Introducing the Roman Missal

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Introducing the Roman Missal
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Overview

• Introductions
• Starter Questions
• Looking at the Text
• Putting it into Practice

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Introductions

• Identify one thing
• What is good about our school liturgy?
• What might be improved?

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Starter Questions
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What is a Missal?

• Can refer to 3 things
• Altar Missal
• Collected Volume of Liturgy
• Peoples Sunday Weekday Missals

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What is a Missal?

• Core book of Roman Liturgy
• With Calendar foundation start of liturgical
  renewal
• Used at every Mass

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Why do we need a new translation?

• Missale Romanum, 3rd edition (Latin text of
  Missal) 2002/2008
• Liturgiam Authenticam Instruction on
  translation 2001
• Revision always expected

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What does this mean?

• Concerns
• over-simplification - how do you translate
  liturgical prayer for proclamation?
• loss of meaning and nuance
• loss of language of faith
• lex orandi lex credendi

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What does this mean?

• Liturgiam Authenticam
• New principles of translation
• formal over dynamic equivalence
• weight placed on words over sentences

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What does this mean?

• Completely new translation
• Richer more faithful
• Scriptural allusions
• A chance to discover new riches in the text

• Nearly all common responses have changed
• Style is more complex
• Requires preparation
• A chance to reflect and deepen liturgical practice

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What about the Lectionary?

• New edition in preparation.
• Not imminent
• Text drawn from NRSV Grail Psalms
• revised in the light of Liturgiam Authenticam

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and When?

• September 2011 introduction of Order of Mass
• accompanied by catechesis on translation liturgy

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Order of Mass

• Those texts which are the same at every Mass
• Greetings
• Dialogues
• Holy, Holy
• etc
• also Eucharistic Prayers

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and When - part 2

• Advent 2011
• Use of full Missal text

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Reflection
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Looking at the Text
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Introductory Rites

• Their purpose is to ensure that the faithful, who
  come together as one, establish communion and
  dispose themselves properly to listen to the Word
  of God and to celebrate the Eucharist worthily.
  GIRM 46

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Introductory Rites

• Entrance
• Sign of the Cross
• Greeting
• Penitential Act
• Gloria
• Collect

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Introductory Rites

• Look through the texts
• What strikes you?
• What do you like?
• What challenges you?

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Introducing

• Noticing what has always been there
• Old New not everything has changed
• Various languages of liturgy

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Introductory Rites

• Entrance
• Sign of the Cross
• Greeting
• Penitential Act
• Gloria
• Collect

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Liturgy Notes

• Key changes
• Key points for catechesis
• Introductory Rites Directory for Masses with
  Children
• Introducing changes
• Good practice

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Looking ahead

• What are the implications of the new translation
  for our schools celebration of Mass?
• What needs to be in place before our first
  celebration of Mass in September?
• Who needs to be informed or formed?
• Are there any elements of good practice, or
  aspects we wished to improved, that might also be
  considered?

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Quick Overview

• Liturgy of the Word
• Gospel Dialogue
• Nicene/Apostles Creed
• Liturgy of the Eucharist
• Prayer over the Offerings
• Preface Dialogue
• Sanctus
• Memorial Acclamations
• Invitation to Communion

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