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Posted on 11/24/2011 8:32:12 AM PST by Steelfish
11/23/2011 Will Catholic Mass Changes Cause Mass Confusion? Elizabeth Tenety
The Catholic Church, its religious authorities often remind its followers, is intentionally slow to change, if it ever changes at all. The ritual of Communion, where the priest consecrates the bread and wine for distribution to the faithful, for example, has been observed in similar fashion for thousands of years.
But this weekend, millions of English-speaking Catholics will experience some of the most profound change in their lifetime when the words of the Catholic liturgy are phased out in favor of a new translation.
As Michelle Boorstein reported this month, a summer survey showed that most Catholics were then unaware of the upcoming changes. In recent weeks, say church officials, priests and parishes have been preparing Catholics through instruction at religious services, direct mailings and communication campaigns.
The overhaul has been in the works for a decade, and “is aimed at unifying the more than 1 billion Catholics worldwide with a translation that is as close as possible to the original Latin version.” In some cases, the new language will more literally reflect the Scripture passages on which liturgical prayers were based.
One example of that shift is in a line familiar to Catholics at the height of the Mass, just before Communion. “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed,” Catholics have said for decades. This weekend, those words change to, “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.” This new translation borrows from a story in the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus entered a man’s home and healed his servant.
If you’re attending Mass this weekend, here’s what you need to know:
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
"et cum spiritu tuo"
That is how it used to be said, just in Latin.
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I see that proper worship of God is beyond some. Nice interjection. I have some kittens that you can stomp on.
I like the changes.
The new Mass will be Kewl.
I currently attend a Catholic Church with my wife ( she`s Catholic, I am not ). I have been walking into Mass with her for over three years now.
I very much miss my Journey concerts with Ned Flanders singing.... I still attend a few “concerts” a year.
From what I can tell, all those hand wavers have no less of Jesus in their hearts than any one of those Catholic parisioners I see most Sundays.
Could not have said it better!
Who would have thunk it?
If it works for you, great. It just leaves me cold and uninspired.
St. Charles Borromeo in his youth allowed himself no other amusement but that of grave music, with a view to that of the Church.
“As to music as an amusement, too much time must never be given to it; and extreme care ought to be taken, as a judicious and experienced tutor observes, that children be not set to learn it very young, because it is a thing which bewitches the senses, dissipates the mind exceedingly, and alienates it from serious studies, as daily experience shows. Soft and effeminate music is to be always shunned with abhorrence, as the corrupter of the heart and the poison of virtue.”
I keep a linen hanky in my purse and every Mass I hold it in my right hand when we get to the hand shaking and motion I have a cold so that scares anyone who wants to shake my hand. It has also cut down on the number of colds I’ve had.
So will I. Found out last Sunday that my parish first deacon will be this holiday weekend in Virgina, so no color commentary. In other words, the parish is going to have to with my pastor, “wing-it”.
Absolutely correct. Some of the old liberals who are complaining about the new translation were quick enough to change things forty years ago, and they then dismissed complaints with a haughty,”get over it,” attitude to older folks.
Translation: It is a DONE DEAL.
Exactly. Couldn’t agree more.
What all this English updating is simply is bringing back the importance of both PRAYER and MYSTERY to the holy mass.
And the Jesus in their minds? After forty years of dumbed down catechesis, many Catholics are very lacking in that, too. But the big question is “who Jesus.” Aldous Huxley once told the story of the young fisherman, really a boy of thirty or fourteen, who he met on the beach in Spain. He was a bright and cheery lad and Huxley liked to strike up conversations with him about. Huxley met him often since he like to walk through the village. At some point they struck up a conversation about religion. Somewhat with amusement, Huxley recalled that with just his mastery of the catechism, the boy was more than able to hold his own in the conversation —something I doubt that you or I could do easily. A year or so later, he returned and asked a local about the boy and learned that he had been lost as sea. Huxley was saddened, but reflected that the greatest mysteries could be reduced to simple forms, which if we reflect on them yield great wisdom, even in the young. We must just believe in them.
See, that is exactly it. Inspiration comes from many things and places.
Mine comes from a different place than yours, nothing wrong with it, but I wouldn`t say your less Christian because of it.
When a reporter or essayist demonstrates ignorance and stupidity within the first two or three paragraphs it's almost invariably downhill from there.
Agreed.
All I can say is this:
Christian rock has driven me closer to Christ.
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