[Kolokotronis]

"Judging from the size of the brain contained therein, his skull isn't large enough to use for paving - maybe for kitty litter . . ."

My great grandmother would be very happy (and a bit surprised) that an "Americaneetha" (American woman) Roman Catholic would say that!

" . . . oh, darn, now I'm going to have to go to confession on Saturday . . ."

Nah, the Theotokos is chuckling; don't worry! :)

[Salvation]

Not all bishops were critical. Some praised the new translations as more dignified and elegant, with “an air of solemnity and formality that is sometimes missing from current translations,” which were completed under great time pressure in the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council.

 

It would be sooooooo interesting to know who thought these new translations were difficult and troublesome.

[AnAmericanMother]

. . . it must be the good influence of all that Classical Greek I took in school! Also, my dad helped supervise the Greek elections after WWII, and he learned quite a bit of Greek there (he's good at languages.)

. . . I need to go to confession anyhow, I'm trying to go once a month . . .