This past weekend was not only the first Sunday of Advent, it was also the introduction of the “new” Mass translation in the Catholic Church – at least the English-speaking Catholic Churches. I think this is the 3d edition of the Mass translated into English and its use is apparently mandatory. I suspect that most Catholics long ago memorized their lines – and even though I’m a relative newbie, I pretty much had mine down\u2026<\/p>\n
At my age, my memorization skills are not what they once were – if I’m any where near normal, plenty of people will probably be using the cheat cards in the pews for a long time to come.<\/p>\n
Except for the homilies, priests don’t ever call an “audible” during Mass – the same lines are just repeated over and over. There’s a certain amount of comfort in that because no matter where you go to church, you know what to say and do and don’t have to learn a new routine based on the location or personnel involved.<\/p>\n
But this weekend, what American English-speaking Catholics knew by heart, changed. Apparently the new language is a more faithful translation of the Latin. Actually, the changes aren’t that big a deal – the words are changed just enough to mess everyone up periodically. To me the changes fall more into the category of tinkering, rather than fixing something that was broken – it would seem the church should have more important things to do than tinker\u2026<\/p>\n
The one change that is especially annoying to me is the use of the word consubstantial instead of ‘of one being.’ I didn’t even know what the word meant – had to look it up. Every source that I checked, indicates that they mean the same<\/em> – so why use the long word – it doesn’t make the meaning any clearer. Maybe it just sounds more like Latin.<\/p>\n Some people are indifferent to the change, some like it, some don’t. I guess I fall into the category of indifferent\u00a0 There’s always a good number that don’t like change and are not bashful about voicing their displeasure; often times those people just have to voice an opinion because they want to say something and be heard. When a change like this, dictated from the top, comes along – if you don’t like what the church is doing, don’t go – or – find another church. Most people go to church because they have a strong faith in God and their religion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This past weekend was not only the first Sunday of Advent, it was also the introduction of the “new” Mass translation in the Catholic Church – at least the English-speaking Catholic Churches. I think this is the 3d edition of … Continue reading
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