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That’s the Last Fucking Straw

Y’all DO NOT Understand the Liturgical value of Latin.

Y’all are making fucking livid with your fear of Latin.

I can go to ANY Tridentine Mass in ANY country and it will be EXACTLY the SAME. That’s the fucking *point* you ASSeS

Latin is Universality. If I hear a hymn in Latin, that hymn will be sung the same in Germany, Nigeria, France, Japan, Brazil, and Orlando, Florida. The SAME SONG. The SAME WORDS. No changing for nuance. No adjusting for connotation. “Adoro Te Devote, Latens Deitas” every time.

Latin gives me SPACE to worship and think specifically because I don’t understand it. Latin is almost like a Haiku: it’s not the words themselves, it’s what’s around the words. I can’t focus at a Novus Ordo mass. I don’t think the Latin Mass is intense. It’s not foreign. It’s home. And y’all think nobody can feel like that or something. Y’all can’t possibly think ANYBODY could EVER be uncomfortable at a Novus Ordo Mass or Wearing Pants or Singing “Gift of Finest Wheat” since they’re so tailored to our comfort.

And we’re not praying to YOU. We’re not singing to YOU. We’re singing to GOD.