'In the midway of this our mortal life,
I found me in a gloomy wood, astray
Gone from the path direct...' ~ The Divine Comedy: Hell, Canto I
March 9, 2011
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For Seminarians Past and Present
“When bishops ordain men to the diaconate and priesthood, someone stands up and attests that they are properly trained. But the Code of Canon Law specifically says that seminarians must be very well-trained in Latin (c. 249). So, if they aren’t, why are the formators telling bishops that they are well-trained? These are seminarians and deacons and priests of the LATIN CHURCH and there is a specific canon that covers this point of training. Furthermore, the Latin Rite has two forms. Are seminarians well-trained and ready for service if they don’t know their Rite? Moreover, Sacrosanctum Concilium states that pastors must make sure that their flocks can both sing and speak in both their mother tongue and Latin all the parts which pertain to them. How does that happen if they themselves have no use fo the Latin language for the Rite which they are bound to celebrate for God’s people?”
-the indefatigable Fr Z
