Greg Smisek, who publishes an e-newsletter for young adults on Catholic events and news in the Twin Cities, included a short article this week about the new translation of the Roman Missal. I'm reprinting it today, in honor of Thanksgiving Day.

Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

Last week at their fall meeting, the U.S. Bishops approved the last of the texts of the long-awaited English translation of the Roman Missal. But it will be another year or so before the texts can be used at Mass. In the meantime, you can get a taste of what we can look forward to at the Bishops’ website, www.usccb.org/romanmissal.

Apropos the national holiday, I thought I’d provide the following future text (not authorized for use yet):

Priest: The Lord be with you.
People: And with your spirit.
Priest: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right and just.

It is truly right to give you thanks,
truly just to give you glory, Father most holy,
for you are the one God living and true,
existing before all ages and abiding for all eternity,
dwelling in unapproachable light;
yet you, who alone are good, the source of life,
have made all that is,
so that you might fill your creatures with blessings
and bring joy to many of them by the glory of your light....

— Preface of the Fourth Eucharistic Prayer (study text)

More on the new translation

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