Women for Faith & Family’s sister organization, Adoremus, just published a preview of the upcoming English-language Roman Missal that will soon replace the vernacular we Catholics have been accustomed to since soon after the end of  Vatican II.

Do click on the link above to read this fascinating, well organized article. You will find samples of the word changes and the reasons for those changes, and if you are like me, you will find yourself nodding your head.

Why a new Missal?

Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli, chairman of the US Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship, explains in the June/July Adoremus Bulletin:

In May 2002, the publication of the Missale Romanum marked an historic moment in the life of the Church in our day. It gave an impetus to the great liturgical renewal set in motion when Vatican II issued Sacrosanctum Concilium as its first document. With Vatican II,

began … the great work of renewal of the liturgical books…

I’m still chuckling about St. Joseph’s record number of comments from Kim Wallis’s recent post. I’m a cradle Catholic and didn’t know about this custom until I was somewhere in my forties! Go figure.

For your perusal I’m offering today nine of the ninety-two links sent out in today’s Morning Edition, a daily news service we provide for Catholic leaders:

1.) Bishop Joseph Nauman, originally from St. Louis and now in Kansas City, Kansas, has been making news lately. He wrote in his most recent column,

“My May 9 column, making public my request to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius not to present herself for reception of holy Communion until she had sought to repair the public scandal of her long-standing support for legalized abortion, not surprisingly has initiated quite a bit of discussion in secular newspapers, local talk radio shows and coffee-break conversations…..” Read the full column here.

2.) The UK Telegraph newspaper online tells…