10 Weeks on - how's the new translation going?

[tjwmason]

5. Generally positive

We've been going for more than 10 weeks as the English Bishops decided to introduce the Ordinary from September (I think).

It took a while for the responses to become natural, particularly those which have only changed in small details.

I was at a committee meeting which is mostly made up of Anglicans, and when the society's chaplain said 'the Lord be with you' for the prayer before the meeting it seemed odd to hear people say 'and also with you'.

The bigger challenge has been for the clergy and it's a definite shift in gear - they have to think about phraseology and pauses far more than in the older simpler translations...but when they get it right it's a definite improvement.