“The quality of this reform will not be judged by the beauty of our speech, the rhythm of our cursus, the distinctiveness of our rhetoric, or the sacrality of our prayers, but by the justice and mercy this liturgy of the church calls forth from us in the liturgy of the world.” – Fr. Edward Foley
Read moreMonth: November 2011
Missal stories: any surprises?
How did the new translation feel in actual practice. Was anything better than you expected? Was anything worse?
Read moreThe missal in the media
Santa Fe Ne Mexican, LATime, NYTimes, Tablet, Cleveland Plain Dealer, National Catholic Register, National Catholic Reporter, Ed Foley.. and Abbot John Klassen.
Read moreMarketing or Mystagogy: Reception of the New Roman Missal and Reverse Catechesis
“Catechesis is not simply the imparting of information, but the engagement of the other in the formative process. When a faith community participates in such full, conscious, and active catechesis the echoes surely are traces of the sensus fidelium with which God’s Spirit has gifted the church. May the liturgical catechesis ahead, in full mystagogical mode, stir such an echo that resounds to the good of the whole church and to the ongoing reform of the liturgy.” – Ed Foley
Read moreFrancis Mannion on the new translation, II
Pray Tell is happy to present this interview with Msgr. M. Francis Mannion of the diocese of Salt Lake City.
Read moreVatican Vandalism: The New English Translation of the Catholic Mass
Will this make more Catholics love the Mass? Even at a time of such diminished credibility for the Catholic Church, most of the faithful will simply put up with the changes. More’s the pity. Nevertheless, this new translation of the Mass is obtuse, inelegant and, ultimately, unnecessary.
Read moreMapping a liturgical sentence
“Thank god at last we have a real pope,” shouted Bill Barker, grand knight of the local chapter of the Knights of St. Sepulcher. “Oh don’t get me wrong, Father. Pope John Paul was a good man, God rest his soul. But this new Holy Father really knows his business.”
Read moreMoral Theology and Using the New Translation
An anonymous priest observes: “To the extent that we make a choice to ‘obey’ misguided authority, then, prima facie, we are complicit, and are at least materially co-operating with this misguidedness…We cannot prevent the abuse of authority and many of its effects on our liturgical life, but we can at least maintain our integrity by seeking for and striking feasible compromises, as creatively and non-violently as possible. “
Read moreNew Vatican commission cracks down on church architecture
That’s the headline in La Stampa.
Read moreFrancis Mannion on the new translation and missal chants
Msgr. Francis Mannion wrote this in a recent column in Our Sunday Visitor.
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