Jesus never spoke Latin, so why should I care about that? I like understanding what is being said. I do believe Latin masses should be available for those who appreciate them, though. I love my church...yes, it has evolved over the centuries, but nothing stays the same. We didn’t even have masses when Jesus walked among us. He worshiped and taught in a Synagogue. The only important thing is that we are worshiping Jesus and have a relationship with him. The rest is just window dressing.
There is no such thing as window dressing unless you refuse to believe in the broken windows theory - which you probably do. The Mass is not that complicated that you cannot understand what the Latin means. Latin means that you can understand what is being said no matter where you worship around the globe. It’s why it is the CATHOLIC Church.
And if you believe what you said you believe, you should be a Jew worshipping in shul on Saturday. Nothing wrong with that.
jesus spoke Aramaic. But he was brilliant and surrounded by Roman conquerors, so I don’t doubt he spoke and understood Latin as did the more astute Jews in the region.
I stopped going to mass around HS graduation in 1966. The next time I went was for a wedding or funeral in the mid seventies. I no longer recognized the Catholic Church. The Latin was gone there was guitar playing and folksy singing. I missed the ceremonial Latin( And btw tioga, in the Latin Mass, the homily and other parts of the Mass were in English).
I had personal (selfish) reasons for leaving church at that time. My reason for not returning is it is not the church I spent 17 years in and 10 years in catholic parochial school in.
I currently worship God by visiting his handiworks and marveling at them. My boat on Long Island Sound. A trip to my mountain hideaway, a visit to the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone. I don’t worship nature, only the creator in his own cathedral.