Do You Wish You Knew Latin?

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It does not need to remain a wish – See [post=6163515]this thread[/post].

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Aw, crud!* Who knew the [group=26]Latin Lately[/group] group and forum was closed to the public!? 🤷

I repeat here:

Another announcement from the [post=2538595]LatinStudy[/post] list, of interest to those who would seek to learn Ecclesiastical Latin especially:
There has been some (modest) demand for another Collins’ A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin group. I’m willing to lead it if there is enough interest.
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Details can be found at collins2010.joepye.net
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Please let him know if you are interested (contact info at the above URL), and please pass this on to others who might be interested.
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The group would, as is traditional, begin on 17 March 2010 :irish2: so you have time to acquire the text if you need to.

(* Or, as we say in Latin: Stercus! )

Come, join us,
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Thank you so much for your passion. A teacher of Latin. I am so blessed to have found this information. God has touched both of us.
 
Nope I have no desire when speaking-liturgy has made it possible for so many to fully participate in the Mass. I am old enough to remember the Latin days and have no desire to going back. A parish near me offers Mass in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. I speak English and don’t know a word of Vietnamese. So I don’t attend the Vietnamese Mass. Not because it isn’t Mass though. I am grateful the Vietnamese have a Mass they can particpate in with full understanding.
 
YEs, then I could understand half of your guys’ signatures! 😃
 
Fair enough.

But wouldn’t it be nice if you could come together with your Vietnamese- and Spanish-speaking brethren to celebrate Mass in whatever language, and to be able recite (and understand) at least some parts of the Ordinary of the Mass in Latin, especially the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer?

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I have to say that I have argued against the necessity of Latin among the laity in the past. However, after having gone to some Byzantine masses and funeral masses with my wife, who is Byzantine, it made me wish that the Roman Rite didn’t throw it’s traditions out the window (aka Latin, incense, chant, music, art). When I saw the drama of a Byzantine funeral and the art in a Byzantine church, I said to myself, this is why Latin must be retained. It goes with the culture of being a Roman Rite Catholic.

Recently, my wife’s father passed away and there was a Byzantine priest there to perform certain rites, but the mass was mainly Roman rite seeing as there was no Byzantine church where he lived. The mass was spare and naked compared to the Byzantine rite. Every generic modern hymn was used-On Eagle’s Wings, Seeds Scattered and Sown, etc. The drama of a Byzantine or Tridentine mass was missing.

In short, I wish to learn Latin too!
 
Would love to learn Latin and tried to learn on my own in college. There were a lot of unfamiliar rules such as declining nouns, which I found daunting.

Wonder if “Rosetta Stone” has a Latin version? 😃
 
tee_eff_em said:
Fair enough.

But wouldn’t it be nice if you could come together with your Vietnamese- and Spanish-speaking brethren to celebrate Mass in whatever language, and to be able recite (and understand) at least some parts of the Ordinary of the Mass in Latin, especially the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer?

tee
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Interestingly it is a fairly welcoming parish in comparison to some. And a community where members do come together in some fellowship. And many of the Spanish speaking and Vietnamese members attend the English liturgy. There might very well be some English speaking parishoners attending the other Masses. 🤷 So I see no need to bring Latin into the mix.
 
Scott_D said:
The mass was spare and naked compared to the Byzantine rite. Every generic modern hymn was used-On Eagle’s Wings, Seeds Scattered and Sown, etc. The drama of a Byzantine or Tridentine mass was missing.
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When my mother passed I specifically chose On Eagles Wings. An absolutely beautiful, filled me with emotion, and still very comforting hymn. But to ea his own. 🤷
 
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But wouldn’t it be nice if you could come together with your Vietnamese- and Spanish-speaking brethren to celebrate Mass in whatever language, and to be able recite (and understand)
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at least some parts of the Ordinary of the Mass in Latin, especially the Creed and the Lord's Prayer
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CMatt25 said:
Interestingly it is a fairly welcoming parish in comparison to some. And a community where members do come together in some fellowship. And many of the Spanish speaking and Vietnamese members attend the English liturgy. There might very well be some English speaking parishoners attending the other Masses. 🤷 So I see no need to bring Latin into the mix.
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The portion of the GIRM I’d quoted (#41) disagrees. 😉

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tinalewis said:
Would love to learn Latin and tried to learn on my own in college. There were a lot of unfamiliar rules such as declining nouns, which I found daunting.

Wonder if “Rosetta Stone” has a Latin version? 😃
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I have it.
 
tee_eff_em said:
Aw, crud!* Who knew the [group=26]Latin Lately[/group] group and forum was closed to the public!? 🤷

I repeat here:

Another announcement from the [post=2538595]LatinStudy[/post] list, of interest to those who would seek to learn Ecclesiastical Latin especially:

The group would, as is traditional, begin on 17 March 2010 :irish2: so you have time to acquire the text if you need to.

(* Or, as we say in Latin: Stercus! )

Come, join us,
tee
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I have wheelocks Latin, College Text book. Latin for Dummies, and Latin Grammer from Tan books. My problem is how to pronounce the words. I took a year of French and Spanish in High School.
 
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