Are you ready for round 2?

Unless you are one of those lucky enough to attend daily Mass, this weekend brings round 2 of the season of the new Roman Missal.  So much preparation was put into place to be ready last weekend, and so many prayer aids were also in place as we arrived for Mass.  My question today: how prepared are we for weekend #2?

Seems to me that over time, the faithful may lapse back to not using the missalettes and prayer cards and forget to respond with the new responses.  I believe it will be incumbent on the presider to remind us, for some time, about using the aids and being united in our new responses.

It also seems to me, from my own limited experience and from shared experiences on the internet, that the most common areas of missteps are the following:

And with your spirit combined with more than a few and also with you...
Not sure if the Deacon gets the "and with your spirit" as he begins the Gospel...
Remembering to say I believe instead of we believe at the start of the Creed...
Including HOLY church in the prayer after the Priest washes his hands...
The most evident for me; the prayer right before we receive Jesus in Holy Communion...Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

And I'm sure there are many more and I am sure that the Priest and Deacon messed up along the way.  These errors in responses are truly the by-product over over 40 years of praying the Mass one way and then it becomes rote.

It's high time, just 1 week in, to put all the hand-wringing and complaining behind us and embrace the new translation of the great gift of the liturgy.  We will improve in our ability to deliver the prayers and responses.  For now, embrace the missalettes and handouts and aids in your pew.  It's ok!

The Mass is still what is most important; the source and summit of our lives.  To be able to be in one place, gathered in community, to hear the Word of God and receive Jesus in Holy Communion should be the pinnacle moment of our lives; the highlight of our week and/or day depending on our personal attendance at Mass.