US bishops to consider new hymn translations for Liturgy of the Hours

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US bishops to consider new hymn translations for Liturgy of the Hours
The hymns will be in 'contemporary English' and 'represent a significant change'
The US bishops are set to consider 139 English translations of Latin hymn texts that can be used in praying the Liturgy of the Hours when they meet from November 12 to 14 in Baltimore for their general assembly.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops “approved a scope of work for a new translation of the breviary in November 2012,” Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Divine Worship, wrote in September to the USCCB’s Administrative Committee, which approves placement of items on the agenda.
“That plan (in 2012) directed ICEL (the International Commission on English in the Liturgy) to prepare English translations of the 291 Latin hymns of the typical edition, some of which have never been put into contemporary English,” Archbishop Gregory said. The 139 translations are the completed portion of those hymns.
“Pending a successful vote in November 2018, the remaining hymns …

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Maudie N Mandeville7 years ago

This will go over well with the same US Catholics who embraced all of the subsequent modernist changes stemming from Vatican ii which has led to the collapse of priests, nuns and laity in the Church for the past 60 years. "What difference at this point does it really make?" Indeed.

Beacon7 years ago

So....instead of saving souls in the USA which are perishing at an astonishing rate, Bishops are going to dabble in rewriting the texts of established hymns. Yup, they have their priorities correct.

alex j7 years ago

" ......For the times they are a changing..So gather round people who ever your are... and listen to the nonsense that we will share,.....For the times, once again, they are a changing."