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Tag Archives: translation
ASK FATHER: Should I pray my Rosary in Latin?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: If one knows the Our Father, Hail Mary & Glory Be in Latin, but one’s mind can’t translate the words directly as one prays them, is it OK to pray the rosary this way or should … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, WDTPRS
Tagged Holy Rosary, Latin, translation
21 Comments
Latin. @RobertSRoyal opines while Fr. Z rants.
You all know that I tend to bang on about Latin in our sacred liturgical worship. Most of us belong to the Roman Catholic, Latin Church. The Latin Church. Never using or hearing our language of prayer and teaching affects … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Does Pope Francis really want to change the Lord’s Prayer?
First, if liturgical translations frustrate you, just use Latin. It is, after all, the official language of worship of the Roman Catholic Church. I have had a couple dozen panicked or confused emails, and a few more that are simply curious, … Continue reading
WDTPRS – 33rd Ordinary Sunday: the “sign of peace” – Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Since the day I was ordained, I have celebrated both forms of the Roman Rite, the Novus Ordo and the TLM. When I am called upon to say the Novus Ordo, I jump up and help out. I prefer the older, … Continue reading
A trip down memory lane: liturgical translations again under attack by liberals
Is our collective memory getting shorter? Over at Jesuit run America Magazine there is an opinion piece… … wait… Jesuit-run America… isn’t that where, under the guidance of Thomas Reese, SJ… America published blasphemous images of Our Lady covered in latex? … Continue reading
Magister: Comments on the state of the Curia
Some time ago I issued a serious rant. HERE I think you should take it to heart. From Sandro Magister: A Firing, a Demolition: Behold the New Curia The reform of the Vatican curia that Pope Francis is carrying out … Continue reading
WDTPRS: Palm Sunday – The Transforming Example
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. The Sacred Triduum (triduum from tres dies – “three day space”) were once days of obligation when people were freed from servile work so that they could attend the liturgies, once celebrated … Continue reading
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged consortium, documentum, exemplum, Holy Week, liturgy, Palm Sunday, prayer, translation, Triduum, worship
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ASK FATHER: Priest continues to use old, outdated translation for Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Pater, our parish priest has this book “Vatican II Weekday Missal” which he uses to celebrate Holy Mass. The problem that it is the old translation of the Missal. My question is, when we attend that Mass using … Continue reading
VATICAN: No. You can’t use the 1998 English translation.
I saw this at The Pill (aka The Tablet aka RU-486), which makes it all the more enjoyable to read. Vatican liturgy secretary rules out possibility of Catholics using 1998 Mass translation A Vatican archbishop has ruled out the possibility … Continue reading
WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Advent: true Advent preparation
It is possible that we are already back to Advent? Advent begins a new liturgical year. Each year Holy Church presents the history of our salvation and the mysteries of the life, death, resurrection and the return of the Lord. … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged ADVENT, crossing sweeper, translation
3 Comments
What’s up with the false English translation of the Synod’s Final Report?
Now that the 2014 Extraordinary Synod of Bishops has been over for a while, we have to start asking some questions about the synodal documents that emerged during the meeting, namely the midpoint report, or Relatio post disceptationem, and the … Continue reading
Good comments on Card. Burke and on a serious translation error
I had intended to write today about the translation error in the English version of the recent Synod’s final document. However, over at The Catholic Thing, Robert Royal covers the issue well and says many of the same things I had … Continue reading
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Card. Burke, Robert Royal, Synod of Bishops, translation
19 Comments
Card. George on liturgical translation
At Amerika there is an interview with Francis Card. George, the out-going Archbishop of Chicago. Among the various questions put to him, this one, with the answer caught my special attention. My emphases and comments: You were prominent in … Continue reading
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, WDTPRS
Tagged Card. George, ICEL, justice, religion, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, translation
10 Comments
QUAERITUR: What’s the best translation of St. Augustine’s “The Confessions”?
On this Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo, since I am away from the Steam Pipe Distribution Venue, I can think of no better way to help you participate in the feast of this great saint and doctor, than by … Continue reading
Are the aging-hippies burying Benedict’s legacy?
I have written a few times about the priest in the Diocese of Brentwood, UK, a man of a certain age who – inexplicably – was in charge of the diocesan liturgy office, who sent a letter to The Tablet … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Benedict XVI, Biological Solution, Fr. John Hunwicke, translation
19 Comments
More on Brentwood Butler and revolt against the ICEL translation
A little while ago, a priest of the Diocese of Brentwood (UK), Fr. Michael Butler – director of the diocesan commission for liturgy, sent a letter to the priests of that diocese, and to the über-liberal, dissident weekly publication The … Continue reading
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, The Drill
Tagged D. Brentwood, dissent, Fr Michael J. Butler, Fr. Hunwicke, ICEL, language, Latin, liberals, liturgy, translation
16 Comments
Priest (D. Brentwood, UK) claims we can use obsolete English translation of Missal. FAIL.
UPDATE: HERE Readers of Protect the Pope have informed us that Bishop Thomas McMahon has acted decisively against Fr Butler’s letter advocating that they abandon the revised Roman Missal by writing to the priests of Brentwood diocese to refute his arguments … Continue reading
An observation for Mr. Novak on Pope Francis and “trickle-down” in EG 54
I note that Michael Novak has tackled the issue of the Pope’s comment on economics in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium. He had an interview with National Review. Alas, I think Mr. Novak got a couple things wrong. In a … Continue reading
Posted in Pope Francis, The Drill
Tagged "trickle-down", Evangelii gaudium, free market, Michael Novak, Pope Francis, translation
40 Comments
Evangelii gaudium: Translation issues, problems
I am detecting rumblings that the English translation of the Pope’s new (first) Apostolic Exhortation is not so hot and that it may be, in some key places misleading. There are always going to be differences in opinion about how … Continue reading
Posted in Pope Francis, The Drill
Tagged Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii gaudium, Pope Francis, translation
17 Comments
Summorum Pontificum 7: in translation
Let’s have a look at the translation of Summorum Pontificum 7 on the Vatican website. A forward: Latin vult is from volo. Volo expresses volition, corresponding to German “wollen” and English “will”. In English it is rendered as “to wish, … Continue reading
