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Originally Posted by maddz
Vague memories of my RC childhood I seem to recall that High Mass was the full, sung mass whereas Low Mass was shorter, not sung and was in the vernacular. High Mass was longer…
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Ah, Latin vs local language is likely main difference. Reforms. I'd forgotten about that, but I didn't think High & Low were the Official descriptions? I thought the Latin was the Tridentine Mass from 16th C. to 1969. Though I could have heard Latin mass spoken in 1970s and forgotten because I think the English as standard thing is since then? I've heard loads of singing also at English language Mass.
Queen Elizabeth I issued first Irish Language prayer book and much later the Methodists in Ireland were the first to have Church Services and Communion (Sort of Anglican Mass) in Irish.