[Apologetics] Re: From NewAdvent.org newsletter

[Stephen Korsman]

Hi
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  From: Dianne Dawson 
  To: Art Kelly ; Apologetics Group 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 12:43 AM
  Subject: Re: [Apologetics] Re: From NewAdvent.org newsletter


    If someone had never been to a Mass (in any language) then that one might fly, otherwise it's a weak argument.  If you were traveling out of the country would you avoid going to Mass just because you didn't understand every word the priest spoke?  I doubt it because you are familiar with the format and what is happening and when.  Actually, that is one of the best reason to have the Mass in Latin. 
There I must agree.  I've been to a Novus Ordo Latin Mass, which was quite comprehendable even though I only had 2 years of school Latin at the time.  I've been to Mass in Swazi, which I don't understand at all, but I knew what was going on.  I've even to a Malakaran Orthodox service, which is not like ours, but Eastern rite, and they have their Catholic equivalents.  Even there, I could follow, even though it was a rite I'd never been to, and in a language I'd never heard.

God bless,
Stephen
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