How demeaning to the church population habiting the kneelers and the pews! This Catholic already knows those words and has used them for years. I say bring on the new missal quickly. We were without a missal for years after Vat. II. I don't want to go through a period like that again, where the Mass is distributed on mimeographed sheets stuffed in the hymnal racks.
And why are our hymns no longer useable? This is the first that I've heard this warning. I thought the language of the new missal was just to smooth out awkward and erroneous expressions that took effect after Vat. II when the Mass was translated into the vernacular.
** I say bring on the new missal quickly. **
Ditto! Let’s ask for it quickly. In fact, I think I will put in an order now!