Language is important in the spiritual life: the way you relate to someone influences the way you speak to someone, and vice versa. It’s the same with God. The way you relate to God influences how you speak to God in prayer. And the language used in the liturgy will, over time, influence your image of God. Moreover, the way we worship influences what we believe. As the ancient saying goes, "Lex orandi, lex credendi."
The changes start at the very beginning of the Mass. In answer to the familiar "The Lord be with you," the people will no longer say, "And also with you," but "And with your spirit.” In the Penitential Rite, the congregation’s response reverts to the older, pre-Vatican II, formula, “Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.” And, significantly, the Creed no longer begins “We believe,” but “I believe.”
Link to the full post entitled. New English Language Mass Approved--and Available
Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. on the "Reform of the Reform" (here)
A PDF of the new Order of Mass (here)
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