Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 11/25/2011 7:58:57 PM PST by Salvation
Published: 27 November 2011
By: Elizabeth Harrington
TODAY, the first day of Advent, has been set as the date for the implementation of the entire third edition of the Roman Missal in Australia.
Below are the new Collects for the four Sundays of Advent with the Opening Prayers of the 1973 Missal which they replace immediately below.
These Advent texts typify the Mass prayers in the revised translation: loftier, more formal, more reverential ("Grant ... we pray ..."), and generally longer than those we have been using.
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
New Collect:
Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God,
the resolve to run forth to meet your Christ
with righteous deeds at his coming,
so that, gathered at his right hand,
they may be worthy to possess the heavenly kingdom.
Previous Opening Prayer
All-powerful God,
increase our strength of will for doing good
that Christ may find an eager welcome at his coming
and call us to his side in the kingdom of heaven.
It will be disconcerting to some that "your faithful" in line 1 of the Collect is later referred to as the third person "they" rather than the first person "we"!
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
New Collect:
Almighty and merciful God,
may no earthly undertaking hinder those
who set out in haste to meet your Son,
but may our learning of heavenly wisdom
gain us admittance to his company.
Previous Opening Prayer
God of power and mercy,
open our hearts in welcome.
Remove the things that hinder us from receiving Christ with joy,
so that we may share his wisdom
and become one with him
when he comes in glory.
In this Collect, "those who set out" are later referred to in the first person ("our", "us").
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
New Collect:
O God, who see how your people
faithfully await the feast of the Lord's Nativity,
enable us, we pray,
to attain the joys of so great a salvation,
and to celebrate them always
with solemn worship and glad rejoicing.
Previous Opening Prayer:
Lord God,
may we, your people,
who look forward to the birthday of Christ
experience the joy of salvation
and celebrate that feast with love and thanksgiving.
The "O God, who see" construct, used frequently in the new Missal, sounds like incorrect English and will take some getting used to.
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
New Collect:
Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord,
your grace into our hearts,
that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ your Son
was made known by the message of an Angel,
may by his Passion and Cross
be brought to the glory of his Resurrection.
Previous Opening Prayer:
Lord, fill our hearts with your love,
and as you revealed to us by an angel
the coming of your Son as man,
so lead us through his suffering and death
to the glory of his resurrection.
Many people will know this Collect by heart: it is the traditional form of the prayer that concludes the Angelus.
Elizabeth Harrington is the education officer with The Liturgical Commission in the Archdiocese of Brisbane.
Grant...., we pray, that they.....
It's not about us -- it's about Christ!!! 'Bout time, huh?
Advent prayers of the new translation ping!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
I was astounded at how closely the Fourth Sunday Collect resembles the prayer at the end of the Angelus!
The entire tone of the Mass will move from one of telling God what we think or even what to think, to a prayerful petitioning and humility.
I am looking forward to it.
Oops.
or even telling God what to think!
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I got ONE more Mass to go to Saturday morning, still not Advent.
Thank you.
Pray that those English-speaking Catholics who are not happy with the new English updating via the 3rd Roman Missal will be at peace with the upcoming needed changes.
Joining in your prayer.
Thank you, Salvation.
AMEN to that.
I’m looking forward to hearing some of the new texts in English. I suppose Immaculate Conception is the first English Mass I’ll attend.
My husband is griping about the new Mass setting which Father and the music director have chosen, but from a vocalist’s perspective, it’s simple and pleasant. The congregation will appreciate not having any musical surprises while they’re getting used to the new words.
Our parish has been putting bits and pieces of the new prayers in the bulletin every week for us to read, and talking about selected passages, for two months. I am anxious to hear the whole thing in one seamless prayer.
I’m also wondering how long it will take me to incorporate the changes into my memory and when they will become habitual.
Next step: bring the sacred back to the music at Mass.
**I’m also wondering how long it will take me to incorporate the changes into my memory and when they will become habitual.**
Not long. I already have most of it memorized. All I need to work on now is the Nicene Creed.
Then, I’ve got it!
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