Will the latest Catholic Mass translation get another overhaul?

[hrmjustin]

David Gibson

(RNS) A new translation of the Mass has been used in the nation’s Catholic parishes for less than three years, but there are signs that the language — often criticized as stilted and awkward — could be in for another edit.

“We’ve tried it, we’ve lived with it, we think it needs correction,” Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory told a conference on liturgical reform last month in one of the most public and high-level expressions of discontent with the missal, as the Mass text is called.

Gregory was seconded by Bishop Robert Lynch of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, in an echo of comments last year by Bishop Robert Brom, now retired as head of the San Diego diocese, who said “the new missal needs corrective surgery and this should take place without delay.”

Reopening that process would be a momentous step.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/04/09/will-latest-catholic-mass-translation-get-another-overhaul/

[goldent]

1. Jesus wept.

First thought that came into my mind!

[hrmjustin]

2. I imagine it will cause issues for people.

[goldent]

3. For me,

I thought the old words were fine,
I think the new words are fine, and not much different IMHO,
I would rather not get a set of newer words.

I understand the precise words are important to some, but I think there are other things we can work on.