When I had my conversion many years ago, I felt the desire to re learn the Latin prayers and songs I had learned from the Nuns as a child. I ended up praying the Rosary in Latin every day for a year, and also learning some wonderful songs by heart like Panis Angelicus which I tend to sing as I do chores. I cannot by any means speak or read Latin, but I can understand many of the common words because of it.
My family's discovery of the Latin Mass arose right after I decided to pray the rosary in Latin daily for several months. I think perhaps it was the grace from those rosaries that readied my husband's heart for the Latin Mass, because he'd never been interested before. He told me when I hesitantly suggested trying to go that he was surprised at how much he suddenly wanted to give it a try! My 9 year old son and I are learning Latin together, and the rest of my kids will as well.
I heard once - not sure from whom - that the three languages most powerful against the demons are Greek Latin and Aramaic because those are the languages above Jesus on the cross proclaiming His Kingship (I think those are the 3 - feel free to correct me)
Latin, Greek & Hebrew. The languages of the three main cities of the world at that time. Rome, Athens and Jerusalem.
Recently I learnt to pray Our Father in Aramaic & the Rosary in Latin. When I prayed rosary in latin last week & went to sleep I dreamt of 2 little children with wings each holding a plate of white powdered substance while the other one had a plate of white round bread resemblance like eucharist brought to my dinner table. This was my first experience & then this week I prayed our lady of 7 sorrows in latin with my eyes closed & deeply meditating on each mystery, I saw in vision pope John Paul II smiling but he seemed younger like he looked in the 80's era. His face is still refreshing my mind with his powerful vision & I am continuing praying in latin while reciting our father in aramaic.
Thanks for the correction! I didn’t think I was right in the third but couldn’t remember and didn’t have the resources to double check when I posted
If we pray in Latin and we make some pronunciation mistakes, does that somehow invalidate the prayer? I would like to pray at least the Angelus in Latin.
Your post about our beloved St. Pope John Paul II reminded me of this. I miss him. Prayers that he intercedes for all of us.
Yes, Latin is the official language of the Church and has that authority and does have a stronger punch to it.
I am just guessing, but a mistake is just that. A mistake. I can’t imagine that would invalidate a prayer. This is my opinion. It’s wonderful that you are beginning to pray in Latin.
As long as you say the words, the prayer is valid. I seem to recall that Taylor M’s pronunciation isn’t flawless either. Plus church Latin is said differently to classical Latin. My old PP used to say the NO Mass in Latin every Saturday and pronounced the words in the classical way. I’m sure it didn’t affect the validity of the Mass because he said a V like a W. Church Latin of course says a V as a V. If you think about it, there are many ways of speaking English but as long as you are understood that is the main thing. Language is communication after all. Anyway, Latin is a dead language and I’m not sure we know how the ancients exactly spoke it. With church Latin, a lot of pronunciation will have regional variations. Edit: Pope Benedict is the one to emulate. You can be sure he says it correctly
