I once asked an elderly vocal student of mine why she loved the Latin Mass so much. Her answer was simple and elegant:
“I can go to Mass in China or Italy, or America or Japan, and anywhere else in the World, and, if it’s in Latin, I can understand and join in, because that’s how I was raised.”
She didn’t go on about Latin being a holy language, or any of the stuff about Vatican 2, nor did she criticize the text of the new liturgies.
To her, Latin was the unifying language so that Catholics all over the world could have the same Mass.
I am not Catholic, but that made sense to me.
I know there is a lot more to it, but for her, that was it.
RE: “I can go to Mass in China or Italy, or America or Japan, and anywhere else in the World, and, if it’s in Latin, I can understand and join in, because that’s how I was raised.”
I’d really like to know how this woman learned an almost dead language like Latin.... where is it being taught nowadays?
Is there a Catholic Sunday school for Latine learners?