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To: Wonder Warthog
The Latin mass is more dignified, majestic, and a heck of a lot quieter! It also has not been watered down (I'm talkin' a real Latin mass, not a Novis Ordo(sp) mass) to the point of being a Protestant prayer service. It puts the focus on God, not the people.
84 posted on 05/02/2005 9:53:29 AM PDT by blu (The Pope, the Gipper and the Iron Lady...now THAT'S a trifecta!)
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To: blu
"The Latin mass is more dignified, majestic, and a heck of a lot quieter!

Sorry, but I can't agree. I grew up in South Louisiana in the time frame when the Church in the US was transitioning from the Latin mass to the mass in English, and have attended Roman Catholic services in both. I see no real "language-specific" difference. The thing that makes the mass in English "less dignfied and magestic" is all the liberal "touchy-feely" stuff like the "sign of peace".

I grew up Episcopalian, and know for a fact that an English-language mass can be just as "dignified and majestic" as any mass in Latin. See any Anglican "high-church" service for examples.

"It also has not been watered down (I'm talkin' a real Latin mass, not a Novis Ordo(sp) mass) to the point of being a Protestant prayer service. It puts the focus on God, not the people."

"Watered down" how?? Again--if the translation from Latin to English is accurate, then how is that "watered down"??

87 posted on 05/02/2005 10:06:47 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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To: blu; Wonder Warthog

Also, it's not so difficult to understand as you might think. You already know many of the words that are used over and over and over again -- Deus = God; Domine = Lord; Sanctus = Holy; Gloria = Self Explanatory, etc.

Also, if you are serious about the mass you have studied it and know the texts anyway, so it is not hard to understand when you hear it week after week at all. I wish I could make it to Latin Mass.


388 posted on 05/03/2005 12:59:19 PM PDT by johnb838 (Free Republicans... To Arms!)
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