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random thought of the moment:

A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another: and as the mould in which it casts them is that which pleases the predominant power in the government, whether this be a monarch, a priesthood, an aristocracy, or the majority of the existing generation, in proportion as it is efficient and successful, it establishes a despotism over the mind, leading by natural tendency to one over the body. — John Stuart Mill, On Liberty [1859]

Accustomed to Error

May 27th, 2004 by Funky Dung

So people have gotten used to a bad translation. So what? Granted, the draft of the new mass needs some work to overcome some "clunky" wording, but that's the not the point. The mass needs to be translationally and theologically correct before it is "comfortable".

Priests predict possible backlash against new Mass text

"A forum of priests on a national radio program has suggested the draft text of changes to the Mass creates a distance between the priest and the people, and it could alienate Catholics who have grown up with liturgy in the vernacular."