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Change coming to prayer at Mass

February 11, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Lent, Local News, News

Observant Massgoers in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and around the country will soon detect “one” change in a prayer used at Mass.

Beginning Ash Wednesday, priests will begin omitting the word “one” in the concluding doxology of the Collect prayers currently translated as “…in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.”

The change is a result of an observation by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments noting that the current translation is incorrect. The congregation pointed out that there is no mention of “one” in the original Latin (the universal language of the Catholic Church), and that “Deus” in the Latin text refers to Christ. The correct translation should therefore omit the word “one,” with the congregation noting that translations of the concluding doxology in other languages already exclude the word.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said that English translations of the Roman Missal for use by the faithful prior to the Second Vatican Council reflected the correct translation, without the word “one.” After the council, however, when texts were published in English, “one” was added. The USCCB noted that the International Commission on English in the Liturgy pointed out the discrepancy to the congregation in Rome at the time it was implemented, but was told to retain the use of “one God” in the new translation.

The United States is the last of the English-speaking countries to make the change. Canada, England, Ireland and Wales having already done so.

Email George Matysek at gmatysek@CatholicReview.org

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George P. Matysek Jr.

George Matysek, a member of the Catholic Review staff since 1997, has served as managing editor since September 2021. He previously served as a writer, senior correspondent, assistant managing editor and digital editor of the Catholic Review and the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

In his current role, he oversees news coverage of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and is a host of Catholic Review Radio.

George has won more than 100 national and regional journalism and broadcasting awards from the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association, the Catholic Press Association, the Associated Church Press and National Right to Life. He has reported from Guyana, Guatemala, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.

A native Baltimorean, George is a proud graduate of Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in Essex. He holds a bachelor's degree from Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and a master's degree from UMBC.

George, his wife and five children live in Rodgers Forge. He is a parishioner of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

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