Not only does May 1 fall this year on the Second Sunday of Easter which “has been observed since 2000 as ‘Divine Mercy Sunday’…associated with a 20th century Polish nun, St. Faustina Kowalska, who was a visionary and mystic to whom John Paul II had a strong personal devotion” but “ironically, May 1 is also ‘May Day,’ traditionally associated with the international Socialist movement, which is striking given that the collapse of European Communism is often flagged as John Paul’s central political accomplishment.”
Read moreMonth: January 2011
Missal implementation in September in England, Wales
“New Mass translation to be used in parishes from September,” reports the Catholic Herald.
Read moreImplementation of the new Roman missal
by Fr. Edward Foley, Capuchin
at the January 6, 2011 meeting of the Catholic Academy for Liturgy.
Our challenges: inculturation, sensus fidelium, collegiality, hospitality and the new evangalization, ecumenism, liturgical theology, amplified hybridization of the Roman rite.
Final text of missal – leaked
A reader has discovered the final missal text sent to US publishers over at WikiSpooks.
Read moreRoman Missal coverage: call for reader input
What do you think?
Read moreJeremy Driscoll – text transcribed. UPDATE 1-15
Our post on Fr. Jeremy Driscoll’s translation talk now includes a transcription of it. Happy reading.
Read more7,000!
About 7,000 individuals ranging from bishops to poets and musicians have been involved in the revisions leading to the final text of the newly translated English missal.
Read more“Another fault line in the Church”
“The introduction of the new translation is going to cause yet another fault line in the Church. Many (most?) pastors, liturgists, choir directors, music leaders, etc. seem to be making a good faith effort to bite the bullet and put a good face on things.”
Read moreCompassion and disappointment
by Jerry Galipeau
“We are here to serve the singing and praying Church. But the Church that we are committed to serve—at least institutionally—is operating in ways that are unlike the past.”
A fetish for the Bible
by Giles Fraser, writing in The Guardian.
“The King James version has been manipulated for 400 years. Save it from the text obsessives.”