http://blog.oup.com/2012/03/new-catholic-liturgical-book-history/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Sun, 19 May 2013 05:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2012/03/new-catholic-liturgical-book-history/#comment-253061 Ron Toczek Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:31:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=21836#comment-253061 It may be nothing new but, at times, certainly necessary. By definition, the Church is universal and one. The language of Vatican II, without intending it, seemed to allow individual renderings of many of the prayers of Mass and there were a lot of priests who took the opportunity to use their own language believing that it was ok as long as the intent of the original was still manifest. Unfortunately, language always builds upon itself and some churches were using language somewhat divorced from the original liturgy. This latest attempt, ignoring the U.S. bishops attempt at a strictly American version, is meant to consolidate the liturgies so that any visitor will be assured they are attending a valid Mass. It may be nothing new but, at times, certainly necessary. By definition, the Church is universal and one. The language of Vatican II, without intending it, seemed to allow individual renderings of many of the prayers of Mass and there were a lot of priests who took the opportunity to use their own language believing that it was ok as long as the intent of the original was still manifest. Unfortunately, language always builds upon itself and some churches were using language somewhat divorced from the original liturgy. This latest attempt, ignoring the U.S. bishops attempt at a strictly American version, is meant to consolidate the liturgies so that any visitor will be assured they are attending a valid Mass.

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