Bishops approve new translation of the Mass! Hallelujah!

Tremendous news for the Church in the United States:

New Translation of the Mass in English

approved by the USCCB

173-29

Adaptations to the Missale Romanum passed 184-8.

So, it was hardly a close vote. And the discussion was quick: five minutes. The whole thing was done smoothly in 45 minutes, and not a single adaptation was resisted. Bishop Trautman himself came out in favor of the translation...

The comments at Open Book are going (understandably) crazy. Hop in!

Gerald of Closed Cafeteria is dancing in the aisles (but not liturgical dancing - of course).

Dom has a good summary: "The US bishops’ conference approved the new translations of the Mass proposed by the International Committee on English in the Liturgy (ICEL), something that bishops in the rest of the English-speaking world had already done, but the US bishops also included a number of adaptations and amendments that will need to be scrutinized by the Vatican. Nevertheless the bulk of the changes required by the Liturgiam Authenticam and other Vatican directives have been approved." [More...]

If you really want the MSM coverage, the AP and NYT have some faulty fair.

Such joyous news calls for an AmP vote (not to influence your decision or anything ...):

Are you in favor of the new English translation of the Mass?

As always, feel free to link to this poll (ang that way get a good sampling of St. Blogs).