Lost In Translation

n this book, Gerald O’Collins, SJ, takes a systematic look at the 2010 English translation of the Roman Missal and the ways it fails to communicate what the Second Vatican Council mandated: the full participation of priest and people. Stemming from the unsatisfactory principles prescribed by the Vatican instruction Liturgiam Authenticam (2001), this book:
*tells the story of the maneuverings that sidelined the 1998 translation approved by eleven conferences of English-speaking bishops
*criticizes the 2010 translation, and
*illustrates the clear superiority of the 1998 translation, the “Missal that never was”

Includes a chapter by John Wilkins, editor of The Tablet (1982 – 2003).