Philippines: Translation primer; Advent 2012 implementation
Primer on New English Translation of the Roman Missal out A Catechetical Primer on the New English Translation of the Roman Missal has been published by the Episcopal Commission on Liturgy (ECL) of the...
View ArticleMsgr. Wadsworth talks new missal translation in New York — Part I
Ed. note: On June 22, the Archdiocese of New York sponsored a music workshop at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Scarsdale. Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth, executive director of ICEL, was a featured speaker....
View ArticleMsgr. Wadsworth talks new missal translation in New York — Part II
Ed. note: On June 22, the Archdiocese of New York sponsored a music workshop at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Scarsdale. Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth, executive director of ICEL, was a featured speaker....
View ArticleHow to live the liturgy, this Advent I
As Advent I draws ever closer, I know that I want to be at Mass that Sunday with my heart as well as my ears and eyes firmly fixed on what really matters, namely the grace-filled encounter with the...
View ArticleStanding during the communion rite
As promised, I want to set forth the value of standing during the communion rite, from the time of the Our Father until the time of silent prayer after communion. My argument is based on the values...
View ArticleThe New Missal Translation Is Not (Yet) a Big Deal for Everyone
As reported in Our Sunday Visitor, research by CARA, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, indicates that less that a quarter of English-speaking Catholics are aware that there will be a...
View ArticleUsing the homily to prepare for the Roman Missal
I wrote this for my diocese’s clergy and catechists. I’m not a homilist, so I can’t really comprehend the kind of pressures placed on those who need to prepare a homily for every Sunday and weekday....
View ArticleAn Implementation Vignette and Reflection
Vignette The New Missal began to emerge from its cocoon recently in a parish with a strong liturgical, scriptural and social justice orientation. “And with your spirit.” That was the subject three...
View Article“And with your spirit”?
Pray Tell reader Jonathan Day calls our attention to the latest piece in Thinking Faith, the online journal of the British Jesuits. Jack Mahoney explores the meanings behind the new response “And with...
View ArticleChrist the King 2011: an Englishman preaches in Bunker Hill
Things sometimes come full circle. Many years ago, more or less by accident, I, a rather English Englishman, was ordained deacon in, of all places, Lexington. And now, on the last Sunday when we are...
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