Missal 1: Getting ready for new words at Mass
English-speaking Catholics were surprised three years ago to learn that the English translation of the Roman Missal, in use since 1973, was to be replaced by a...
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Missal 2: How we got to English
This week’s article on the new missal looks at the context of the decision to develop and use a new English translation. Older Catholics will remember that...
Missal 3: The tale of two translations
The biggest task facing the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) in 1969 was the translation of the Order of the Mass. The 1969 Roman...
Missal 4: What we say at Mass
We are now going to start looking at some of the changes in the new English translation of the Mass with the move away from Dynamic Equivalence...
Missal 6: Scripture and the Mass
Phase Three of the new translation process will see the introduction of the new lectionary with its different translation of the Holy Scriptures. The new lectionary and...
Missal 7: Put the new Missal into action
Over the past six articles we have explored the new English translation of the liturgy of the Holy Mass. The aim of this series has been to...
