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nfant baptism celebrations are undergoing a few changes with the 2020 Order of Baptism of Children. Te latest in the series of revised
liturgical books will get considerable usage in Catholic parishes throughout the English-speaking world. Musicians will want to be aware of several matters, especially on those occasions when baptisms are celebrated during a Sunday Mass.
Why the revision?
Tere are two reasons why the English-speaking Catholic Church is receiving new liturgical books. One is the change in translation principles enacted first with the 2011 Roman Missal. Tese are having a rippling effect throughout other liturgical ceremonies. Te second reason is that some of these books have a new edition in Latin with updated content and clarifications that have not yet been translated. Both these reasons lay behind the missal: Te translation was redone, and the third edition in Latin provided new content, such as collects for saints newly added to the calendar. Te same was true of the 2016 Order of Celebrating Matrimony, which received a new translation, but also had new content, such as a greatly expanded introduction.
Te 2016 Order of Confirmation, however, was not the product of a new Latin edition. It simply received a new translation to bring it into greater harmony with the missal. Te same is now true of the 2020 Order of Baptism of Children, available Feb. 2, 2020, from the
usccb.org and religious booksellers. Tere was a second Latin edition of the original, but it has been in force for over 40 years. Te English translation we have been using contains all the changes from that work. Tis is a newly revised translation of that 40-year old second edition.
New to this book, though, is an appendix spelling out in greater detail how a baptism takes place during Mass. Te first editions of the Rite of Baptism for Children explained the basic structure in paragraph 29, but it was still confusing to many people. Consequently, some parishes made further adaptations on their own. Te U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Divine Worship had the foresight to develop an appendix giving a clearer presentation of the celebration, and the Vatican has approved its work. So,
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