LOTH & different Bishops Conferences

[pullitr]

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There was such a thing in the western church, at one time.

And then the Church in Rome switched to the vernacular in about the fourth century, replacing Greek with Latin . . .



(and in the East, the vernacular has always been the liturgical language (Church Slavonic is actually a created language whose purpose was to be mutually intelligible to the vernacular of the various slavic countries [and when C&M were called to Rome to explain, the Pope not only approved, but ordained one a bishop before sending them back {and as to why Rome was summoning missionaries sent by another Patriarch, I really couldn’t tell you . . .}]).

hawk

HAHAHA FAVORITE REPLY EVER!!! You win the Winston Churchill Award for this particular thread! Congratulations!!! lol

 

[Tarpeian_Rock]

I’m pretty sure nothing prevents one from praying in just such a language.

Certainly if one knew that language, then praying it would be. If one didn’t know that language, then it would seemingly be parroting - as noted by another poster - and not really prayer that speaks to the mind and heart.

 

[OraLabora]

Certainly if one knew that language, then praying it would be. If one didn’t know that language, then it would seemingly be parroting - as noted by another poster - and not really prayer that speaks to the mind and heart.

It depends how one approaches it. In Christian meditation it is often recommended that the person meditating recite or chant a mantra to “get in the mood” as it were.

I chant the Liturgy of the Hours in Latin Gregorian chant. The regular, rhythmic and mechanical chanting of the psalm in the Latin Gregorian tones is my “mantra”. Then I silently read/meditate the psalm in French (my mother tongue).

The benefit of this is that I am picking up more and more Latin as I go along, while at the same time learning the psalms better as well. Therefore I often know even as I pray in Latin, what I am praying in general terms (i.e. I know the theme of the psalm and perhaps have memorized a few key verses).

Not to mention it keeps my voice in tune for the schola