(Tridentine South Africa)

Article by Marc Aupiais

When we at scripturelink.net attempted to get the local Southern
African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC), to place a version
online, or permit us to scan a version in and load it online of their
heavily copyrighted copy of the new draft version of the new order of
the mass, which they rushed out early, without Vatican permission (the
Vatican permitted the draft to continue in use for the sake of the
faithful locally)- we only got constantly ignored and redirected, and
told this was pointless. The fact that Catholics were struggling, or
were not given the new words in some instances, while being forced to
use them- was not a matter of urgency, and a (pro-legal abortion,
pro-condoms, pro-homosexual priests c.f. Catholic Culture's review of
the dissident paper's website) newspaper, which they are represented on
the board of, and sell in parishes- the Southern Cross, slated the
Vatican's decision to change the Order of the Mass. Not so with the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), who have
carefully constructed a website on their main URL to aid Catholics with
the transfer, which has yet to occur in the USA.

On the website:

http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/
The US Bishops have placed so many relevant documents, explaining the
whole process of the change, and answering Questions and Answers.
Included is a study version of the new English version of the Order of
the Latin Rite (The Normal Mass, said at most parishes) Mass, and
another with relevant scriptural annotations, which mean that Catholics
can justify the Order to their Non-Catholic friends from the bible. I
personally have not gone through the entire online text, but as these
texts are assembled by the global community of English speaking
Catholic churches (International Committee on English in the Liturgy),
it is bound in the least bit to be similar to the draft version already
in use in South Africa.

The explaining documents should also be useful. It might be noted that
the version on the site is yet to be approved by the given bishops or
the Holy See, but is probably the same, or a similar version to the
draft being used in South Africa. The website should be updated
regularly. We ask our viewers, who have lost their handy translations,
or who are interested in finding out, to compare these texts to the
drafts we are using, (they at least seem similar- I personally have
been looking through the words the parishioners say, and it seems like
ours- I do not have time at present to make a textual analysis of their
study version against the draft version being used here), and inform us
of the differences, so that we can possibly inform others. In any case,
for those South Africans without a copy of the draft we are using, this
may at least be useful, and the American Bishops, will surely update it
when a globally accepted version emerges.

America's study version of the draft of the New order of the Mass:

http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/OrdoMissaeWhiteBook.pdf
Version with Scriptural Annotations: (it actually quotes the relevant
verses)

http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/WhiteBookAnnotated.pdf

The New version, was asked of the world by Benedict XVI, who wanted the
Novus Order to be closer to the Tridentine Mass, believing it would be
of benefit to the faithful.

Catholic News Agency has an article about the new website released by
the USCCB, the website we are speaking of here:

Article:

CNA [Catholic News Agency] (Catholic; Independent; American) Aug 21,
2009 :

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=16905

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Posted By scripturelink to Tridentine South (And Southern) Africa at
8/22/2009 08:43:00 AM