Questions About Latin Mass

[Student09]

Incidentally, on the subject of understanding Latin - I have never studied Latin (though I would love to!) and have only been going to the EF for a couple of months, but I can already understand some of the prayers without having to look at the English missal. The prayers get repeated over and over and you just pick them up and become familiar with them in Latin.

Some of them I knew already from attending OF Masses that used part Latin. For instance, do you know what “Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis” means?

Or do you know what Kyrie Eleison means? (Not Latin, but Greek.) If so, is it because you studied Greek?

It’s not as intimidating as people think it is! The first time may be confusing, but I was surprised how quickly I became familiar with it.

 

[SimonDodd]

Congratz on your conversion!

Thanks; it’s good to be home.

I agree with Student09, BTW: it gets familiar quite quickly.

 

[georgewithfaith]

Ditto on understanding the Latin. After a while it becomes easy. The same prayers are repeated over again and the Missal has the translation on the facing page. I have taken interest in learning some Latin prayers. I now pray the Holy Rosary in Latin.

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[OraLabora]

Ditto on understanding the Latin. After a while it becomes easy. The same prayers are repeated over again and the Missal has the translation on the facing page. I have taken interest in learning some Latin prayers. I now pray the Holy Rosary in Latin.

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I do the Liturgy of the Hours in Latin. Chanted, with a antiphonary in chant notation that has the French alongside the Latin, so as I struggle with the meaning I have the French to bail me out (French is my mother tongue).

 

[rosary_kat]

For those enamoured with the Novus Ordo trip, I ask the question, “Quo Vadis?” (where are you going?)

To Mass tomorrow.

 

[rosary_kat]

I now pray the Holy Rosary in Latin.

Yeehaw, I’m not alone. Granted, I’m slowly learning the Creed, but I must confess I’m proud that I can not only recite the other prayers, but with practice, I actually understand what I’m praying. It’s a great way to flex your brain muscles, not to mention your knee muscles.