6/12/2023 0 Comments Latin book of demonsAll of the official prayer-books, too, are published first in Latin, as are the Catechism, The Code of Canon Law, and of course, the Vulgate version of the Bible. Moreover: our Church HAS an official language: Latin-hence the term, “The Latin Church.” True, in the Vatican itself the daily language is Italian, but all the official documents are in Latin. And given the panoply of televangelists, it seems like many idiots do. Any idiot can pray in their native tongue. I’m not sure why this surprised me as much as it did: all of my doctors from Sloan-Kettering were Jewish and one was a Hasidic Jew whose seven children assiduously studied the Talmud from a young age in the original language. I turned my head to say something to him but when I did I looked at his prayer book: it was entirely in Hebrew. Problem was, I was a bit nauseated from the radiation and the rocking back-and-forth on the part of the Jewish man was making the nausea worse. He produced his prayer book and began his prayers, slightly louder than mine and with the concomitant rocking back-and-forth which is unique to “Our Elder Brethren In The Faith” as St. ![]() ![]() Regardless, my ride was late, and it was time for nones (midafternoon prayer) so I prayed.Īll that said, an older Jewish man-a fellow cancer-radiation patient-sat down next to me on that bench. On the other hand, it is the worst form of prayer in that it calls attention to oneself, perhaps unduly, and is maybe the worst form of doing something “good”: so that others may see you doing good and admire you. It also allows for people to ask, “Is that a Bible? What are you praying? Are you Catholic?” and thus open a gateway for others, by good example, to follow. It’s the best in that one is giving an example of “praying in public” unabashedly and unapologetically. Now, this is either the worst kind of prayer or the best kind. Seated on a bench and waiting for my wife to pick me up, I pulled out my breviary and began to say the Liturgy of the Hours. Indeed I recalled a piece on “The Devil Hates Sacred Music”.Īnd on a personal level I was reminded of coming out of a radiation treatment for cancer some years ago. But I’m not so sure it’s a laughing matter. ![]() At Mass recently the priest joking said during the homily: “Can you believe that a parishioner told me that the devil hates Latin?!” This was followed by much laughter by the congregation.
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