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Feb 29Liked by Sara Dietz

Hey Sara- Latin teacher here. Actually, the Latin does indicate the gender of the subject of missa est- it's feminine. That doesn't mean it's a "she" necessarily, but only that the noun being referred to is a feminine noun. It could be the church or the mass, and I think that ambiguity you expressed is intentional. You seem to have left out the "Ite"- it is the plural imperative, so the command is All of you, go! (Also, google translate doesn't know Latin. It's the surest way for me to catch students cheating, precisely because it is so bad at translating.)

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Thank you! I’ll get this updated! It’s (sadly) been quite some time since my last Latin class, and my skills are a bit rusty!

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If I understand what you say correctly, if I told my kids: "Ite!" it would be the equivalent of saying: "All of you, go!"? If so, I'm going to start using it.

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yes! though I more often use the hortatory subjunctive with my kids: "eamus!" (Let's go!) If you want to command just one of them to go, its i (pronounced ee), which is also fun to say.

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Have you watched this? Please excuse all the cursing but I still find it quite funny. https://youtu.be/NI8UZubOJlo?si=kYVTwqu2_nhm_Jpd

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Before we had kids, I liked to stay in the church and say a prayer of thanksgiving for being able to attend Mass and receive the Eucharist. That prayer is slightly briefer nowadays, as my older kids rush to get the RE Mass passport stamped and our baby wants to play in the courtyard. Still, I pray that I may receive all the graces I'm supposed to get in a shorter period of time. I don't know if this increases the intensity of my prayer, but I hope it does. Booklet idea: "Rushed prayers for parents."

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I love this idea!

Also, I’m personally offended that it’s not called a Massport.

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LOL the Massport should be a thing.

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It’s a Peregrino x Whole and Holy collab: a set of family prayer books where the kids get a Massport and the adults get “rushed prayers for parents”

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I'll have my people talk to your people.

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