DAMIAN THOMPSON

by Damian Thompson

Elderly liberals in the United States, horrified by the return of solemnity to Catholic worship, are mounting a campaign against the new English translation of the Mass, entitled What If We Just Said Wait. The campaign and petition have been endorsed by the supersmug National Catholic Reporter, which really tells you all you need to know.

Here’s my suggestion. What If We Just Said Get Stuffed, You Finger-Wagging Liberals Who Wreck The Mass Every Sunday By Boring The Pants Off Us With Your Politicised Bidding Prayers, Dreary Folk Antiphons And Other Self-Aggrandising Stunts.

Or, if you’d like to express yourself more temperately, sign this petition, entitled: “We’ve Waited Long Enough”. It reads:

We believe that the newly approved English translation of the 2002 Missale Romanum needs to be implemented as soon as possible.

We believe that the Church in English-speaking nations has waited far too long for an accurate, faithful translation of the original Latin.

We believe that the current translation currently in use in English-speaking nations is overdue to be replaced, as it was developed using the method of dynamic translation, a method rejected by the Vatican in the document Liturgiam Authenticam.

We stand united with the English-speaking bishops’ conferences in their approval of the new translation.

We oppose any efforts to continue to delay this new translation.

If you agree with these statements – and the Priest of Salem, your blogging pastor, certainly does, you add your name by going here:  http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/enoughwaiting/

Link to Damian Thompson’s article:  http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100022346/what-if-we-just-said-get-stuffed/

Link to Damian Thompson’s posts:  http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/