Installment #6 • “Serious Problems with the Lectionary Translation”
“If we had known what the prayers really said, we would not have wanted to pray them any longer.” —Paul Inwood
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“If we had known what the prayers really said, we would not have wanted to pray them any longer.” —Paul Inwood

I will release five (5) Mass settings which come off well with a single cantor & organist; today is the 2nd installment.
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A new undertaking of composer Paul Jernberg

Free Download of two sets of accompaniments for chants of the new Misal Romano, Tercera Edición.

Seizing the Moment to Sing a Truly New Song to the Lord

A collection of fine resources are available from the Domenico Zipoli Institute

Seven Observations on Liturgical Translation and the Recent Motu Proprio

A Literary Approach in an Adoremus Bulletin Article

The Difference a Comma Makes

“Until we are blue in the face, we could repeat what Vatican II said about Gregorian chant…”
When reading certain publications, one gets the sense that every Catholic in the world is up-in-arms about the present translation.

“The faith of many was quite infantile, I would say.” —Paul Inwood, talking about preconciliar Catholics

Blessings of the New Translation of the Roman Missal, Third Typical Edition
Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth gives details on what ICEL is doing now that the Roman Missal project has been completed.

Yesterday evening—on his day off, after another Mass he’d offered—I observed an OF priest saying the 1962 Missal in his private chapel.
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