Three bulletin inserts (or handouts) for
understanding changes in The New Roman Missal
The changes in the words of Mass are easier to accept when we understand their personal benefit to us. With this set of inspirational articles, the changes in the Mass can be a time of faith growth instead of resistance.
Ideas for use: With the Whole Parish License, you can use the pieces or the set as bulletin inserts spread out over multiple Sundays, and distribute them through all parish ministries, and send them home to the parents of religious education students, etc.
Description: How personal is your relationship with Jesus during the Catholic Mass? The entire Mass is an encounter with the True Presence of Christ, and it should change us. We enter the church as individuals and leave as the earthly Body of Christ. Every part of Mass builds up to this communion, and the changes in the Mass help make this more real.
Also available in Spanish.
Under My Roof? Why do we quote the centurion?
Description: “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.” How is that better than praying, “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you…”? This article answers the question with a call to be evangelizers.
Bonus:
The New Roman Missal:
Changes in the people’s parts, and their benefits Free with order of either of the above leaflets!
Description: Line by line, the changes in the people's part in Mass are explained in three pages. Source scriptures are referenced, and the commentary is designed to build faith, encourage greater participation in Mass, and help people accept the changes. FREE! This bonus handout comes packaged with the other articles ordered from this page. (English only)
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Understanding the Catholic Mass Discussion Guide
Description: This 4-page Discussion Guide – with a corresponding 4-page Catechist Guide – can be used with the DVD "Take, Eat, and Drink: Drawing Deeper Faith through Understanding the Mass" (sold separately from Good News Ministries: see preview on right) or with your own in-house "Tour of the Mass." Catechists can easily adapt this for children, youth, or adults.
Instantly downloadable! All orders are shipped by computer download only. There are no hard copies available. The digital download will be printer-ready.
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Video on DVD
produced by Good News Ministries, a non-profit Catholic organization.
Apart from the materials available here, catechetical materials on the changes in the Roman Missal, Third Edition are not as urgent in Spanish as in English. Since Spanish is a Romance language derived from Latin, the present Mass texts in Spanish more easily follow the Latin typical edition with a literal translation and a closer grammatical structure.
Two examples illustrate this point: When the priest says, “El Señor esté con vosotros” (“The Lord be with you”), Spanish speakers respond, “Y con tu espíritu” (“And with your spirit”). At Communion, the response to “Éste es el Cordero de Dios…” (“Behold the Lamb of God…”) is “Señor, no soy digno de que entres en mi casa, pero una palabra tuya bastará para sanarme” (“Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed”).
As the Spanish translation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition for the dioceses of the United States of America nears completion, we will consider adding more Spanish materials.
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