"The Roman Catholic Mass is undergoing major overhaul." (CNN gets it wrong!)[Catholic Caucus]

Insiight Scoop ^ | November 10. 2011 | Carol Olson

[Salvation]

**We all know that many Catholics are sick of mediocrity and banality; they want meat and richness and fullness and beauty. **

Can the REAL Catholics here on FR shout "Amen!"

[Salvation]

And now the truth:

Related Links, Articles, and Book Excerpts:

• The Adoremus Missal website
• A New Translation for a New Roman Missal (DVD)
• Mass Revision: How the Liturgy is Changing and What it Means for You, by Jimmy Akin
• A Biblical Walk Through the Mass, by Dr. Edward Sri
• The Mass of Vatican II | Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J.
• The Spirit of the Liturgy page
• For "Many" or For "All"? | From God Is Near Us: The Eucharist, the Heart of Life | Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
• Foreword to U.M. Lang's Turning Towards the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical Prayer | Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
• Music and Liturgy | From The Spirit of the Liturgy | Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
• The Altar and the Direction of Liturgical Prayer | From The Spirit of the Liturgy | Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
• On Saying the Tridentine Mass | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.
• Reform or Return? | An Interview with Rev. Thomas M. Kocik
• Does Christianity Need A Liturgy? | From The Heresy of Formlessness: The Roman Liturgy and Its Enemy | Martin Mosebach
• Walking To Heaven Backward | Interview with Father Jonathan Robinson of the Oratory
• Rite and Liturgy | Denis Crouan, STD
• The Liturgy Lived: The Divinization of Man | Jean Corbon, OP
• Worshipping at the Feet of the Lord: Pope Benedict XVI and the Liturgy | Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D.
• The Latin Mass: Old Rites and New Rites in Today's World | Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D.

[philly-d-kidder]

AMEN!

[353FMG]

The RC has never had a “major overhaul”. One doesn’t overhaul the truth or it would have been a lie.

Luther tried it but failed.

[Prokopton]

The new translation seems reasonable when it is merely going back to the more accurate translation before the “change”. Where the new translation appears to be an academic exercise in linguistics, e.g. using a long unfamiliar word instead of two or three simpler words where there is no single word available for direct translation, it seems counterproductive.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

They didn't accidentally "get it wrong."

They are deliberately spreading disinformation in hopes of stirring the pot.

[Salvation]

Catholic Ping!

[COBOL2Java]

(CNN gets it wrong!)

That's kind of like saying Five O'Clock Charlie "gets it wrong"...

[kitkat]

New Mass BUMP

[icwhatudo]

Its funny how the same liberal social justice CINO’s that all talk about welcoming change are now the ones most upset by these changes.

[perez24]

We’ve been using the new text for several weeks now and we’ve had a large number of homilies and meetings about it to get everyone up to speed. It’s still hard to remember where the changes occur, but I think our pastor is really doing a good job about getting us ready.

[savagesusie]

Amen.

This is a start....I just wish they would go back to the Latin mass. They could write the English translation beneath it and it would really stretch the Catholic mind and give children something to decode. They could learn Latin words like I did-—I had Latin in high school— to help with science and the English and Romance languages.

I think Vatican II was part of the Marxist infiltration—dumbing down— of the Church to destroy it from within. Just my personal “feelings”.

[rzman21]

The next step should be doing away with Mass facing the people, which stripped it of its external solemnity and made it about entertainment.

I’m happy the Byzantine-rite eparchies never adopted it.

[Salvation]

I think the pastors learned from the previous changes that a lot of pre - use work was needed for parishioners.

Our priest has been doing classes and is going to preach on it this week to try to reach more people.

I’ve been in a church where they are already practicing with a card in the pews.

I’m so excited — can’t wait to get our cards in a couple of weeks.

[Salvation]

I want the Communion rails back too!

[Salvation]

I agree that Vatican II — the U. S. Bishops tried a dumbing down — now they are learning that it didn’t work.

Basically all these changes have been in the foreign languages. Just English and French went off the path.

[elcid1970]

The English version of the Mass was ALWAYS available.

On the right hand page of your Missal, with the Tridentine Mass on the left hand page, in Latin, throughout the entire Liturgy.

Anyway, if Holy Mother Church is finally throwing away the touchy-feely tambouriny `folk mass’ horrors of post Vatican II, then so much the better.

Deo gratias!

[Unam Sanctam]

Oddly enough, our pastor, who is young and very orthodox, has uttered barely a peep about the new translation, other than one passing reference and a small notice in the bulletin. I’m surprised there isn’t more explanation or catechesis, but maybe he’s worried about the reaction. However, I think it necessary to give the peeps the basic reasoning that this is to provide a more accurate translation of the original Latin text.