We learned Latin for a couple of years in Secondary school but that was over fifty years ago and don't remember a lot about it (apart from the fact that Gaul was apparently divided into three parts). Recently I was thinking I'd like to revisit it and learn a bit more of this language which has contributed much to the English language, among others. Anyway, there's a page on Facebook called Learn Latin which posts some good things each day. Today, among other things, was the phrase: "Coronatio Virginis Mariae"— The Coronation of the Virgin Mary, and the picture below.
My 12 year old son Will has been learning Latin for 5 years now. I'm trying to learn as well, but I've had a slow go at it. He wants to be an FSSP priest when he grows up, so hopefully he'll know Latin really well by the time he applies! He's learning ancient Greek now too. It's fascinating!
They're not always serious or indeed, religious. This was an early one I saw, a few weeks ago: Ubi feles mea, ibi domus - Where my cat is, there's Home.
I was an altar boy just a few years after V2 so missed the requirement to say the Mass responses in Latin. But still some priests said Mass in Latin so we did learn a bit. I do remember a few. But mostly remember the Latin in certain songs like the Salve Regina and at Christmas, Adeste Fideles. My kids look at me with odd smiles when the choir sings it in Latin on Christmas Eve and i join in knowing all the words without missalette
Yes, I love when Adeste Fideles is sung in Latin at Christmas. I made my First Communion in 1966 and Confirmation in 1971, so must have been at a lot of Masses in Latin but I don't have much recollection of the time pre Vatican 2 changes.
Yes, I remember being in 7th grade; we had about 40 of us boys in class studying our Latin in preparation to join the ranks of altar server. Msgr. Watley "bursts" upon the scene interrupting and reluctantly announces to us that the Holy Mass henceforth was to be in English.
From John Marlowe Fb page: "Why learning Latin with the Saints changes everything—and why it's not a "corpse" of words, but a living cathedral of the word. Discover a living and spiritual perspective on the study of Latin in my new article (4 min read)." Read here: https://wix.to/VmbdAn8
