tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080685098705134803.post6965350721291624519..comments2023-06-21T02:32:48.667-07:00Comments on Soldiering On: Recognitio, The Missal is ApprovedCatholicSoldierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12026438825018195203noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080685098705134803.post-18685832738299116722010-05-01T11:44:28.579-07:002010-05-01T11:44:28.579-07:00The revised Missal will not be implemented in the ...The revised Missal will not be implemented in the US before the First Sunday of Advent at the end of 2011 - so 18+ months from now. The Bishops have promised the publishers at least one year to prepare all of their annuals. For the annual music publication "Breaking Bread" to be put out by OCP, the Year of Grace 2011 is actually already in print, and getting ready to ship this summer.<br /><br />It appears that taking lessons from the last time there were changes like this, the episcopal conferences have all decided to take it slow, and ensure that they really have allowed enough time and done enough proactive work to prepared the priests and people as best as they can. So the proximate preparation is just getting started, with the plan that most of the actual preparation for the faithful will occur next year. <br /><br />We actually don't even have the final text yet, even though there is final approval. There is still work being done on quite a number of points, including ensuring that prayers that are essentially the same are translated the same in different places. There is also a need to rework the entrance and communion antiphons with the revised Grail Psalter that was granted recognitio a few months back. There is a hope that there will be good consistency, and not a need to issue revisions in one to three years as errors are found. <br /><br />So, it'll be Advent a year and half from now in the US. What other bishops' conferences decide to do is an open question at this point. But here, this is going to be a long and hopefully well done implementation. Hopefully we will take the opportunity to once again address not just what is being said, but why we are saying it, what it means, and what difference it should make in our lives in how we live our faith. Lofty goals, but we take the opportunities as they come. <br /><br />I hope your move is going well!Virginia Meagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661639648951082388noreply@blogger.com