The Roman Missal, Third Edition, the ritual text containing prayers and instructions for the celebration of the Mass, has been approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.  First use of the new text of the new Roman Missal was on the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011.

Want to learn a bit about the changes? Read about the reasons and the meanings behind them plus why they are important to our church at this time right here. Meanwhile, right here in this section of our website and in the bulletin we have presented a series of 23 of the changes, what you now see, hear and why, one per week for 23 weeks. The following is a listing:

Series 1 - The Initial Blessing.

Series 2 - The Profession of Faith

Series 3 - The Act of Penitence

Series 4 - Introductory Rites

Series 5 - The Rite of Peace

Series 6 - The Holy Gospel

Special

Series 7 - Breaking of the Bread

Series 8 - Holy, Holy, Holy!

Series 9 - Consecration

Series 10 - The Word of the Lord

Series 11 - Prayer Over the Offering

Series 12 - The Entrance

Series 13 - The Kyrie Eleison

Series 14 - The Gloria

Series 15 - The Collect

Series 16 - A Listening Silence

Series 17 - The Responsorial Psalm

Series 18 - Alleluia

Series 19 - The Homily

Series 20 - Holy Communion, Part 1

Series 21 - Holy Communion, Part 2

Series 22 - The Prayer After Communion

Series 23 - Go, the Mass is ended!

Want to learn more? There are many good sources out the on the web that explain this in more detail and with greater clarity than I can here. Once you've digested the new changes, if you have more questions or comments, try our FAQs page. But check out a couple of these first:

USCCB - A great first source.

Key changes to missal capture original meanings