Okay, beautiful people,
The new translation of Penitential Act Form A (Confiteor) was best explained by Dr. Edward Sri of the St. Augustine Institute in Denver, Colorado.
In November 2011 (First Sunday of Advent), we will pray "...through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault..."
This will be said three times instead of just once.
Dr. Sri said it's like when you're walking in the store and you accidentally bump in to someone, you might very casually and politely say, "Oh, excuse me" and then be on your way.
However, if you did this with someone close to you -- for example, your spouse or a good friend or your mother -- you would say something like, "Oh, honey, I'm SO sorry I hurt you" or "I'm REALLY, REALLY sorry, my friend" or "I'm really screwed up and am TRULY sorry for offending you."
Well, by using this three-fold admission of our sins before God, we are a Church in love with Him, and we, too, like a passionate lover, tell Him that we really offend Him with our sins.
We don't want to just say it in passing or causally like in the example above of just bumping in to someone and then saying "Oops, I'm sorry..."
We wanna say it with our whole heart, soul, strength and mind.
HW: Take to heart the Penitential Act, Form A
Class dismissed.
AMDG
The new translation of Penitential Act Form A (Confiteor) was best explained by Dr. Edward Sri of the St. Augustine Institute in Denver, Colorado.
In November 2011 (First Sunday of Advent), we will pray "...through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault..."
This will be said three times instead of just once.
Dr. Sri said it's like when you're walking in the store and you accidentally bump in to someone, you might very casually and politely say, "Oh, excuse me" and then be on your way.
However, if you did this with someone close to you -- for example, your spouse or a good friend or your mother -- you would say something like, "Oh, honey, I'm SO sorry I hurt you" or "I'm REALLY, REALLY sorry, my friend" or "I'm really screwed up and am TRULY sorry for offending you."
Well, by using this three-fold admission of our sins before God, we are a Church in love with Him, and we, too, like a passionate lover, tell Him that we really offend Him with our sins.
We don't want to just say it in passing or causally like in the example above of just bumping in to someone and then saying "Oops, I'm sorry..."
We wanna say it with our whole heart, soul, strength and mind.
HW: Take to heart the Penitential Act, Form A
CURRENT TRANSLATION:
(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 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.
all the angels and saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord, our God.
NEW TRANSLATION:
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 blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
all the Angels and Saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our 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 blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
all the Angels and Saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our God.
Class dismissed.
AMDG
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