Parish Priest Exchanging Words In The Eucharistic Liturgy For his Own

[centurionguard]

I really thought the Revised Mass Translation in the New Sacramentary would put everybody back on the straight and narrow. Rather than not follow the Rubrics my parish priest has reverted back to his old tricks by (name removed by moderator)utting his own words again.

Every time the word Church is supposed to be used he changes it to People

this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
has reverted back to All.

Sometimes I feel that asking my priest (Why) has become a futile waste of time. Sigh!

 

[Mrs_Sally]

When I saw your title, I came on to say are you sure you know which EP he is using,but I see that is not the issue at all.

Pray for him first and often. After praying, then go to speak to him and see if he is just slipping back into old memory tracks. If it becomes apparent that he is doing this on purpose, then you probably should write to the bishop. The changes are specific in those sections and he needs to say what’s written.

Sigh. I’ll pray for him also.

 

[centurionguard]

When I saw your title, I came on to say are you sure you know which EP he is using,but I see that is not the issue at all.

Pray for him first and often. After praying, then go to speak to him and see if he is just slipping back into old memory tracks. If it becomes apparent that he is doing this on purpose, then you probably should write to the bishop. The changes are specific in those sections and he needs to say what’s written.

Sigh. I’ll pray for him also.

Hello Mrs Sally;
I am always praying for our precious priest. All the laity should be praying for our priest. From the beginning of Advent when the New Revised Sacramentary came into effect in Canada as it did in U.S. Catholic parishes, my parish priest followed the new Sacramentary diligently to the letter in a concise careful manner. He had been very sincere about it. All through the Christmastide and the majority of January, I thought he did an excellent job. I’m always ready to give the benefit of the doubt. Goodness knows how many times I have erred in my life fouling things up.

It just seems strange why my parish priest would want to revert back to older ways of saying Mass prior to Advent. I honestly can’t figure it out. I don’t know perhaps I’m being over reactive in my feeling disconcerted about all this. It is confusing.

 

[buffalo]

It took about a month and a half before fiddlin’ around started up again.

 

[ConstantineTG]

I really thought the Revised Mass Translation in the New Sacramentary would put everybody back on the straight and narrow. Rather than not follow the Rubrics my parish priest has reverted back to his old tricks by (name removed by moderator)utting his own words again.

Every time the word Church is supposed to be used he changes it to People

this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
has reverted back to All.

Sometimes I feel that asking my priest (Why) has become a futile waste of time. Sigh!

Just one word? Have you considered that the priest has been saying the old line for years and the new one just kicked in a couple of months ago? Old habits die hard.

 

[centurionguard]

It took about a month and a half before fiddlin’ around started up again.

Not sure if I’m catching your drift.

 

[centurionguard]

Just one word? Have you considered that the priest has been saying the old line for years and the new one just kicked in a couple of months ago? Old habits die hard.

As I stated in my last post to Mrs Sally I’m not insensitive. And yes priest too do make occasional mistakes.

 

[Joannm]

I have experienced priests slipping back into some of the old texts by force of habit. But if it is all the time, then it’s not just a mistake. I did experience one priests completely ignoring the new texts. He had a Missal on the altar but did not look at it once. I was going to notify the bishop but it was suggested I notify the pastor first. I did and he spoke to the priest. The priest now uses the revised texts. So try the pastor, unless this priest is the pastor. BTW the argument I used with the pastor is that by ignoring the revised text, the priest is teaching the people that it is OK to ignore Catholic teaching, that we don’t have to do what the Church asks us to do.

 

[Phemie]

Ours sticks to ‘many’ but when it comes to EPII’s “Remember, Lord, your Church…” he refuses to pray for ‘all the clergy’, changing that instead to 'all God’s holy people", thereby changing the meaning.

 

[YoungTradCath]

Just one word? Have you considered that the priest has been saying the old line for years and the new one just kicked in a couple of months ago? Old habits die hard.

True, but that’s a pretty specific and peculiar word to make a mistake about…

 

[centurionguard]

Ours sticks to ‘many’ but when it comes to EPII’s “Remember, Lord, your Church…” he refuses to pray for ‘all the clergy’, changing that instead to 'all God’s holy people", thereby changing the meaning.

" he refuses to pray for ‘all the clergy’, changing that instead to 'all God’s holy people", thereby changing the meaning.

My parish priest had did the same before the Revised Sacramentary until Advent. He’s now started that up again.

In the French Masses you usually don’t hear these types of nonsense.
Makes me ask why in the English vernacular?

 

[johnnykins]

Nip it in the bud. Write to the Bishop. If it’s a simple slip of the tongue - so be it. Let the priest be reminded by his Bishop to be more careful. If it’s deliberate, let the Bishop handle it. Let the person who has the responsibility to make sure the Mass is offered in accordance with the texts and rubrics handle it.

 

[ProVobis]

Just one word?

That’s what the OP implies.

But shouldn’t the EXACT formula be: “for this is the chalice of my Blood, the Blood of the new and eternal covenant; which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.” ?

This is more than a one word change to the discontinued formula which was:

"this is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant. It will be shed for you and for all so that sins may be forgiven.’

Note the drop of the subjunctive. “May be” carries a whole different theology than “will be.”