Eureka (Springs) moment: 'We rise to a new challenge' of new translation of Missal

With just two months and one day to go before the Roman Missal, Third Edition is implemented in English-speaking parishes throughout the world, more and more parishes and dioceses are preparing for the new translation.

The Arkansas Catholic, the diocesan newspaper of Little Rock, recently covered a presentation on the revised Missal, to debut Nov. 27, by Eureka Springs priest Father Shaun Wesley at the West Ozark Deanery at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Rogers, Ark. Here is what the newspaper reported:

Father Wesley acknowledged that "change is always hard. After Vatican II, American Catholics were pressed to translate the Mass into the vernacular. It happened in good will. But it could have been done better. Now with scholarship and prayer, we have the new edition of the Roman Missal.

"We rise to a new challenge,' he said. "The law of prayer is the law of belief and our highest prayer is the Mass. How we pray the Mass expresses our belief to its fullest. And in the law of life, what we pray is what we live out. We are making our salvation happen in the words we proclaim together, the music, the vestments, the environment. In participating in the Mass, we offer to God the best we can because he gives us his best.'

Read what else Father Wesley had to say.

The Diocese of Salt Lake City has also been preparing its priests and parishioners for the revisions. The Deseret News recently interviewed Msgr. Robert Servatius of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church of Sandy, Utah, the diocese's longest-tenured pastor, about the changes. His advice? "Go with the flow":

"It may seem a little awkward at first. But it won't be long before these changes will be comfortable and familiar for everyone. I believe they will ultimately enhance our ability to celebrate the glory and majesty of the Mass."

See what Father Servatius' goal is for the first Sunday of Advent.