Tuesday, August 2, 2011

All the world's a stage — including the revised Mass

The National Catholic Reporter's Michael Sean Winters, on his Distinctly Catholic blog, has posted a short piece on the upcoming new translation of the Roman Missal and has the following piece of advice for Catholics who are reticent about the revisions:
"[I] nstead of getting all in a lather, maybe we need to think of the new translation the way we think of Shakespeare. Admit it, before you go to see a play by the great bard, you re-read the text because otherwise you will miss the meaning of some of the play. Maybe it is not such a bad idea if parents read through the missal with their children before Mass. (Pastors - in the bulletin, indicate which eucharistic prayer you will be using the next week, so parents can do this! And, include the current and upcoming antiphons, many of which are beautifully poetic.) What we don't do is go to a Shakespeare play and re-write it."
Read his entire post. What do you think about his suggestion?

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