Translating the Roman Missal: An Episcopal Reflection on the Process and the Product

The "Englishing" of the liturgy was not the beginning of liturgical renewal in the Roman Church, even if it was its most obvious manifestation. Since the late nineteenth century, the "liturgical movement" had been underway and had been the impetus for liturgical renewal in the larger Christian world.3 "Following the lead of the Roman Church, continental Protestants and Eastern Orthodox churches gradually recognized the importance of the liturgical movement and began to respond to it," wrote Marion Hatchett. [...]all the English translations of the Roman Missal-1973, 1998, 2011-fall short.