Gloria wrote on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:29:34 -0600:

>> My favourite was when the priest said: Ite, missa est :-)
>>
> And the response was Deo gratias, thanks be to God!

It did sound like "The mass is over, thank God!" However, as a Catholic
believing in the primacy of conscience, what the Vatican calls a
"cafeteria catholic", it really means "Go, you are sent forth".

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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