White Stone Journal

A few changes to the words of the Mass may be coming in 2010 for Catholics in the United States of America. Here are a few articles with information on them, and one response to a question on "The Lord Be With You." The changes simply return us to the words of the Mass from before the English language introduction, more directly translated. Here are links to the details:

http://content.ocp.org/shared/pdf/general/Advent2010.pdf

http://content.ocp.org/shared/pdf/general/TL102-NewRomanMissal-TheCreed.pdf

http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/examples.shtml

http://www.ewtn.com/library/liturgy/zlitur51.htm

The idea is to have all Catholics around the world using the same words, each in their own language. American english has been the exception for many years. We hope posting this is helpful. Please check for the change in the new missalettes, as we will all need to use these a bit more for a while, until we learn the new responses.