Christ and the Centurion

The Gospel from today's Mass readings is from Matthew 8, and is one of my favorites - it includes Matthew 8:8, which is the line when Christ, who was asked the the centurion to come to his home to heal his paralyzed servant, comes to the home and is exhorted by the centurion: "Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed."

On a related notw, Father Martin Fox wrote a fantastic blog entry on the forthcoming updates to the English translation of the Missal, including a summary of a talk that was given last year by Bishop Arthur Serratelli, chairman of the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Divine Worship. I shared it with the Ensemble this week, and I share it with you here.

The words we speak together currently as the priest shows us the Eucharist before communion are a weak translation of Matthew 8:8, which will be restored as follows: "Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word..."

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