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“Latin points to the unfathomable and unspeakable depth of the mystery of the
altar” (Gihr).
“Latin…through its dignified character elicit[s] a profound sense of the Eucharistic
Mystery” (Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae, 1980).
Latin creates a sense of sacred space and time to help focus on the sense of God’s
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otherness.
The use of a distinguished language for prayer and worship instills the sense of awe
and reverence that reminds us that we are worshiping and imploring the help of the
Almighty transcendent God in a way entirely distinct from ordinary chatter with friends.
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Many Saints have commented on their love for the Latin language and prayed both
publicly and privately in this lingua sacra. The most famous Saints including St Augustine,
St Benedict, St Patrick, Pope St Gregory the Great, St Thomas Aquinas, St Dominic, St
Francis of Assisi, St Anthony of Padua, St Padre Pio, St John Vianney, St Frances de Sales,
St Alphonsus Liguori, St Catherine of Sienna, and countless Saints throughout all ages of
the Church all prayed in the same sacred Latin language.
Latin has always been a part of private devotions.
Because the liturgy is the source and summit of the faith and by its nature far surpasses
any private devotion, the Church teaches that “devotions should…accord with the sacred
liturgy, [be] derived from it, and lead people to it.” The Latin rite liturgy has been handed
down and prayed in Latin from its earliest days throughout the centuries. Thus, private
devotions deriving from the liturgy are most fitting to be prayed in that same sacred
language.
The Rosary, the greatest private devotion, was also originally prayed, taught, and handed
down in Latin, and a regular practice of the Saints was to pray their devotions in their
holy Church’s mother tongue.
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Unchangeable Faith : Unchangeable Language
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