I go to church in a nearby city that happens to be home to not one but two liberal arts colleges. We have a congregation full of families, and there are tons of little ones at the front on any given Sunday. Because of the colleges, we happen to have a lot of children who are a bit . . . precocious.
Today, the minister was talking about the third Sunday of Advent. See, it's the Sunday with the pink candle (as opposed to the three purple candles that mark the other Sundays of Advent). There's just one more Sunday to go before our celebration of Christmas here in the Christian church. And our minister explained that the candle is a different color because we're all just so excited for Advent and waiting is hard. The candle is kind of like a little squeal of excitement.
Apparently, the candle evokes gaudete. Or perhaps this is gaudete Sunday? I was unclear from the children's sermon. Guadete means "to rejoice," so we did a little rejoicing in church. The pastor asked, "should we speak in Latin or English today?" And the little voices? "Latin! English! Latin! English!" in darn near equal proportions.
I think the pastor was a little taken aback, but she rolled with the punches, and we rejoiced in both languages. Because who doesn't need a little bit of Latin with their Sunday service?