I see in the the missal now. I use the 1962, with the latin and english side by side, and now that you have pointed it out, I see it at the beginning of the Gospel reading. It is one of those cases of the obvious being right in front of the eyes, but unable to see it for looking too hard! I have been attending a TLM for over a year, and little things like that will be noticable to me on an off. Thanks for everybody’s help and little lesson in latin. I am learning a great deal just by following along and seeing it in English. It works the same way as when one reads an opera libretto to know the action on the stage and what the singers are singing. It is not too difficult once you get the hang of it, you just have to have interest and dedication to do it.
Many people will not attend a TLM due to the mere fact they believe the Latin is too difficult to follow. They will often be the same persons who will challenge themselves with an often challenging word puzzle game that are often useless (brain exercise should at least gain something from the effort other than a fleeting feeling of accomplishment), but will not take the time to learn a little latin. The words are more familiar than one imagines as we use the derivations every day without knowing it.
On another note, as a musician myself, I have always thought that latin is more suitable for singing in than any vernacular tongue, especially english. It is the way the musicial stress points hit the syllables (as in the Gregorian Chant) in union with the intervals of the notes, in unison as a choir or in solo, that seem to create a very sublime beauty that cannot be explained. Other latin works of music in polyphonic form, only add to the beauty of the Holy Mass. And, of course, using latin creates a universality of understanding of the Sacrifice of Holy Mass.
