Hvorfor bør vi bruke latin i messen?
En prest i USA, Fr. Christopher Smith, har skrevet en tekst om hvorfor vi (fortsatt) skal bruke latin i (den nye) messen. Den er skrevet på gammel katekisme-måte, med spørsmål og svar, og jeg har lest om den her. Les hva han skriver:
Q. Didn’t Vatican II abolish Latin?
The first document of the Second Vatican Council, Sacrosanctum Concilium, states “The use of the Latin language is to be preserved in the Latin rite” (para. 36). The postconciliar document on sacred music, Musicam sacram, states, “Care must be taken that the faithful may also be able to say or sing together in Latin those parts of the Ordinary of the Mass which pertains them.” The liturgy document stated, “since the use of the mother tongue, whether in the Mass, the administration of the sacraments or other parts of the liturgy, frequently may be of great advantage to the people, the limits of its employment may be extended. This will apply in the first place to the readings and directives, and to some of the prayers and chants” (para. 36). The Council is clear that Latin is to be continued to be used in the liturgy, while the vernacular is an option. Therefore, even if we have vernacular in the Mass, we should still also have Latin in the Mass as well
Q. But isn’t going back to Latin a bad thing? Shouldn’t we be moving forward?
The Mass is actually still in Latin; we just experience in many of our parishes the full extent of permission to use English. The Church never abandoned the Latin, although in many places parishes did not fulfill the express will of the Council Fathers. There is no question of going back; we are actually just now beginning to do what the Council asked. …
