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I converted to Catholicism, because study convinced me that it, and only it, was the truest, deepest Christianity. Latin and chant had nothing whatsoever to do with it.


3 posted on 06/15/2019 4:28:36 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: Wonder Warthog
Latin and chant had nothing whatsoever to do with it.

I'm not surprised with you being in support of Holy Communion in the Paw and Extraordinary Eucharistic Monsters.

6 posted on 06/15/2019 5:01:59 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome)
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To: Wonder Warthog
I converted to Catholicism, because study convinced me that it, and only it, was the truest, deepest Christianity. Latin and chant had nothing whatsoever to do with it.

You're certainly not alone--the way of study into the Catholic Church is the way for plenty of folks.

However, there are also plenty of us who studied the faith (whether as cradle Catholics or converts) and found what passes as the "average" expression of the Ordinary Form to be wanting. Worship that draws deeply on the Church's liturgical tradition (any or all of Latin, chant--both Gregorian and vernacular, reverent celebration by the priest, beautiful and worthy vestments, reverent behavior by those attending) shows that those present believe what they profess to be true--Lex orandi, lex credendi.

This is not to say that others in other parishes don't believe, but no small few of Millennial (mid-30s to early-20s) and Generation Z Catholics find authenticity particularly in the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite. It can also be found in reverent celebrations of the Ordinary Form.

As an older Millennial (sometimes called an "Xennial"), what's in this article and the one I just linked ring perfectly true for me. I am a cradle Catholic, but I am a faithful Catholic today because I found the Latin Mass as a college student and it deepened my understanding of how we pray and live the Faith.

7 posted on 06/15/2019 8:14:30 PM PDT by GCC Catholic (Trump doesn't suffer fools, but fools will suffer Trump. Make America Great Again!)
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