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3.  Changes to the Introductory Rites

     This third article in the series will examine the changes in the Introductory Rite of the Order of Mass as a result of the new translation.

Current Text New Text

Greeting                       
Priest:  The Lord be with you.
People:  And also with you. 



Penitential Act  , Form A (Confiteor)

I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned through my own fault, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do; and I ask blessed Mary, ever virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters,  to pray for me to the Lord, our God.




Penitential Act, Form B

Priest: Lord, we have sinned against you:
  Lord, have mercy.

People: 

 Lord, have mercy.
Priest:   Lord, show us your mercy and love.
People:  And grant us your salvation.

Priest:  The Lord be with you.
People:  And with your spirit.





I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and Sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.



Priest: Have mercy on us, O Lord

People: 

 For we have sinned against you.
Priest:   Show us, O Lord, your mercy.
People:  And grant us your salvation.
   

     The response ‘And with your spirit’ comes from Scripture, 2 Tim 4:22, and more accurately translates the Latin text.  The triple mea culpa, ‘through my fault,’ is restored to the Confiteor.  The response ‘For we have sinned against you’ also comes from Scripture, Bar 3:2.

Dianne Rachal
Director, Office of Worship
Diocese of Shreveport

3500 Fairfield Avenue Shreveport, LA 71104, 318.868.4441, FAX 318.868.4605
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