If you attended Mass earlier today, you witnessed the end of an era. Today was the final celebration of the liturgy with the now “old” English translation of Mass, officially known as the 2nd Edition of the Roman Missal in English. Beginning tonight with the vigil Masses for the 1st Sunday of Advent, we will be using the 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal – the new English translation – in North America, and in many other English-speaking countries around the world.
I can’t wait to get started with the new translation. Since I created The New Mass app for iOS and Android, and have been giving all kinds of presentations explaining the new Missal, one might expect that. But I really do believe this is going to be great. Pope Benedict said when the final text was presented to him last year that he hoped it would serve as “a springboard for renewal of Eucharistic devotion all over the English-speaking world.” So, let’s dive in!
How about you? Will there be anything you’ll miss about the old translation, or is there anything you can’t wait to hear in the new? Let us know in the comments below.
Looking forward to using the app at 4:30 mass in about 10 minutes!
Looking forward to saying, “And with your spirit” for the first time 🙂 Ruah!
We’ll see. I am not excited. 29 years of prayers in German, then all “new” in English after moving to the U.S. . Now I shall start all over again. I am not sure that there is comfort in this. There was comfort in the familiarity of prayer. Will I miss the old translation? Very very much so.
Michael, it’s more than OK to miss the old translation. But I do think you’ll love the new one. Unlike most of us, you have some experience with learning new Mass translations, so I’m sure you’ll pick it up quicker than most.
Deb, that is so funny! I caught that very clever ruah/spirit pun. For those of you who are scratching your heads, “ruah” is the Hebrew word for “spirit”.
Chris: That’s awesome. Let me know how it went! I used the app too when I attended on Sunday morning, and it was pretty helpful, if I do say so myself! I did lose focus at one point, though, and said “and also with you”. D’oh!
We fully implemented the new English troaslatinn here in the Philippines last Sunday, as did Hong Kong, a year behind everywhere else. Some have been using it for a while now. I do have questions about the widespread use of English in the Mass in a country where it’s not the mother-tongue of the vast majority. However, those who prefer English, at least those I celebrate Mass with, haven’t had any great difficulty in adjusting.One good ‘side effect’of the implementation of the new troaslatinn is that the bishops of the Philippines have gone back to the traditional Our Father, that used in English-speaking countries, and have dropped the ‘Ecumenical Version’ they brought in more than 30 years ago, not every effectively, as hardly anyone now knows either the traditional or the ecumenical versions properly. The ecumenical version begins with ‘Our Father in heaven, holy be your name’. Both versions are in the new missal as the bishops made their decision only after the first printings of it.A more important ‘side-effect’ is that the bishops have asked us to use the Nicene Creed, which had in practice fallen by the wayside. They suggest the use of the Apostles’ Creed during Lent and Easter because of its connection with baptism.
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