[Apologetics] Re: From NewAdvent.org newsletter

[Art Kelly]

Stephen,

Did the celebrant turn his back to the congregation
and speak in a deliberately low voice so no one could
see or hear what was happening on the altar?

Art

--- Stephen Korsman <skorsman at theotokos.co.za> wrote:

> Hi
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   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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