By MIchael Commane This might well be the end of me as a priest in the Holy Roman Catholic Church. I sort of jest. Only ‘sort of’.
I was ordained a priest in 1974, the day the Germans beat the …
This is an interesting email that one of our members got from a parishioner in relation to the new responses at Mass. Maybe it is something we priests might keep in mind.
If you’ve been at Mass anytime in the last six weeks you will most likely have noticed changes in many of the prayers.
It’s often said that it is not a good idea to write down one’s thoughts in time …
An interesting article by Richard McBrien on the New Missal. Taken from the National Catholic Reporter
This might give you a laugh for Christmas.
The new English translation of the Roman Missal has, understandably, been getting much attention.
The new Irish language translation was also introduced on the same day. The printed version of Ord an Aifrinn arrived in the Veritas store in Dublin just two days before that. Perhaps those who took part in celebrations in Irish (from any part of the congregation!) would offer their reflections.
Pádraig McCarthy
It would be a pity to let the Opening Prayers (Collects) in the 1998 Sacramentary be forgotten. It offered not just one Opening Prayer, but also three alternatives, for the three years of the cycle. They could be a resource for a variety of occasions. Here you can find the 1998 Opening Prayers for the four Sundays of Advent.
Pádraig McCarthy
Some light pastoral adaptations of the new translation of the four regular Eucharistic Prayers to assist clarified proclamation. Unofficial! For personal study!
For those who are interested in the New Missal debate, here is an interesting article taken from U.S. Catholic,
http://liturgyforum.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/missal-timeline/#more-70
Bishop Maurice Taylor, in a wonderfully written booklet, It’s the Eucharist, Thank God, combines a beautiful teaching on the Eucharist with a unique personal view of that time period when nothing seemed to be happening. The author is bishop …
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