Friday, May 14, 2004
Told you
CNS reports on Cardinal Mahony's comments about the Ordo Missae, adding another publicly dissatisfied bishop to the lists from England, Wales, and Australia, who have already shipped their drafts back to the Vatican for more work. Without the Ordo Missae in English, Sacramentary replacements in your parish are on indefinite hold, unless ICEL just gives up on the idea of transliteralism altogether. They do have a translated-and-approved version of the rest of the Missal ready to go.
I think there are some problems in the old Ordo Missae which need to be cleaned up. I think a better translation is worth waiting for. I think we're looking at 2007 before anything sees print, and any number of liturgical or non-liturgical events in the meantime could delay things even more.
So if you're waiting to see the light on the reform of the reform, in the words of my mother, "Don't hold your breath."
