OBERT CARDINAL SARAH, Prefect of the Congregation for the Divine Worship, published a powerful document on 12 June 2015 in L’Osservatore Romano. The original was in Italian and numerous translations soon appeared, but not all were of a high quality. 1
For decades, ADOREMUS BULLETIN has provided access to official documents. Recently, they uploaded an English translation by Christopher Ruff, and the table below allows comparison between his excellent work and the original Italian.
Cardinal Sarah’s statements about ad orientem for the Penitential Rite, Gloria, Orations, and Eucharistic Prayer caused a worldwide sensation! 2 It’s the eighth paragraph, which begins “contrary to what has sometimes been maintained…”|
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This English translation was created by Christopher Ruff, courtesy of the ADOREMUS BULLETIN website. Priests considering ad orientem may wish to obtain the Jogues Missal for their pews, since it contains color images of a priest celebrating the way Cardinal Sarah recommends. This can help congregations “adjust” to ad orientem.
UPDATE : The Catholic World Report has posted a translation by Michael J. Miller.
NOTES FROM THIS ARTICLE:
1 Several appeared to have been created by means of Google Translate. Others were only excerpts.
2 Readers will also want to bookmark Cardinal Sarah’s Top Six Liturgy Quotes.