New Translation: Book of Blessings

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I’m considering getting a copy of the book of blessings, for reference use at home when I’m preparing at home for MCing liturgies.

But… is it being retranslated? I would hate to sink $30 on it, to find out it’s outdated in 6 months.

Does anyone know, or even better, have an official source to back themselves up?

Also, is there any other books like this that you think might be handy to add to my library?

For $10, I was thinking about also getting the Order of Crowning an Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Is this also being retranslated?

Thanks, and happy Easter!
 
To my knowledge, there is no move as of now to re-translate the Book of Blessings. Given the fact that it took a long time to translate what we will be receiving in the Roman Missal, it might not be for quite some time that the rest of the liturgical books get translated. I might inquire as to when, for example, there will be a revised translation of the Roman Pontifical.
 
Is there in fact a Latin Book of Blessings? Are all the blessings from the Book of Blessings translated from Latin? I recall a thread where FrDavid96 and a Canadian (maybe Phemie?) talked past each other until they realized that The Book of Blessings (US) was quite unlike A Book of Blessings (Canadian).
 
Interesting. I looked up A Book of Blessings; it was apparently published by the CCCB in 1981, while the current edition of The Book of Blessings was published by the Liturgical Press, apparently in 1989. Looking at the Amazon preview of the latter, it contains translations by ICEL of De Benedictionibus and additional blessings for use in the US from the USCCB.

I notice from your post #8 here that the first edition of De Benedictionibus apparently came out in 1984, replacing The Roman Ritual. I wonder if the Canadians were translating any of the Roman Ritual, or if their book was entirely home-grown.

I’m also curious what additional blessings are in the US translation but not the Latin. Blessing of a Baseball Diamond? Wait, no sooner did I start looking then I found your list from a couple other threads, including post #5 here. Nothing too unusual. It’s hard to believe the Blessing of Boats and Fishing Gear never came up in Italy. I’m also surprised the Blessing of Catechumens is not found in the Latin. Were some of the American topics later added to the 1993 Latin text?
 
Digitonomy said:
I recall a thread where FrDavid96 and a Canadian (maybe Phemie?) talked past each other until they realized that The Book of Blessings (US) was quite unlike A Book of Blessings (Canadian).
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Here is that thread, which isn’t really that revealing, although it anticipates some of the questions in my previous post:
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Digitonomy said:
Interesting. I looked up A Book of Blessings; it was apparently published by the CCCB in 1981, while the current edition of The Book of Blessings was published by the Liturgical Press, apparently in 1989. Looking at the Amazon preview of the latter, it contains translations by ICEL of De Benedictionibus and additional blessings for use in the US from the USCCB.

I notice from your post #8 here that the first edition of De Benedictionibus apparently came out in 1984, replacing The Roman Ritual. I wonder if the Canadians were translating any of the Roman Ritual, or if their book was entirely home-grown.

I’m also curious what additional blessings are in the US translation but not the Latin. Blessing of a Baseball Diamond? Wait, no sooner did I start looking then I found your list from a couple other threads, including post #5 here. Nothing too unusual. It’s hard to believe the Blessing of Boats and Fishing Gear never came up in Italy. I’m also surprised the Blessing of Catechumens is not found in the Latin. Were some of the American topics later added to the 1993 Latin text?
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I’m also not overly impressed with the Book of Blessings, but I’m planning on using it to prepare for liturgies when I know it will be used.
 
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