Re: R: Re: R: Latin pronounciation

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Barry Garcia wrote:

> Well, it depends on how creative your parish priest is. I remember a few
> years ago, the parish priest for our town did an entire mass in Latin. He
> even turned his back to the congragation. He did a good job, and even
> though no one understood the Latin, everyone pretty much knew when to sit,
> stand, and kneel. He did however do the homily in English.
>
> Oh and our parish does masses in Korean, and Syriac (I think, i know they
> have a Chaldean Rite mass once a month)
That would almost be enough to get me into a Catholic church.  Only
problem is, I think church Latin pronounciation is ugly.  I prefer
reconstructed classical Latin pronounciation.  That, I think, is truly
beautiful.

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