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Linda —
It is a sad thing, but some people,
and some publishers, are simply taking
it upon themselves to alter the wording
of prayers that have been said one
way in English for centuries. They
have no right to do this and there
is no legal bar to them doing this.
I have noticed:
- one popular
daily prayer book changes the
Glory Be
- the book of the
hours, used by deacons in my area,
changes that and other prayers,
and
- the Legion of Christ has changed
the Hail Mary.
I
am sick and tired of it. These
people have no respect for others,
no respect for generations, feel
superior in their clannish little
efficiency, and the prayers do
not belong to them!
As for the morning offering, it is
not so old, and there have always
been alterations made it in monthly,
and shorter forms, but to fool with
the Our Father, the Glory Be, and
the Hail Mary is taking modernization
too far. Oddly enough, the
very people who are doing it are
often those who criticize the abuses
of modernization that took place
in the 70's. Human nature is
human nature.
I personally still sing the real
words of songs and psalms (and often
of Christ), not the unisex version.
Mary Ann
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