In the time since the implementation of the new translation of the Missal, ICEL has taken up its work of continuing to translate the liturgical texts in conformity with the new guidelines, of which the Missal is the first fruit. We have consequently released in recent months, final drafts of the Rites of Marriage and Confirmation and first drafts of the Rite of the Dedication of a Church and Altar, the Rite of Exorcism and the Supplement to the Liturgy of Hours, containing the proper texts of those feasts which have entered the universal calendar since the Liturgy of the Hours was published.We have also begun our work on the new revised edition of the Liturgy of the Hours to be published by the USCCB. This is not an entirely new translation but a new edition that includes the following new elements:translations of the 285 hymns of the office, many of them not previously seen in English.New translations of the Intercessions, the 3-year cycle of Benedictus Magnificat antiphons for Sundays and Solemnities, the Te Deum and the Marian antiphonsThis is an epic project and will probably take some five years or so before it reaches publication. The first fascicle of material will be sent to the conferences for their consultation in Spring of next year. Much of the material of the Liturgy of the Hours is intended for singing and it is envisaged that the hymns of the office will all be presented with their proper plainsong melodies as well as suggestions for standard metrical hymn tunes
