[Veto!]

The Latin mass revival might cure my problems with the church I left so long ago --impossible to go "back" to a strange place with strange and tacky rituals that seem as profound as a Kiwanis meeting. I never was devout. I never even really believed in God, not in my Catholic schools and universities. But the idea of praying in Latin along with millions of others seemed powerful, mystical, and connected to whatever it is that goes on creating the universe when we're not looking.

[Aussie Dasher]

Now I am confused. If you never believed in God, who did you believe you were praying to?

I am a Catholic of the post-Vatican II era. I have never believed the Lord holds it against me because I speak to him in English. Nor do I accept my prayers will carry more weight if they are in Latin.

[BlackElk]

The Mass of our ancestors said in the language used for the Masses of our ancestors is the high mark of our civilization and God's way of saying: "Veto! Come back home."

NYer has the privilege of attending Mass in the Aramaic language spoken by Jesus Christ Himself. So, I believe, does Sandyeggo.

In His love for you, Christ offers you the graces you need so that you may enjoy the privilege of loving him back now and forever.

Your last sentence reveals His communication of love to you and bears repeating as often as possible (perhaps in a Church at perpetual adoration in the presence of Christ in the Eucharist???? Maybe on your knees when putting every trouble and wound and woe you have ever known or suffered in His hands which know suffering so well?????)

Pater noster, Qui es in coeli, sanctificetur Nomen Tuum. Adveniat regnum Tuum. Fiat voluntas Tua.....