Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Despite some objections, . . .

US Catholic clergy encouraged by bishops’ liturgy decisions

Washington DC, Jul. 18, 2006 (CNA) - North American priests and deacons, who are members of the Confraternity of the Catholic Clergy, passed a resolution at their annual convocation last week expressing their support for the recent recommendations of the U.S. bishops to more accurately and faithfully translate the mass from the Latin text into English. The clergy asked, “for a complete and consistent correction of all errors and deletions in the Roman Missal.”

“Rather than a partial repair, we, as daily celebrants of the Divine and Sacred Liturgy, see the need for a complete restoration of sacred language and precise translations, based on the axiom lex orandi, lex credendi,” the resolution reads.

“We are particularly concerned for sacrosanct vocabulary such as ‘consubstantial’ defined by the Council of Nicea in 325 … and other areas the literal Latin expresses more reverence and clarity than the current translations.”

The article continues here....

And with even more good news, we read:
Next year’s convocation of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy is being planned for St. Louis, Missouri.

This is an opportunity to petition our local Serra Clubs and Knights of Columbus to help. Parishioners might also plan to help with the conference costs for their priests...

HT to Patte for the update!

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