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To: AnAmericanMother
I grew up in an area where you were either Catholic or "nosebleed high" Episcopalian. There were many beautiful Episcopalian parishes around at that time... sadly, as the Episcopalians became more and more liberal (this is Massachusetts) those parishes were sold off and I can't offhand think of one that is still opened in that city.

Anyway, my heart goes out to you. I think most Catholics can understand the struggle all too well.

I know what you mean about your husband and the Latin... unless you are familiar with it (part of your culture like it is/was part of the universal Catholic culture), people seem to think that the Church is trying to pull a fast one and confuse you with a "foreign" language. At least that's how my agnostic/Lutheran husband reacted. He also thought that it was "elite"!!! I thought that was pretty funny since most of the Catholics here are descended from Irish fishermen or farmers or who were starving to death at one time!

19 posted on 09/10/2003 7:27:02 AM PDT by american colleen
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To: american colleen
Well, since I almost majored in Classics (couldn't get enough Greek in 4 years because I was also taking German), I have no problem with Latin.

In fact, when I was a kid my family travelled in out of the way places all over Central America and the Caribbean. We'd often find ourselves at Christmas or Easter on a Spanish or French island or in Mexico without an Anglican church - so we would go to a Catholic church for Mass. My father (who is a Born Salesman and speaks fluent Italian) would pay a call on the parish priest earlier in the week, explain our predicament, and ask for emergency communication (since as High Churchers we believe in the Real Presence). I don't think we were ever refused.

ANyhow, the point of all this is that I still have somewhere my old Latin missal - and it actually is BETTER than the vernacular service, because whether we were in Mexico, or on a French, Dutch or Spanish island, the service was always the same!

20 posted on 09/10/2003 7:32:48 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . there is nothing new under the sun.)
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