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The Extraordinary Feature of Pope Francis's Mass: Latin
The Atlantic ^
| September 23, 2015
| Emma Green
Posted on 09/23/2015 2:54:03 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
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Makes sense. Instead of doing it in language (English) or in
"HIS" language (Spanish, Italian)
"THEIR" language (Polish, French, Portuguese, German, Tagalog, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Bantu, Swahili, Aleut, Yupik, whatever)--- how about
"OUR" language?
Deo gratias,
To: Mrs. Don-o
Yes, because as we all know, both the Old Testament and the New Testament were written in Latin. It’s God’s language, right?
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posted on
09/23/2015 2:56:39 PM PDT
by
Eccl 10:2
(Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
To: Eccl 10:2
and why would someone who doesn't speak Latin WANT a service said in a language they don't understand ?
A radical priest could be up there calling everyone all KINDS of butthole ... and y'all'd respond; Thank You, Lord for Your Mercies
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:02:36 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Tower of Babel.
I remember when we all listened to the Mass in Latin. Not very difficult because the Mass is not too difficult. At least, when I was first taught it as an eight year old.
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:04:09 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
To: Eccl 10:2
It’s called the ROMAN Catholic Church for a reason.
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:04:17 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: Eccl 10:2
I was watching the mass on Fox News, seeing all the unintelligible pageantry that the humble man raised by a carpenter would have abhorred.
And I thanked God that, in his good time, he gave us Martin Luther to straighten out this mess.
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:04:33 PM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(Sic semper tyrannis)
To: Eccl 10:2
What language would you suggest it be in? Ebonics?
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:05:09 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
To: Mrs. Don-o
...or what happens when you don’t make it a caucus...
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:05:53 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
To: Eccl 10:2
Uh, it’s all Greek to me....
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:06:17 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(u)
To: Mrs. Don-o
It’s a bit ironic. I remember when the Church changed from Latin to English and the Catholics were up in arms because they wanted their Latin mass!
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:06:47 PM PDT
by
JJ_Folderol
(Just my opinion and only worth what you paid for it.)
To: Eccl 10:2
Vere, frater. You got it! My priest-on-a-skateboard picture!
You are so silly!
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:07:06 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Semper Fi.)
To: Eccl 10:2
Its Gods language, right? Yes.
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:07:32 PM PDT
by
jtal
(St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle ....)
To: miss marmelstein
Maybe he could try Hebrew.... or Arabic?
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:08:19 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(u)
To: miss marmelstein
Push 1 for Latin
Push 2 for Spanish
Push 3 for English
Push 4 for whatever language the Mooselimbs speak.
Push 5 to be removed from this list.
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:08:19 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: JJ_Folderol
Because it was gorgeous and we all understood the Latin phrases - is that so hard to understand?
By having it in one language - throughout the planet - made it the CATHOLIC Church. Getting rid of Latin made it the Tower of Babel.
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:08:41 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
To: knarf
You are apparently unfamiliar with the nature of liturgical worship.
BTW a radical priest is much more likely to engage in what you describe in English (or whatever his native vernacular tongue is.)
At least with Latin he is much more likely to stick to the liturgical texts as given.
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:09:03 PM PDT
by
jtal
(St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle ....)
To: Eccl 10:2
Your post is incoherent.
Are you saying that Catholics believe that the Scriptures were written in Latin? If so, that's an embarrassing mistake on your part.
Or are you saying that God has a language instead of being above all languages? That's perhaps more embarrassing for you.
Or are you saying that liturgies must be performed in Biblical Hebrew or Koine Greek? That doesn't make much sense.
Essentially, you are somehow upset or threatened by someone worshipping in a language that is the common heritage of the entire Western world and the language which more Christians wrote or read than any other for more than a thousand years.
Is it because you know you lack the wherewithal to learn it?
To: Bryanw92
And I thanked God that, in his good time, he gave us Martin Luther to straighten out this mess. Why did he wait 1500 years?
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:10:17 PM PDT
by
jtal
(St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle ....)
To: knarf
It's not difficult at all to follow or understand. Attending the Latin Mass every week, I know the prayers just from following along for a while in one of the missals provided at every pew.
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:10:27 PM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Exsurge, Domine, et judica causam tuam)
To: Paladin2
Latin is the language of the Roman Catholic Church. We have forgotten that in the last 40 years but the world will teach us about it, as Scott Fitzgerald might have said, with a whip.
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posted on
09/23/2015 3:10:33 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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