Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Memento, homo...


Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris.

The Latin formula is the same in the Ordinary and the Extraordinary Form.

Most useful in my urban tri-lingual parish! The Latin is so pastoral. So unifying! So divine!

There are at least a dozen languages represented in the parish with the vast majority not understanding English at all.