Translation Talk

6 August 2011

Our Director of Liturgy Father Michael Fountaine brings us the fourth episode our a podcast series helping us with the coming new translation of the Roman Missal.

Every Saturday until parts of the new translation come into use on the first Sunday in September Father Michael will talk us through an aspect of the Roman Missal.

As we use the new translation we will perhaps notice more biblical connections than we have been used to. The texts of the Mass are precious to us, partly because they were inspired by the bible. These words have come down to us over the centuries, and most of the words we speak at Mass are rooted in the bible. When we gather for Mass, we are praying with words that have been given to us by our ancestors, who knew the bible well and prayed it well. The revised translation tries to make the connections between the bible and the Mass more clear than it is now. It will also mean that we will have some new music for Mass, to take account of the changes. Over the coming weeks we will be looking at some of the revised words we will be saying and hearing.

You can listen to this week's podcast from Father Michael in the multimedia panel on the right. Last week's episode is still online.

Email any questions you have to our Department of Liturgy. There's more information on the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales Liturgy Office website.