GAYLORD, MI -- Changes have been made to Catholic Mass that Priests say will be a springboard for a deeper level of faith.

Changes in the Catholic Church across America went into effect for the first time last week.

This is the third amendment to mass since the 1960’s, and the Priest of the mass speaks more in a poetic tone with a word-for-word translation of the Latin text, rather than just a summary.

One of the larger changes is when the Priest says, “Lord be with you,” parishioners will now respond with, “And with your Spirit.”

“To go into a deeper level of spiritual language so that people that use this language at mass are going into a different place than every day ordinary talk of the street, because it’s to deal with God, it’s a sacred kind of language,” explains Father Duane Wachowiak.

Guidance cards for the changes are in the back of the pews for the members to follow.

Other changes have occurred in the language of the Nicene Creed and with “Our Gloria.”

Most of the changes will be with the way the Priest leads mass.

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