challenges, reforms, and reforms of reforms, filled with arguments, disputes, power plays, and power players, perhaps a bit of psalmist-inspired Reformation perspective is in order. If it worked for 16th century Martin Luther and 20th century Roman Catholic hymnal editors, perhaps we 21st century folk can profit from it as well.
Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap., announced today that he has appointed Msgr. James P. Moroney as rector of Saint John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts on July 1, 2012.
More on pro multis, etc.
Jan 7
Pope Benedict’s response was that the consensus of the bishops’ conference will have to be respected.
The Truth?
Dec 1
Michele Somerville is the author of a December 1 article in the Huffington Post, “The Truth Behind the Godawful New (Old) Roman Catholic Missal”.
…I was responding rather sharply to a piece by Fr Allen Morris, until recently secretary of the English and Welsh bishops’ liturgy office. On 17 September, he had written a letter defending against a critic what is said in a UK edition of the new texts, namely that the bishops had been overseeing their gestation for about 20 years.
“My hope for the new English translation of the Roman Missal is that all controversy is now laid aside…”
Or maybe common sense will prevail?
by Xavier Rindfleisch
“…before Vox Clara’s 7,000 consultants and experts fiddled with the decrees of Nicea and Constantinople…”
by Xavier Rindfleisch
“Of the 208 examples of problems in the Received Text given in the internal report, the Congregation for Divine Worship has corrected 49. That is to say, most of the constructive assistance has been ignored.”