Brilliant article by a teenager on the new translation and very good comments in the blog after it. Well worth a read.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/16-year-old-latin-whiz-finds-new-liturgy-lan
New translation certainly works for me, at least on the occasions that the priest actually uses it. So we can safely say that it works for 'many' if not for 'all'.
Neil
Firstly, I wish you well in your training for the priesthood. I would however like to comment on some of the points you make.
1. “I think the Church has tried to be ‘trendy’ with music sinc
Joe, I do thank you. Older than you, I assume, and hope-filled by Vatican II, I am aghast at the betrayal.
I paraphrase Cicero: Delenda est Curia Romana.
The Holy Spirit w
Joe
If I were a Sheppard what would I do
In trust a bowl and towel I would bring to you
A Bondsman to the one above
To All, this must be truly understood
In poverty we only serve love
Water with grac
Yet another chastening report from the battlefront. If the 95% dismiss this as the view of a "disaffected rump" what do they say instead? What is their alternative view of how things stand?
Very brave of you, Joe. The Bishops, of course, lack courage. Christopher Hitchens explains why:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2010/03/the_great_catholic_coverup.html
Fr McGuane (not for the first time) makes several trenchant but relevant points here - and not a bit of harm that he reprises them in this forum.
The best can indeed be the enemy of the good. A too pu
The changes to the congregational responses fail every test of relevance,rationale, timeliness and cost effectiveness that one could apply. The words are inappropriate, old fashioned, often less meani
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