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I may have mentioned earlier that I had looked into
some the effects of the microphone in the Catholic
liturgy. Speaking to the Fathers hereabouts, I was
told unanimously that the microphone on the altar
simply eliminated the Latin Mass because the
stepping up of the Latin sounds to the higher
intensity made them meaningless. The vernacular,
on the other hand, which has long been at high
intensity via the microphone and via the printed
word, does not provide opportunities for meditation
that the Latin Mass did. You see, the “blessed
mutter” of the Mass did not prevent people
meditating and praying during Mass, whereas the
vernacular does prevent them.