"From the rising of the sun to its setting" replaces the supposedly less precise and/or poetic "from east to west"....
Does it mean
a) about 12 hours on average during the year in any one place, or b) over the whole Earth, in which case it is flat?
It is mischievous to carp at this perhaps - there is so much else that really matters. Yet why can't we have a Mass text that is exuberantly celebrating our universe in the light of what we know about it? Where is a text that is not so totally rooted in past philosophies and world-views?
That is utterly different from being blown in the wind of current culture - although even here there is scope for a healthy, greater awareness that the Spirit blows outside the confines of the Church membership. (A current difficulty is gaining acceptance that the Spirit blows outside the Vatican and its Curia..)
Yet the dominance in the Mass of metaphors and terminology from past philosophies and worldviews leaves us with a weak connection to the world we are here to serve.
How can a Mass text that actually connects with current world views come about?
"Never" seems the answer from those responsible.... for we are told to be ready to use this text for the rest of our lives! God help us!!
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