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>>They won’t have an excuse.<<

Or what?

The Bishop sits on it until his review with the Vatican. It can be five years. Or they can skate around it and just ignore the parishes that are still using their “own interpretation” of the Missal.

You know, the inclusive language and using Christ as a surname. They bend and add to the GIRM right now and no one does anything. I nearly fell over when I heard, “Jesus, Morning Star, you take away the sins of the world...” spewing from the soloist at one parish! They do what they want.

I would love to think that I can travel in the Saginaw Diocese and see a change. I will be happily surprised if I do, but it’s much more likely that the Bishop will not be booting the “liturgical committees” any time soon. We’ll still have solos by the cantor for every response, gladhanding at the beginning of Mass, daisy chains and orans for the Our Father AND ignoring the new GIRM. It only makes sense that if they can add in a “modified Orans” that looks like a gunman walked into the middle of the congregation and yelled “Stick um up”, then they can bend the rules and delay forever. Remember the fight with allowing the TLM? How many Bishops fought tooth and nail? In some Diocese, it’s only there because it’s hidden as far away and as inconvenient as possible.

My parish will use it, many will. But the question is, what if they don’t? What will REALLY happen? Because some of us have been begging the Vatican to do something with the innovations and additions that are already there and nothing is done.