Mass

In case you've been living under a rock for a while, here's the best explanation to date as to why the Church will be implementing a new translation of the Roman Missal (basically, the words spoken by the Priest and/or the laity during the Holy Mass):

So far I've seen very little that really hits hard from official lines of communication from the Church (a lot of info for liturgists, priests, and Catholic addicts, but not so much for the Catholic everyman). Maybe some Catholic parishes could distribute this video to their parishioners?

A tip 'o the hat to my little Sister, who reminded me of this video, and got me to finally watch it!

A shout-out to another one of my friends / former classmates, Rev. Syring, from the Diocese of Omaha (Nebraska). He will be an amazing priest, and I was privileged to be able to photograph his first Mass as a priest:

Please pray for our priests!

Posted over on Open Source Catholic: Celebrating the Holy Mass from an iPad. (Original story on WDTPRS; please comment on the OSC post linked above).