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hamburglar
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Why aren’t the prayers after Low Mass in Latin?
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patrick457
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Because, technically, the Leonine Prayers aren’t part of the Mass but an extraliturgical function which happens after it (notice that the prayers aren’t said during Solemn Masses). However, potentially they could be said in Latin, as far as I know.
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drforjc
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My St Joseph Sunday Missal has parallel Latin/English for the Leonine prayers, so it seems likely either was OK.
I have no idea how often they would have been said in Latin prior to the liturgical changes.
I have no idea how often they would have been said in Latin prior to the liturgical changes.
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palmas85
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They were recited after the Mass had ended, although in all honesty not everyone knew that… Sometimes the Priest would say them in Latin but usually they were in English, at least in the US. They were not said after a High Mass only after a Low Mass.
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demerzel85
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There is the option to use either Latin or the vernacular
Although there are variations to the vernacular translations, they are also pretty minor.
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AJV
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The reason for the wide use of the vernacular for these prayers was because the original decree of Leo XIII wished that the people join in with the prayers. It was deemed by a lot of the bishops at that time, and in succeeding decades a that this could be best accomplished through the use of the vernacular - a view agreed to by the congregations at Rome
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rwoehmke
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In the Archdiocese of Detroit, in several different parishes, I don’t recall ever hearing them said in Latin between 1941 and 1965 when the changes started. 
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Chatter163
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Until recently, the FSSP parish in the Atlanta archdiocese was reciting the Leonine prayers in Latin after every Low Mass.
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