I was an altar boy for many years and because I am considerably older than you, the Masses were all in Latin. I never understood that until the History Book Club chose a book that explained it all. The early Church did not want the common man to read the bible and interpret on their own. They, in their divine wisdom, would translate and explain it to them. That way, they stayed in control. One of the many "mysteries" of the church.
Thank you John! It is time for a joke then. I remember the rosary praying. I would consider what you just described as the "sorrowful mysteries" :) -- It is so absurd that the lockdown was in the 1500s and the Enlightenment was in the 1700s and we waited until the 1900s to get around to doing something about it.
I was an altar boy for many years and because I am considerably older than you, the Masses were all in Latin. I never understood that until the History Book Club chose a book that explained it all. The early Church did not want the common man to read the bible and interpret on their own. They, in their divine wisdom, would translate and explain it to them. That way, they stayed in control. One of the many "mysteries" of the church.
Thank you John! It is time for a joke then. I remember the rosary praying. I would consider what you just described as the "sorrowful mysteries" :) -- It is so absurd that the lockdown was in the 1500s and the Enlightenment was in the 1700s and we waited until the 1900s to get around to doing something about it.