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To: narses
I can't see a time when the Latin Mass will again be the main form of worship. I don't have a problem with that. If you are reverent, pay attention to the Mass, and receive the Body and Blood of Jesus with a clean heart, you will receive Grace, no matter in what language it is spoken.

When our daughter and I went to Japan this past summer, we ended up at Mass that was said totally in Japanese. Even though I did not understand the language (she did), I knew what was happening, and when, so I could follow the Mass. It was very interesting, and quite lovely.

120 posted on 11/30/2005 6:39:50 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

There are a number of reasons Latin is resurgent - first, the Universal Church needs a universal language. Second, the language needs to be certain, static and free from ambiguity. Third, the Tridentine Mass teaches via the liturgy - Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, and is not subject to the interprative nonsense of the protestantized NO Mass. If you could follow a Japanese language Mass, you could just as easily follow a Latin Mass.


122 posted on 11/30/2005 6:58:44 AM PST by narses (St Thomas says “lex injusta non obligat”)
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