It seems like neither is particularly faithful to the Latin (which I only know because we actually use the Liber Cantualis at my church--woohoo!): Mysterium fidei* mortem tuam annuntiamus Domine, et tuam resurrectionem confitemur, donec venias.
Bp. Trautman is still performing a helpful service here, whether he knows it or not
The same thing could be said of Caiphas when he said, "It is good that one man should die for the people". Or something along those lines.
The Rite according to Paul VI was promulgated in what, 1970? How many General Instructions have been issued in thirty-five years? 12? 13? How many revisions and changes have been made to the rubrics by various liturgical commissions and bishops' conferences?
At what point can you say, "Gee, this looks broken to me"?
In English, the Acclamation after the consecration has a *COLON* after it thus--"Let us proclaim the mystery of faith: ". This gives the impression that the Mystery referred to is what is contained in the Acclamation. Since the colon means, 'to wit," or "namely," it directs attention forward, as in, "Patriotism finds its highest symbolic expression in an emblem we see all around us: the Flag."
But in the Latin orginal it is followed by a *PERIOD*, not a colon, thus--"Mysterium Fidei." The period expresses summation and completion and reflects backward to the Consecration. "The Mystery of Faith." announcing that what has just been achieved--the making present of the Body and Blood of Christ--is the Mystery being acclaimed, not some statement of Truth yet to be declaimed.
Little things make big differences.
Jeff - that's particularly significant when considering that there is no Memorial Acclamation in the Traditional Latin Mass. In fact, in the Missale Romanum, the true Mysterium Fidei is clearly laid out following the prayer of consecration over the Precious Blood:
"Take and drink of this, all of you,
THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT:
THE MYSTERY OF FAITH:
WHICH IS BEING SHED FOR YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS
As often as you shall do these actions, do this in memory of Me." (emphasis added)
The Mystery of Faith is is specifically the salvific aspect of the New Covenant.
Cardinal Ottaviani pointed this out, and the detrimental effect the new version has on the psychology of the congregation, in his famous intervention:
Furthermore the acclamation assigned to the people immediately after the Consecration: ("We announce thy death, O Lord, until Thou comest") introduces yet again, under cover of eschatology, the same ambiguity concerning the Real Presence. Without interval or distinction, the expectation of Christ's Second Coming at the end of time is proclaimed just at the moment when He is substantially present on the altar, almost as though the former, and not the latter, were the true Coming.
This is brought out even more strongly in the formula of optional acclamation no. 2 (Appendix): "As often as we eat of this bread and drink of this chalice we announce thy death, O Lord, until thou comest", where the juxtaposition of the different realities of immolation and eating, of the Real Presence and of Christ's Second Coming, reaches the height of ambiguity.
Maybe if ol' Bishop Trautperson would get rid of the whole damn thing, we'd be one step closer to fixing the problem.
Does anybody else think that Bishop Trautman's protests are, as somebody put it on Amy Welborn's blog, re-arranging the Titanic's deck chairs?
I certainly do.
You could definitely forsee an end on the Titanic. That's the difference.
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