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The Georgia Bulletin

Roman Missal Web Resources

The new evangelization has made it to the internet! There are scores of resources linked here, all free, including the text of the Mass itself, a Glossary, FAQs, Bulletin Inserts, and many articles.

First and foremost, the Order of Mass: the official words that the English-speaking Church around the world will be praying beginning the first Sunday of Advent.

Order of Mass
Order of Mass with Scriptural Annotations - This is the same text as above, but with footnotes referencing the Scriptural texts from which the liturgical texts were formed.
People’s Parts with Commentary- The current text on the left, the new text on the right, changes in bold. In the far left column, there is a “Commentary” link in most parts of the Mass; clicking this will pop up an explanation from the USCCB about those particular changes.
Priest’s Parts with Commentary- The current text on the left, the new text on the right, changes in bold, occasional commentary pop-ups linked in the far left column. Different parts of the Mass linked in the sidebar.
Glossary- We Catholics have a bad habit of slipping into jargon. This glossary should help you to translate Church-ese back into English.

Frequently Asked Questions

The USCCB Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy has given concise answers to FAQs about the new translation.
(Note that the answer to question 6 has been changed and permission to use musical settings has been moved up to September.)
If you’re looking for just a bit more detail, see the FAQs from Liturgy Training Publications’ Revised Roman Missal site.
World Library Publications has answered FAQs from a musical perspective (of course, biased toward their musical products, but helpful nonetheless).

The USCCB has posted the texts of the presidential prayers – that is, the prayers of the priest that change every week – for the Sundays of Advent, along with ICEL’s commentary, so that we can begin to see and understand how the new translation enriches the texts, and so that we can begin to learn how to listen to them anew.

If you’re looking for more detail on a particular aspect of the translation, check out these articles by the USCCB’s Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy and LTP’s Revised Roman Missal site. Both are formatted so that you can skim article titles and choose which you want to read.

Practical Suggestions (from Archdiocese of Philadelphia)