Striving more earnestly for unity

...and, I, when I am lifted up from the earth,

will draw all to Myself. ~ John 12:32

 

Archbishop Nienstedt, Mpls/St Paul.  Photo credit:  Dave Hrbacek/The Catholic Spirit

 

“Preparing for and implementing the new missal will take patience, humility, and an effort on the part of all of us.  But as we learn new words and implement the historic changes affecting the whole English-speaking Church, let us strive to listen to what the Church is saying in these retranslated prayers.  It is certainly my hope and prayers that these new words will prompt all of us to reflect once again upon the mystery of the Mass, and to strive more earnestly for that unity that it both causes and signifies.”

 Archbishop John C Nienstedt,

Archbishop St Paul/ Mpls

From Part II of the November 10, 2011, pastoral letter,

The Sacred Liturgy as the splendor of God’s eternal glory