"I'm sure the Lord thinks no less of me because I speak to Him in Enlish rather than Latin."
That ain't the point, mate.
"It's not the way Mass is said, it's the message (or lack of it) coming from the pulpit that is impacting."
And Latin says, "Since we're starting with Divine Revelation, "change" isn't on the agenda."
(Change being a codeword for "compromise with evil.")
Besides, there's been so much rewriting not only of liturgy and prayers, but even of scripture itself, inflicted in the name of "translation" that it's way past time to bring back Latin in a big way.
If the modernist heretics want to rewrite the Vulgate, they won't be able to hide it as a "translation."
I'm sure heretics can have their way with Latin just as well as English.
Speaking either, I'd be much happier if I heard our priests giving leadership. Three Sundays ago was "Respect Life" Sunday. Our priest managed to avoid mentioning both abortion and euthanasia in his 10 minute oration. Some effort in English or Latin!
The problem being this: at one time the guiding star for translations was precision, now it's all about "relevance".
Yeah, let's screw all those who come off the street searching for God. Let them wallow in their misery for not knowing Latin.
I admire the Orthodox a lot more than the Catholics, and part of the reason is that they believe in having the language of the people being used in their services.
Why you Catholics can't understand such a basic concept that the church of Christ should be able to UNDERSTAND what they are saying is beyond me.
And, no language is more holy than another.
You are making Latin an idol by acting as if it is something special.
dsc: Your last sentence cannot be repeated too often. Post it again and again and again.