Introducing the Roman Missal

Overview

• Introductions

• Starter Questions

• Looking at the Text

• Putting it into Practice

Introductions

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

Starter Questions

What is a Missal?

• Can refer to 3 things:• Altar Missal• Collected Volume of Liturgy• People’s Sunday & Weekday Missals

What is a Missal?

• Core book of Roman Liturgy• With Calendar foundation & start of liturgical

renewal• Used at every Mass

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

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

What does this mean?

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

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

What about the Lectionary?

• New edition in preparation.

• Not imminent

• Text drawn from NRSV & Grail Psalms

• revised in the light of Liturgiam Authenticam

and When?

• September 2011 — introduction of Order of Mass

• accompanied by catechesis on translation & liturgy

[Order of Mass]

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

and When - part 2

• Advent 2011

• Use of full Missal text

Reflection

Looking at the Text

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]

Introductory Rites

• Entrance

• Sign of the Cross

• Greeting

• Penitential Act

• Gloria

• Collect

Introductory Rites

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

Introducing

• Noticing what has always been there

• Old & New – not everything has changed

• Various languages of liturgy

Introductory Rites

• Entrance

• Sign of the Cross

• Greeting

• Penitential Act

• Gloria

• Collect

Liturgy Notes

• Key changes

• Key points for catechesis

• Introductory Rites & Directory for Masses with Children

• Introducing changes

• Good practice

Looking ahead

• What are the implications of the new translation for our school’s 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?

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