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To: rwfromkansas; murphE; te lucis; All

So many people forget that the Traditional Mass, prayed entirely in Latin, was the primary source of spiritual sustenance and inspiration of all of those who we call saints. While many of the saints were well educated, many of them were illiterate. They united their intentions to the priests reciting the latin prayers (audibly or silently). Considering the holy lives they lived, they obviously were "able to understand EVERYTHING, every little minute detail, every little word said by the man leading the service."

St. John Vienny, IIRC, flunked out of a few seminaries because he was unable to grasp latin. He prayed for help and he knuckled down and finally got it. Contrast that to the 2005 man in the same situation: He'd most likely form some pesky movement for disgruntled people who want everything dumbed down to accomodate those don't want to have to work hard at learning something.


122 posted on 06/20/2005 11:25:07 AM PDT by sempertrad ("Welcome to Knight Burger. What will... ye have?" - MST3K)
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To: sempertrad

What an arrogant attiude.

Using the language of the people is dumbing it down.

You have the same attitude of your previous Catholics who said no Bible for you to the commoners.


134 posted on 06/20/2005 1:30:01 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: sempertrad

And burned John Hus alive.


135 posted on 06/20/2005 1:30:25 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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