A great mystery explained in a few words...

Here's an old story that makes more sense to me than all the King James Only fanatics and Tridentine Mass advocates put together:

One day, as I was crossing a meadow, I met with an old man, a Roman Catholic, and entering into conversation with him on his religion, I said to him, "Why do your priests say their prayers in Latin?"

The poor man replied with considerable warmth, "Why, to be sure, the devil don't understand the Latin tongue."

Well, I thought, here is a mystery explained in a few words. Here is an importance attached to the Latin tongue that I never before knew. Here the devil is beat outright. Who would not study the Latin tongue?