Here comes the new edition of the Missal!

Just came back from a morning workshop at the Abbey for liturgical ministers, an introduction to the new edition of the Liturgy.  It was Wonderful. I learned things about little details of the Mass rubrics that made each part of the Mass more meaningful. For example, when Father is about to proclaim the Gospel he makes the sign of the cross with his thumb on the page and then crosses himself on the forhead, lips, and heart.  I learned today that the gesture is to take the Gospel from the page and impart it in his mind, on his lips, and in his heart.