Well, if you want a way to increase traffic to your site, just ask Catholics their opinions on the new English translation of the Mass.  On my public Facebook page yesterday I posted this question:What were your reactions to the new English translation of the Mass today? Did you find that it helped or hindered your “full, conscious and active” participation in the Mass, as the Second Vatican Council hoped for?”  And I received (so far) 248 comments  The reaction seems to both passionate and evenly divided, with half feeling that the new translation makes it more difficult to pray; the other half saying it makes it easier to pray.  Dotcommonweal also has a lively discussion under Peter Steinfels’ clever rubric (pun intended) “The Aftermass?”  And Rocco Palmo at WhispersintheLoggia, which normally doesn’t invite comments, also received a passel of responses, mainly from priests. 

So…What do you think? 

The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author, editor at large at America and founder of Outreach.