Easter 2025

​Athanasian Creed

The creed comes right after The Preface and before The Sanctus, pp 773-774 of the Father Lasance Edition, 1962 Missal, Nihil Obstat 1937, Imprimatur 1945.

The creed was deleted by fiat in 1969 and thus, is, joylessly absent from the Novus Ordo Mass.

Latin, Father of All Romance Languages and English

Some will say that Latin is not an essential part of the Mass or anything else. However, Latin has given me a better understanding of the language I speak and write every day, and a grasp of English is a critical part of the thousands of hours expended developing this website.

Moreover, an understanding of Latin will assist a concentration in English and reading fine literature. Prior to the middle of the last century, all or most American and British students were reading Latin. ​There is no manipulating a static language. Manipulating English is constant.