Mass in other Countries

[Chatter163]

I’d like to attend a Tridentine Mass, but don’t know where one is. I live north west of Pittsburgh, and don’t know of any by me, so I’d appreciate any help in finding a Church in my the Pittsburgh area that Celebrates the Tridentine Mass.

www.pittsburghlatinmass.org

 

[JKirkLVNV]

but as travel becomes easier, we’ve shot ourselves in the foot a bit really haven’t we?

Travel is largely a priviledge of the propsperous West. Most people in the world are unable to avail themselves of it.

I think the vernacular Mass is an excellent development (and I very much doubt that it’s going to be going away), though I certainly see the need for the use of Latin in, just as an example, the larger Masses that are celebrated for papal funerals and installations, etc., because they are international gatherings. For the “normal” masses within each country, I think the benefits of the use of the vernacular far outweigh any potential negatives.

 

[undeserving]

As a person who lives in India and moves from state to state within the country I have heard the mass said in many different languages -Indian languages. Very few of the Catholics here, other then the ones living in big cities understand English, let alone Latin. A latin mass would be incomprehensible to them > the mass said in Tamil or Hindi or Bengali…is quiet beautiful, and very devout.

 

[jc-servant]

But we have to remember that the LATIN rite is not the CATHOLIC church in its entirety. Within our Catholic church there are a variety of languages used in the different liturgies of our Eastern Catholic brothers - Slavonic, Greek, Aramaic, and at least a few others.

So there never really has been unity of language, although obviously the Latin Rite is far and away the largest.

I’m so glad to see you make this point. Universal does not equal Latin although I see it argued on these boards time after time. I live a short drive from a Maronite parish where I have attended the beautiful liturgy in English and Aramaic. Additionally, our metro has two other rites from India, forgive me for forgetting the names, which have never used Latin either. Their liturgy is no less reverent or holy than ours no matter the language.

All Catholics have not shared a common language since the apostles spread out to evangelize beyond their original area. If we are looking for a “common” language that most Latin rite Catholics could share, then English is likely understood clearly by far more of those in the target group than Latin ever will be. Latin started off “common” in its roots also. Perhaps in 500 years people will be talking about how English is only spoken in church.