Spring 1993

The Catechetical Role of the Liturgy and the Quality of Liturgical Texts: The Current ICEL Tradition

Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis

"The distortions and weaknesses of ICEL are omnipresent, constituting a serious breach of fidelity . . . , making difficult the liturgy's catechetical function."

To go from the current ICEL translation of our liturgical texts to the Latin original is like discarding a stale water, served in a plastic cup, in order to drink from a pure and energizing fountain.

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