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Good post, dear Lady in Blue. I remember those days when I could go to Mass anywhere in the world and be completely at home in Latin.

I understand how well the vernacular can serve for evangelization purposes, but I would much prefer singing Agnus Dei to a simple Gregorian chant than singing a "Lamb o' God" that sounds like Jimmy Buffet's "Tin Cup Chalice".

[history_matters]

To quote from dear Colleen:

BUMPUS MAXIMUS!!!

Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis!

[ventana]

Jimmy Buffet is what they serve up in your neck of the woods? In our neck of the woods, it's very Andrew Lloyd Weberish, with a Phantom meets Cats kind of theatricality! V's wife.