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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (31178)	2/18/1999 10:42:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

Of course, Catholics don't have a monopoly on Latin. In fact, the mass isn't even in Latin anymore, not since Vatican II, it's in the vernacular. Some diehards still have Latin mass, but in little fringe churches, like community centers, mostly. Still, some things that people say are intended to call up a memory. "Tis a far, far better thing that I do" doesn't have to be Dickens, but it is. "Out, out damned spot" doesn't have to be Lady MacBeth, but it is. It is very hard for me to believe that the use of "mea culpa" is not intended to evoke the emotional response of the act of confession. The traditional Catholic mass is very emotional, it appeals to the people with its music, candles, incense, statues, stained glass windows, singing, and when the service was in Latin that made it seem more profound, like being part of a centuries old tradition. Of course, most Italians, French, Spanish, and a lot of others are Catholic, too, so it would have gone into the vernacular. You can use it if you want to. I just don't like people saying mea culpa when they don't mean it. That seems to be popular these days.