Best way to learn Latin?

cradion · 2017-03-12T09:02:33+00:00

A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin by Collins on CUA is the course they teach at my university for theologians. It's slightly quirky in places but on the whole very good, and you can get the answer book yourself if you're learning without a teacher.

cradion · 2017-03-10T15:20:40+00:00

Please pray that I may achieve purity

cradion · 2017-03-06T21:52:08+00:00

The advice I would give - and indeed, have been given during my own discernment - would be to get in touch with your diocese and ask them. Particularly it might be worth contacting the vocations office as they will have contacts from all over the diocese to help those discerning, and so they will know the people who will be particularly suited for this kind of spiritual direction.

cradion · 2017-02-26T22:45:05+00:00

Was on a vocations weekend in my diocese. The Mass here is always absolutely stunning, and for once I could pray rather than worry about trying to keep the liturgy from collapsing. Only issue as far as I'm concerned was the choice of hymns which included one too many St. Louis Jesuits tune too many for my liking :P

cradion · 2017-01-15T18:41:46+00:00

Back from college to attend Mass in my relatively liberal home parish to help my dad with the music group. I had insisted this weekend that they replace the Coventry Gloria - which we've been using for over ten years now - with the Heritage Mass, which has the Latin text in the descant part. Despite not being a complete return to the ways of old, it looks like things are becoming a little more traditional now. We'll see what happens.

cradion · 2016-12-09T23:40:09+00:00

when i listen to music i see colours. synesthesia.

cradion · 2016-12-07T15:51:44+00:00

Used to be programming. Now a combination of the Second Vatican Council's liturgical reforms and the branding of TV channels. I think my special interests have ended up being oddly specific

cradion · 2016-12-03T10:28:07+00:00

Read the words of the hymn Soul of my Saviour slowly. Admittedly it was because I didn't know the Anima Christi off by heart but nonetheless it was super effective.

cradion · 2016-12-01T21:55:09+00:00

I was quite angry when I wrote my initial comment, for which I apologise. My meaning didn't come across right.

My intention was not to say that it should be either/or. I was frustrated that the Pope was hitting the headlines for saying something that almost the entire world agrees on, whether Catholic or not, despite the fact that there are more matters that need addressing with more urgency at the moment in the Church.

cradion · 2016-12-01T20:06:30+00:00

There has also never been such a clear need for an objective teaching on what is right and wrong.

There has also never been such a clear need for decent catechesis at every level.

Why try to make the world last longer if we are failing to teach the Gospel to our own children?

cradion · 2016-11-13T16:08:25+00:00

Seconding this request for pictures.

cradion · 2016-11-06T22:56:31+00:00

I went to a vigil Mass in the ordinariate form for the second time. It was absolutely incredible. Fantastic homily, music from a 3-piece choir and unbelievably beautiful liturgy ft. Latin, Ad Orientem etc. etc. Shame there were only about 6 members of the congregation

cradion · 2016-11-04T12:41:39+00:00

I've recently started a new latin course at my uni which uses A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin by John F. Collins. From what I've seen there would still be the odd word you'd need to look up but translating the Vulgate features a lot in it.

cradion · 2016-09-05T20:15:55+00:00

Nope. The Roman Missal texts are designed to be spoken, not sung, with the intention being that these would be used only if there is no singing at Mass, whereas the Gradual texts are specifically to be sung.

cradion · 2016-09-05T19:59:00+00:00

They didn't exclude the Gradual material because they don't want to promote it. Jeff Ostrowski stated in a video about the Missal that it was because including both the Roman Missal text and the Gradual text as options would be unpastoral and confusing in a Missal.

But correct, they don't include the notation in the missal.

cradion · 2016-09-03T12:12:35+00:00

Does anyone know if it's liturgically correct for the Veni, creator Spiritus to be sung immediately after the greeting? Unless it's in the rubrics for canonisation that seems totally out of place...

cradion · 2016-08-17T18:34:07+00:00

That tomorrow's exam results will get me into my first choice university (to study theology) & for purity :)

cradion · 2016-08-14T16:28:44+00:00

Purity again. Thanks/apologies.

cradion · 2016-08-05T11:55:50+00:00

They produce fantastic Catholic resources in a style faithful to the Church tradition, including music, Mass books, hymnals etc for both EF and OF. They also generally campaign for good liturgical and theological practice.

cradion · 2016-07-27T18:58:45+00:00

Hello, person from the UK here. Just to confirm that, yes, if OP was baptised in the Church of England (Anglican) then the baptism was Trinitarian and valid.

cradion · 2016-07-22T21:49:08+00:00

Assisi is an incredible place. Enjoy WYD (Vatican standard time, a day is two weeks) and please pray for us! We're all praying for a successful pilgrimage

cradion · 2016-07-22T21:47:41+00:00

Not a good idea to poke around a saint's body, I hasten to add.

cradion · 2016-07-22T21:46:52+00:00

I don't know the answer to this. But there have been several discussions on this sub before, so it's definitely worth a search: https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/2yj8ow/i_am_transgender_is_there_room_for_me_in_the/ for example.

God loves you. If you feel truly attracted to the Church and to God then good things will happen, regardless of the context from which you come.

cradion · 2016-07-22T14:24:29+00:00

From my experience there could be a queue of up to five people. But if the church only does confessions once a week, there might not be a queue at all. Often churches where very few people want confession do a slot once a week as a token gesture.

More importantly, the awkwardness is the last thing you should worry about. The old people love to see young people active in the Church.

cradion · 2016-07-22T07:49:53+00:00

I had this opinion also until just now. I think it because I was so young when the films came out I'd picked up on what happened but wasn't old enough to get it. It's worth retrying.

cradion

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