Bulletin for 10\/9\/11<\/p>\n
Appreciating the New Translations<\/p>\n
After the gifts are brought up and the altar is prepared the congregation stands and the priest currently says \u201cPray my brothers and sisters that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.\u201d\u00a0 The \u201cour\u201d will become \u201cmy sacrifice and yours\u201d A subtle change but done to signify that we each make sacrifices in our lives and unite that to the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross that we celebrate in the Eucharist.\u00a0 Then, the \u2018Prayer Over the Gift\u2019s is said by the priest and we begin the Preface to the Eucharistic Prayer with the \u2018Lord be with you\u2019 and \u2018with your spirit.\u2019\u00a0 Lift up your hearts, We lift them up to the Lord.\u00a0 Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.\u00a0 Currently we end with \u201cit is right to give him thanks and praise.\u201d\u00a0 You may have heard some people change the \u201chim\u201d to \u201cGod\u201d to avoid using the masculine pronoun.\u00a0 The Latin never had \u201chim\u201d or \u201cGod\u201d in it.\u00a0 The Latin just says \u201cIt is right and just\u201d and that is what we will say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bulletin for 10\/9\/11 Appreciating the New Translations After the gifts are brought up and the altar is prepared the congregation stands and the priest currently says \u201cPray my brothers and sisters that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.\u201d\u00a0 The \u201cour\u201d will become \u201cmy sacrifice and yours\u201d A subtle change but done …<\/p>\n