Awkward Catholic Moment #2: Explaining the new Mass Translation of the Roman Missel to your Grandma

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Actual dialog between my grandma and I.

Grandma: Why are we switching back to Latin?
Me: We're not switching back to Latin. The new translation of the Mass is just more Latin based. It's all still in English.
Grandma:  I never knew why we switched to English from Latin in the first place.
Me: Well, you know, it was a decision they made during the Vatican II council to change it.**
Grandma: What's Vatican II?
Me: (Silence-bury's head in hands)

I've had this same conversation with other parisheers in my hometown. This is not anyone's fault. A lot of these people where out of school when the changes of the 1960's took place and never had the opportunity to learn why it changed- or never bothered asking.
You may not agree with the changes, however with this new translation, we have the opportunity as Catholics to reeducate ourselves and to ask questions as why we do what we do.
(Steps down from Soapbox)

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here is a link to what the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has about the new translation: http://usccb.org/romanmissal/

**VERY simplified answer. There's way more to this than what I gave to Grandma.