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To: Mershon
At St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington DC, the N.O. is offered in Latin every Sunday. Schola Cantorum and the whole nine yards.

I've never been to an 'important' Mass that didn't have some Latin in it. If there's a bishop present, you can bet they will sing Agnus Dei, and the Pater Noster. I hear the Kyrie, the Greek, a lot too. Stick around during Easter, and you may even hear 'Stabat Mater'. The architects of Vatican 2 never meant to expunge Latin from the Mass. Thats whats happened at the parish level, and thats a dirty shame. Originally, the point of the vernacular was to let the words of consecration be understood by the most ignorant of the laity.
43 posted on 08/18/2004 11:57:39 AM PDT by Lilllabettt
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To: Lilllabettt

Thanks for your post. It all depends upon where one lives. The Latin Liturgy Association lists all Masses in Latin in the U.S.--both Traditional and Novus Ordo.

However, there are effectively 3 different "Latin" rites in the Church nowadays--the Novus Ordo as it is at most parishes, the "reform of the reform" Masses, more in line with Sacrosactum Concilium than the Novus Ordo, and the Traditional Latin Mass, which I argue, is closest to being in line with Sacrosactum Concilium as the Council Fathers envisioned it.


44 posted on 08/18/2004 12:05:34 PM PDT by Mershon
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