Messens liturgi trenger i praksis alltid å forbedres og fornyes, men på noen steder og språk mer enn ellers. (I Norge syns jeg f.eks. at de norske høymessene ofte er bedre enn messer på andre språk.) Her er en rapport fra Birmingham i England som viser at noen er i ferd med å ta tak i hvordan messer på engelsk kan feires (mye) bedre:
«The first task of the new Institute of Liturgical Music will be to introduce the singing of the texts of the new ICEL translation of the Missal, and of the Graduale Parvum, in both Latin and English, to clergy and laity alike, as part of the general renewal of liturgy which is the major desideratum of the inauguration of the new English translation of the Missal. The Institute will be launched at the Birmingham Oratory by Archbishop Longley of Birmingham on Saturday September 17th, the first anniversary of Cardinal Newman’s beatification. The principal event of the launch will be the 11 a.m. Mass, which has become the weekly Pilgrimage Mass to the Shrine and Church of Blessed John Henry Newman since his beatification. This Mass, celebrated by the Archbishop, will also provide a showcase for the Graduale Parvum.
Sessions of the Institute will take place, at least during the first year of its life, either as day-courses held for laity on Saturdays, or as evening classes for the clergy, at the Oratory in Birmingham. …