The dwindling few Episcopalians who love the traditional of the original English translations of the Latin Mass--preserved in Rite I of the current Book of Common Prayer--can take heart in the new translation of the Mass that is becoming mandatory for English-speaking Roman Catholics.
The translation replaces newer expressions with older phrases, such as "and also with you" with "and with your spirit." In fact, the entire rite could be adopted almost without blinking in Episcopal churches that use Rite I.
Whether or not this is part of a reaction in the Roman Catholic Church to modern liturgies, this move reminds us Anglicans of our rich heritage--which we would be wise to preserve in some form if we can. --J. Douglas Ousley
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i have to admit, that one of the reasons i am an episcopalean has to do with the preservation of what we call "rite 1" and the other rituals, ceremonies, and thinking that are "preserved" (but not pickled!) in the anglican tradition. this, quixotically or maybe paradoxically, makes us seem more progressive than the RCC, the parishes of which were all affected by vatican 2 and adopted such "modern" concepts as the "speed eucharist" (not for me). i give thanks for our rich traditions and (to paraphrase ben franklin) for all the physical evidence that god loves us (and wants us to be happy).
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