One of the favorite punching bags of those who don't like post-conciliar liturgy is the music. Most recent is this throwaway from Michael Sean Winters on America's blog: Much of the music written for the post-conciliar liturgy is unbeautiful and pedestrian in the extreme. Seriously? Can we dismiss the efforts of our sisters and brothers so flippanty?

A new blog and Facebook campaign is asking the bishops to slow down on implementing the new English translations of the Mass, planned for 2010. It's based on an America essay by the pastor of the Seattle cathedral.

Saw this yesterday, but USC contributor J. Peter NIxon, who wrote our August feature on the coming changes to Sunday Mass (which drew a robust 71 comments), brought it to my attention again this morning, and it's worthy of note. The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate released a study yesterday noting that a solid majority of U.S.

The back-to-Latin English translations of the parts of the Mass now have their own website. Launched by the U.S. bishops in anticipation of their expected approval in 2010, the faithful can now read what they'll be saying on Sunday, beginning with their response to "The Lord be with you": "And with your spirit." And that means?