Can someone explain to me just what is beautiful about the

[hedgehog]

Latin Mass?

It's been a cliche so long that no one questions It. The original English translation had some real clunkers in it, and the folk mass hymns of the early 70's were not to be believed. However, that was then and the current English language Mass is a true celebration of the Body of Christ. What could be more beautiful? To me, the push to return to Latin is an aspect of a theology of a distant superior judgmental God totally separate from us. Other aspects include a desire to bar the laity from the sanctuary and to separate (and incidentally elevate)the clergy. The kingdom of Heaven becomes a royal court with nobility and peasantry. Only the elect are allowed to approach. I prefer the current emphasis on the kingdom of Heaven as God's beloved family.