Julianne Wallace, Campus Minister at St Joseph University Parish in Buffalo serving the University at Buffalo, writes on the Busted Halo website about the “Top Five Mass Changes” she thinks young adults need to know.
#1: “And with your spirit!”
“This response is more than just a greeting. This response is also a spiritual exchange between the priest and the assembly. The priest extends a greeting of the Lord’s presence and the assembly grants a similar greeting inviting God to be with the presider as we worship together.”
#2: The Gloria
“There are many minor textual changes to this prayer. A change occurs in the Gloria when we sing together, ‘We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory!’ This five-fold invocation of praise poetically expresses the majesty and glory of God.”
#3: “We to I”
“This small change harkens back to when the person entering the Church says, ‘I do’ in the Credo formula. So the change from ‘we’ to ‘I’ is more consistent with how we have professed our faith throughout history.”
#4: “Consubstantial”
“That sounds like a great Scrabble word!”
#5: The centurion’s faith and our response
“As we come to the Eucharistic table, may we approach with the humble faith of the centurion and carry this humility with us through our everyday life.”
Julianne finishes with, “And remember, we are not just saying this new translation; we are praying this new translation!”
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