Welcoming the

ROMAN MISSAL

Third Typical Edition

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• Gathering, Welcome, Housekeeping• History of the Roman Missal – Q & A• What’s Changing – What’s Not – Q & A

break• Close to the Latin – Q & A• Waking up drowsy ears -- Q & A

• LUNCH – 30 minutes

• Experience the new music

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Ready or not. . . .

It’s gonna happen!

November 27, 2011

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• Missale Romanum

• Prayers• Readings• Chants• Instructions

ROMAN MISSAL, Third Edition some history. . .

• Leonine Sacramentary (end of the 6th Century)

• Old Gelasian Sacramentary (7th -8th Century)

• Gregorian Sacramentary (late 8th Century)

• Missal of Pius V (1570)

• Roman Ritual (1614)

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• Sacrosanctum Concilium (December 4, 1963)

– full, conscious and active participation of the people . . .

• Roman Missal, first edition (1969/1974)

• Roman Missal, second edition (1975/1985)

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• Presidential prayers

• Order of the Mass

• Prefaces for Mass

• Eucharistic Prayers

• Others. . .

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• Why change the Roman Missal?. . . we like it the way it is . . .

• Who is changing the Roman Missal?. . . Pope, CDWDS, ICEL, USCCB

• How are they changing the Roman Missal? . . . a different method of translation

The methods of translation. . .

DYNAMIC EQUIVALENCE

OR

DIRECT OR FORMAL EQUIVALENCE

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Lex Orandi

Lex Credendi

Lex Vivendi

As we Worship

So we Believe

So we Live

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“I encourage you now to seize the opportunity that the new translation offers for in-depth catechesis on the Eucharist, and renewed devotion in the manner of its celebration. ‘The more lively the Eucharistic faith of the people of God, the deeper is its sharing in ecclesial life in steadfast commitment to the mission entrust by Christ to his disciples.’”

-- Pope Benedict, Sacramentum Caritatis 6

ROMAN MISSAL, Third EditionAs we begin this work, please allow me to offer a few words of encouragement. I would encourage all of us to avoid the temptation to polarize and demonize; imputing blame or assigning motives to those which whom we disagree does nothing to build up the Church.

I would encourage all of us to see what is good in the new Missal, to be open to surprises, and to see in the implementation process for the new Missal more than just a time to learn new words, but a time to embrace a serious catechesis on the liturgy.

I would also encourage all of us to take the opportunity given us by the new Missal to do a liturgical “examination of conscience: and to let go of those bad habits that have crept in over time such as: making up our own words, failing to respect the dialogical nature of the Mass (by taking the people’s parts ourselves or running through our parts as if the people were not even there), not allowing for silence, and making efficiency the measure of our liturgical life.

In the end, we are stewards of the liturgy, not its masters. The liturgy does not belong to us individually but to the whole Body of Christ. May the new Missal, the renewed liturgical life that it promises, bund us closer together as priests and as the people of God in this diocese.

-- Martin Amos, Bishop of Davenport

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