Being Catholic
If your confused by what is occurring at Mass have a read of this.
Precision is important in any language. It's difficult to have a conversation if there's confusion or uncertainty about the meaning (or meanings) of a word. Catholicism can be thought of as a conversation that has been going for two millennia. During that time it has borrowed, adapted and invented a great many words and terms in order to express as precisely as possible our understanding of God. This clip "Catholicese" by T J Burdick gets the point across quite neatly.
Precision is important in any language. It's difficult to have a conversation if there's confusion or uncertainty about the meaning (or meanings) of a word. Catholicism can be thought of as a conversation that has been going for two millennia. During that time it has borrowed, adapted and invented a great many words and terms in order to express as precisely as possible our understanding of God. This clip "Catholicese" by T J Burdick gets the point across quite neatly.