Archbishop Gustavo Garcia - Siller, MSpS:

"[W]e practice our faith by participating in the Eucharist and center our understanding in the Eucharistic prayer,

"the words of consecration..."


Snippets from Carol Baass Sowa's article Mid - Winter gathering of catechetical leaders focuses on the Eucharist, written for Today's Catholic. Friday, March 11, 2011.


"The archbishop related that we practice our faith by participating in the Eucharist and center our understanding in the Eucharistic prayer; the words of consecration.

"He noted that the wording in the new English translation of the Mass, the Roman Missal Translation, will serve to enhance this understanding."

Here the Ms. Sowa adds:

"Use of the new translation will begin November 1, the first Sunday of Advent."

Yes, indeed!

As twenty - odd households in zip code 78832 will be finding out from the sizzling March issue of Inside The Vatican magazine coming their way within 10 days or so, the watchword for the Catholic Church in America from now on will indeed be, as the ITV cover assures us:


"The Liturgy

"Between

"Old and New..."