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To: irish guard
[Latin] isn’t the real language spoken by Christ.

That is not one of the arguments for the traditional Latin Mass. Christ was able to speak all languages.

Latin is still the official language of the Church. The new Mass is officially in Latin. There are missals in the vernacular and Latin so that those who don't know Latin can follow along. These existed before the new Mass and no one had a problem using them.

9 posted on 05/15/2024 1:30:25 PM PDT by ELS
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To: ELS
Jesus may have known a few words of Latin but he mainly spoke Aramaic, and probably knew Hebrew well. Possibly even Greek. But by all accounts he did not speak Latin and spoke mainly Aramaic.

I respect the fact you seem to like the Latin Mass. And sure, Latin was used extensively by the church for hundreds of years. The second Vatican council allowed Masses to be said in the vernacular of local churches in the languages of the people. This was supposed to make the liturgy more comprehensible to the faithful, fostering a stronger sense of participation and understanding. So back to what I said, I get very little from a Latin Mass. our church doesn’t have such missals. I feel like I did as a kid where nothing means anything to me….

10 posted on 05/15/2024 6:22:24 PM PDT by irish guard
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