How does a territorial bishops’ conference identify and correct mistranslations that appear in texts that have already been approved for use by the conference and confirmed by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments?
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Many people are under the impression that the absolution by the priest actually absolves them from their sins.
Read moreTo anchor our feet firmly on the ground, here’s a report of another Vigil that an American friend sent me
Read moreThis year’s Easter Vigil was a real logistical ordeal for presiders.
Read moreLots of things happened during a solemn parish liturgy, but they didn’t add up.
Read moreI felt reduced to a mere spectator, watching the priest dignify the objects of bread and wine and candle–symbols of the risen crucified one, indeed–but seemingly blind to the dignity of the baptized assembled for the great offering of praise and thanksgiving.
Read moreIn any event, in this post I hope some readers might find a glimpse into the church at one edge of the North American continent, as well as into the heart or soul of a veteran pastoral minister struggling with the Missal text in service to the church’s liturgical tradition.
Read moreSo much of the analysis of liturgy remains focused on the words in the books or even the words recited or repeated in assemblies, and this with an uncritical, unarticulated assumption that the discursive content of those texts impact/shape the ideas or imaginations of most of the participants. The individual performances and ongoing practices of a rite/ritual/liturgy are so much more and most often a matter of non-discursive, semiotic (if you will) patterns …
Read moreFrom Vatican Insider at La Stampa: A debate has opened regarding the new translation of the Roman Missal, which priests often have to adapt, to make it easier for the congregation to understand
Read moreCatholic opinion remains split down the middle over the new English text of the Mass, an online survey by The Tablet has revealed.
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