Let us not fall into temptation...
The Pope has authorised changed to the Italian translation of the Our Father. Instead of saying “lead us not into temptation”, it will say “do not let us fall into temptation”. The new wording was approved by the general assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Italy last month. It will appear in the third edition of the Messale Romano , the liturgical book that contains the guiding texts for Mass. The Pope said in 2017 he believed the wording should be altered and on the face of it, it is not hard to see why; the Pope argues that “It is not a good translation because it speaks of a God who induces temptation. I am the one who falls. It’s not him pushing me into temptation to then see how I have fallen. . .It’s Satan who leads us into temptation, that’s his department” I'm sure we can all see where the Pope is coming from, but quite a lot of Catholics are not happy. Take Fr Tim Finigan for example: My dear lay people, I am sorry to retweet this filth, but I just wan...