The New Mass: Anti-Catholic Ideals?

Hey there everyone. As you all know, I studied abroad last semester and have been away from this blog because of that. I'm writing today about the new changes to the Catholic mass. After you read this, I would love your comments!

I have several issues with the new translation of the mass. The way we went about making the changes hurt the cause of being the universal church we claim to be. Let's start with the beginning. The priest says "the Lord be with you" as a form of greeting to the congregation. The logical thing to say when someone gives such a greeting is "you too" or, as it were, "and also with you." We once believed as Catholics that the priest was our advocate, and therefore one of us. Human. With the change to "and with your spirit," we place the priest on a different level. He is no longer our advocate, but a different spiritual being we cannot comprehend or relate with on a personal level.

The changes don't stop there. The Penitential Rite places Catholic guilt out in the open. "through my fault, my fault, my most grievous fault"?! We get it. We have found fault with the Lord. We don't need to repeat the fact that we sinned through our own fault a hundred times to feel bad for what we've done. Doing so makes it seem like we are hopeless for our own salvation. Christians supposedly believe in hope and salvation for all people equally through Jesus. This guilty rambling seems to say "salvation for the worthy but not for me, I'm too guilty." but even this isn't the biggest flaw in the new mass.

When I have talked to people about the new mass and mentioned my final argument as to why it's not Catholic, many people have not even noticed this change. When the priest lifts the cup and is telling the story of the Last Supper, he used to say "...this is the cup of my blood, ... It will be shed for you and for ALL so that sins will be forgiven." Now, the words are "...this is the chalice of my blood, ... It will be shed for you and for MANY for the forgiveness of sins." MANY?! What?! Not the Jesus I know. Not the Jesus I learned and taught about in Sunday school. Jesus didn't pick and choose who to die for and who to leave to rot in hell. He died so we wouldn't. I asked a priest about this, who shall remain nameless, and he said "well, this is implying that some people won't get in." Sorry, father. I don't believe in that. And neither should this church. I'm pretty sure Jesus didn't change His mind on us from heaven this last year. "Catholic" means "universal." It's time we started acting like it.