WDTPRS REVIEW: Editions of the Roman Missal with the new, corrected translation
Several priests have asked me my opinion about editions of the Roman Missal with the new, corrected English translation. They don’t know which version to purchase and wanted my insights. One priest...
View ArticleREVIEW: New editions of the Roman Missal SIDE BY SIDE
Yesterday I was at Leaflet Missal Company in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Church goods section there, run by John, can provide priests with the best traditional stuff. John of Church Goods put out all the...
View ArticleA proposal for a “traditional” edition of the Ordinary Form missal in English
At NLM Shawn Tribe has offered a proposal for an Ordinary Form Roman Missal with the new, corrected translation in a format much like the usual editions of the older Missale Romanum. He has some...
View ArticleQUAERITUR: Saying “for all” even after the new translation is in force.
From a reader: I was wondering what the mind of Catholics ought to be toward the validity of Masses which are celebrated after the implementation of the Third Edition of the Roman Missal by certain...
View ArticleREVIEW: Roman Missal from the Catholic Truth Society (UK) – spiffing!
At long last I received my new altar edition of the Roman Missal by the Catholic Truth Society in England. The book was ridiculously held up in customs. I have looked virtually all the new missals. I...
View ArticleD. Covington: Bp. Foys issues liturgical decrees – No joy for “hand holders”
There can be no renewal of any aspect of our Catholic lives and identity without first a revitalization of our liturgical worship. A reader sent me a link to a letter of 18 November 2011 and...
View ArticleQUAERITUR: With what level of voice should priests say those quiet prayers?
From a priest: A thought: In the rubrics of the Missal, would you agree that a change in a word signifies a change in action? Looking at the prayers that the priest says that are not directed to the...
View ArticleQUAERITUR: Parish priest will not implement the new translation, schedules...
From a reader: I’m living in Ireland and my parish priest … has, under the influence of the new Association of Irish Catholic Priests, decided to make a stand against the new Missal and has simply...
View ArticleQUAERITUR: An iPad in place of a Missal (the book itself) for Mass
Please use the sharing buttons!From a reader: Dear Father Z., accorging to you, would it be possible for a priest to use an electronic form of the Missal? Like, for example, we were on a pilgrimage to...
View ArticlePriest (D. Brentwood, UK) claims we can use obsolete English translation of...
UPDATE: HERE Readers of Protect the Pope have informed us that Bishop Thomas McMahon has acted decisively against Fr Butler’s letter advocating that they abandon the revised Roman Missal by writing to...
View ArticlePublishers of the new, corrected Roman Missal! Attention!
Pretty soon people are going to be buying LOTS of new missals. They are going to have to decide whose to buy. I understand that Liturgy Training Publications and Midwest Theological Forum are both...
View ArticleWhat NOT to do if you don’t like the new translation
I have often said that people who don’t like the new, corrected translation of the Roman Missal should protest by refusing to use it and using instead only Latin. Someone else thinks that it might be...
View ArticleCTS: New Roman Missal editions
The Catholic Truth Society in England has offered some resources for their new editions of the Roman Missal, that is, the new, corrected translation. Emphasis on corrected. I am sure my confreres...
View ArticleBishops of England and Wales on the New Corrected Translation
The bishops of England and Wales are asking that a Pastoral Letter about the new, corrected translation of the Roman Missal be read on Sunday 29 May. I noticed it on the blog Caritas in Veritate of my...
View ArticleEditions of the new, corrected Roman Missal – UPDATED & CORRECTED
Msgr. James Moroney on his blog Dignum et iustum has put together a handy page indicating the editions of the Roman Missal with the new, corrected ICEL translation. These are the editions in the USA....
View ArticleREVIEW: Caveat emptor! A Missal on sale advertised as “1962”
Some years ago a very kind person gave me an edition of a reprinted Missale Romanum supposed to be the 1962 edition. It even has 1962 printed on the cover, as the photo shows here. This is NOT an...
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