Learning to Pray in Latin

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Not about prayer, but a cute short piece on why learning Latin is not for the faint-hearted

Why learning Latin stays with you forever

What’s the use of learning a language that’s not spoken in conversation nor used in business transactions, and which most people consider “dead”? Writer Frankie Thomas shares her humble opinion on why it’s time to learn Latin.

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Why learning Latin stays with you forever

If you learn Latin from a classical standpoint, this gravity is impossible to miss.
Being able to take Marcus Aurelius’ writings, or Caesar’s Comentarii de Belllo Gallicii (Commentaties on the Gallic Wars) the very same way they wrote them, and then comprehend them the same way that their peers did… It’s amazing