Noted liturgist Rev. Lawrence E. Mick discusses how the new English translation of the Roman Missal came about and what changes people will see in the prayers and responses in the Mass, beginning in Advent 2011.

Chinese father, Filipino mother, both Christians. He learned Chinese and Tagalog from them, Spanish from the Dominicans whom he served as altar boy and sacristan. Professional calligrapher and documents transcriptionist. Member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary. Married layman, and the father of two sons and a daughter.

We believe in one God,
The Father, the Almighty;
Maker of heaven and earth,
Of all that is seen and unseen.

Glory Be to the Father,
And to the Son,
And to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
Is now,
And ever shall be,
World without end.
Amen.

Educated by the Jesuits in the Visayas, Pedro could read, write and speak Visayan, Spanish, and Chamorro, paint, draw, sing, and worked as a carpenter. Teenage catechist who worked with Spanish Jesuit missionaries to the violent Chamarros in the Ladrones Islands (modern Marianas) in 1668

Hail, Holy Queen,
Mother of mercy;
Hail, our life,
Our sweetness and our hope.

The Our Father, also known as the Lord’s Prayer or Pater noster, is probably the best-known prayer in Christianity.

The Sign of the Cross (Latin: Signum Crucis) is a ritual hand motion made by members of most but not all branches of Christianity.

The Hail Mary or Ave Maria (Latin) is a traditional Catholic prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus.

I confess to Almighty God,
To Blessed Mary ever Virgin,
To Blessed Michael, the Archangel,
To Blessed John the Baptist.