Why is Kyrie the only Greek part? + other question

[sabriner]

I was just wondering… why is the Kyrie the only part of the Mass that is in Greek?

Also, this may be irrelevant, but I just remembered… I don’t have a baptismal name. Is that weird?

 

[bpbasilphx]

If you were given a name that was pronounced over you in the Baptismal rite, that’s your baptismal name.

Other forms of the Western rite have more Greek, such as the Mozarabic, where “homoousios” appears in the Creed, and “agios” in the Sanctus.

The classical Latin rite has the Trisagion in Greek during the Reproaches and Veneration of the Cross on Holy Friday: “Agios o Theos, Agios Ischyros, Agios Athanatos, eleison imas. Holy God, Holy Mighty Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.”

 

[Harrison]

I don’t know the answer to the first question, although I would like to know that myself.

As for the baptismal name, no, I don’t think that’s weird. From what I can tell, if the child has a Christian name, there is no need for a baptismal one as well.

 

[Catholic90]

You have a name, I am assuming. Your name IS your baptismal name.

You may be confusing this with a confirmation name, where some people choose the name of a saint when they get confirmed.