Pray for Benedict, our pope
Pope Benedict XVI wants Catholics to begin to memorize basic prayers in Latin so that the faithful from every nation on earth may pray together in one voice.
In addition to the Pater Noster, the Ave Maria and Gloria Patri, I suggest we encourage our brothers and sisters to learn this traditional prayer for the Pope.
OREMUS PRO Pontifice nostro, Benedicto.
R. Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.
Pater Noster…, Ave Maria….
LET US PRAYER for our Pontiff Benedict.
R. The Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him to be blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
Our Father…, Hail Mary….
posted by Quintero at 1:34 PM
4 Comments:
JOSEPH D'HIPPOLITO SAYS...
While I understand the Pope's desire to have Catholics pray as a community, why is Latin so paramount? Yes, I understand the traditional Mass was conducted in Latin, but that was only because Latin was the "lingua franca" of Western Civilization for centuries. It isn't now, nor has been since, maybe, the 1700s (replaced by French, which has been replaced by English).
Why not have people just pray in their own languages?
I learned the Pater Noster, time for the Ave Maria.
JOSEPH D'HIPPOLITO SAYS...
Rick, it's one thing to pray as a community in a church. It's quite another to individuals around the world to pray as an "extended community" serendipitously. I think this is what Benedict has in mind. To my way of thinking, it's too esoteric. If Benedict wants Latin in the Mass for the reasons you cite, then he should have the honesty to put it back into the Mass. Then again, perhaps he is trying to get Catholics worldwide gradually used to the idea. If the Mass is to be in Latin, I hope the homilies (which I assume will remain in the vernacular) will be far better. Otherwise, they might as well be in Latin, Urdu, Sinhalese or Fortran.
Why latin? Real simple. It is VERY hard to commit liturgical abuse when the liturgy is done in latin. Whenever possible I attend a Latin (Tridentine) Mass; they are ALWAYS reverent and orthodox. The priests of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (order founded in the 1980's by JP II) are absolutely great; they give powerful homilies, they wear the traditional black robe of a Catholic Priest (yes, even when they aren't in church!) and I have never seen an act of liturgical abuse at a Latin Mass. It's GREAT!!!! Find a Latin Mass community nearby or petition your bishop to let the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter start one. They have plenty of priests in their seminary, and I have yet to meet a bad one. Blessed Sacrament in Kansas City, KS, is an especially good example. To hear a homily there is like listening to Bishop Fulton Sheen.
They homilies are, of course, in
English, as are the readings and Gospel. The church is alive and thriving in the Tridentine parishes. It's really amazing, and probably hard to imagine if you've never seen it.
Andrew DuBois
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