USCCB Committee on Divine Worship Resources

Roman Missal, third edition, from the Committee on Divine Worship. Web site: http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/

• “This website has been prepared to help you prepare for the transition. As this site continues to be expanded, you will find helpful resources for the faithful, for the clergy, and for parish and diocesan leaders.”

• Segments: FAQs, Resources, Examples, Assembly, Celebrants, Español; and ongoing features on the home page.

Currently you will find the following:

1. An opening text entitled, “New Words: A Deeper Meaning, but the Same Mass” explains the intent of the site. It concludes with these words:

“This website has been prepared to help you prepare for the transition. As this site continues to be expanded, you will find helpful resources for the faithful, for the clergy, and for parish and diocesan leaders.

“May this process of the implementation of the revised Roman Missal be a time of deepening, nurturing, and celebrating our faith through our worship and the celebration of the Sacred Liturgy.”

2. A message from Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Divine Worship explains the conference work on the Roman Missal.

3. The development of the Roman Missal from Vatican Council II in 1963 to the present day. The home page gives a simple outline. Clicking on each item leads the reader to a fuller explanation.

4. Below the picture of the missal, the reader may access the English translation of The Order of Mass I. It is copyright © 2006, 2008, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. [ICEL]. Note this is a study text and may not yet be used in the official liturgy of the Church. This text treats only those parts of the Mass that are common to all celebrations of the Liturgy of the Word and Eucharist. A key feature in this document is each footnote provides quotations from and references to the Bible as a help for liturgical catechesis.

• Some examples of language changes are also given. This allows the reader to compare a current text with a proposed one.

Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Parts of the Order of Mass, approval of the White book draft translation, 23 June 2008. http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/OrdoMissaeWhiteBook.pdf.

• Note this text may not be used in the liturgy yet. It is for study purposes only.

• One edition contains helpful footnotes with “quotations and references to Scripture…as a help to catechesis.”