In church today, there was an announcement about starting a Latin mass. What? Latin?
In the distant past, I have heard a smattering of Latin in some Western movie and my parents recited the Litany in Latin, but that's about it.
I know the smattering that I had heard sounded beautiful and by that measure, a whole Mass recited in Latin would also, sound beautiful. Maybe. For a little while. But an hour of it?
Besides, I thought the whole point of having the Mass in every language in the world was so that the congregation could participate in it, feel a part of it, and not just doze off.
On the other hand, the Mass that I hear (at our city Cathedral, no less) is so dreadfully trite, I doubt anyone listens to it. So perhaps the mass in Latin wouldn't make much of a difference..
Or wait, maybe given my rare church appearances, I was missing something? Did Latin mass mean something other than a mass in Latin?
When in doubt, I turn to good friend Google. (Where else?)
Right away look what I found!!
"10 reasons to attend a Latin Mass" .
And one of the reasons is -hold your breath- "There will be only males serving in the sanctuary and only priests and deacons handling the Body of Christ, in accord with nearly 2,000 years of tradition."
https://onepeterfive.com/ten-reasons-to-attend-the-traditional-latin-mass/
There's a lot more similar stuff in there. But I am too zapped to venture further.
Really, really in a country where women are treated like shit, we don't need any more reasons, however well meant, to grind us deeper into the dirt. I am quite sure the idea of a Latin mass came from a male. Whether it did or not, wake up St. Patrick's female parishioners. Beat that idea to pulp.
Oh, by the way, what was Jesus's mother tongue again? Did that poor carpenter from the Middle-East converse in Latin or in the language of the fishermen?
In the distant past, I have heard a smattering of Latin in some Western movie and my parents recited the Litany in Latin, but that's about it.
I know the smattering that I had heard sounded beautiful and by that measure, a whole Mass recited in Latin would also, sound beautiful. Maybe. For a little while. But an hour of it?
Besides, I thought the whole point of having the Mass in every language in the world was so that the congregation could participate in it, feel a part of it, and not just doze off.
On the other hand, the Mass that I hear (at our city Cathedral, no less) is so dreadfully trite, I doubt anyone listens to it. So perhaps the mass in Latin wouldn't make much of a difference..
Or wait, maybe given my rare church appearances, I was missing something? Did Latin mass mean something other than a mass in Latin?
When in doubt, I turn to good friend Google. (Where else?)
Right away look what I found!!
"10 reasons to attend a Latin Mass" .
And one of the reasons is -hold your breath- "There will be only males serving in the sanctuary and only priests and deacons handling the Body of Christ, in accord with nearly 2,000 years of tradition."
https://onepeterfive.com/ten-reasons-to-attend-the-traditional-latin-mass/
There's a lot more similar stuff in there. But I am too zapped to venture further.
Really, really in a country where women are treated like shit, we don't need any more reasons, however well meant, to grind us deeper into the dirt. I am quite sure the idea of a Latin mass came from a male. Whether it did or not, wake up St. Patrick's female parishioners. Beat that idea to pulp.
Oh, by the way, what was Jesus's mother tongue again? Did that poor carpenter from the Middle-East converse in Latin or in the language of the fishermen?
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