Why is the Latin Mass important? Well, for hundreds of years it was the common form of the mass for Chriatians. The Traditional Latin Mass was the exclusive form celebrated during the Second Vatican Council. As a matter of fact, most of the changes that have been introduced by the 1960's liturgical reform took place in the years after the Second Vatican Council. The Council itself never abolished the traditional liturgy, and its famous document about the Liturgy of the Church mentions only the possibility of some adaptations but never called for the change of language nor the rite of the Holy Mass as a whole.

It is, therefore, very desirable that all the faithful should know the traditional liturgy and should be able to understand its significance and its importance for the future of Holy Mother Church.

More and more young people, who have never before experienced the profoundness and beauty of the traditional liturgy, are deeply touched by their first contact with it and are everywhere requesting its wider use. It is very convincing to see how the apostolates of the Institute, as well as those of other communities where the Traditional Mass is celebrated, are frequented by young families and youth.

The Latin Mass may have been in the Latin Language due to the languages widespread use during the Roman Empire. Even though Jesus would have spoken Aramaic as a common language, we can infer his ability to likely speak Latin from the Gospels. Jesus was brought before Pontius Pilate. Now many things may have happened here. There may have been a translator for the two to speak with one another. They may have spoken in Greek. It is unlikely Pilate would have spoken in Aramaic. But it is very likely Jesus would have spoken several languages in use at the time including Latin. As a tradesman before his call to Messiaship, he would have done business with several different people in the area and the need for fluency in several languages would have ben needed.

So, why is this important? When the Apostles of Jesus set out to deliver his message to the masses, they too would likely have used Latin as a common language to tell the Gospel. Even though the Gospels were written in Greek, in conversations Latin would likely have been spoken as well.

The Latin Mass today is important because it gives us a strong spiritual connection to the life Jesus and his followers would have lived. For this reason, any opportunity to keep the Latin Mass in use is important.