Non-Christian observing Mass: is Latin Mass gone?

[Pattylt]

Yes, Biblical Hebrew and the vernacular have their differences. Changing the process of the liturgy would never have been attempted. That would be changing the entire rubrics of the Jewish service. All the prayers are still in the exact same Hebrew throughout the history that we can examine. It can’t be changed!

True story…my cousin met and married a native Israeli. They met when she went to live on a kibbutz. So, naturally, he’s totally fluent in Hebrew (as well as five other languages). They came back to the US to get married here and he was appalled at the Rabbis Hebrew. He said the Rabbis pronunciation was barely legible and the accent terrible! Often, in a service, the Rabbi will invite a parishioner up for a reading of the portion of the haftorah (commentary on the Torah portion) and the Rabbi loved to call him up so everyone could hear what the “real” Hebrew sounded like…it was noticeably different! I imagine priests’ Latin runs the gamut of horrible to brilliant as well! :hugs: Most folks would never know!

 

[HomeschoolDad]

Yes, Biblical Hebrew and the vernacular have their differences. Changing the process of the liturgy would never have been attempted. That would be changing the entire rubrics of the Jewish service. All the prayers are still in the exact same Hebrew throughout the history that we can examine. It can’t be changed!

"It can’t be changed!"

Wow… what a concept…

I imagine priests’ Latin runs the gamut of horrible to brilliant as well! :hugs: Most folks would never know!

I hate to have to be the one to say it, but I have heard some pretty horrible Latin in my day. I’m no great shakes myself, what Latin I do know (it ain’t that much, compared to what it should be) is self-taught, but at least I’m pretty sure I get the pronunciation basically right. Everybody has different gifts.