Is the Mass Changing?

Why is there a need for a new translation?

Pope John Paul II issued the third edition of the

Missale Romanum (the Latin text of the Roman

Missal) during the Jubilee Year in 2000. This new

edition included many new texts requiring translation.

In addition, the experience of the years after the

Second Vatican Council gave rise to a desire for

more formal and literal translations of the original

Latin texts. This new translation will employ the best

of what we have learned about translation and

liturgical language in two generations of celebrating

the Liturgy in the vernacular. It will provide an

opportunity to reflect ever more deeply on the

Eucharistic celebration that lies at the heart of the

Church’s life.