and with thy spirit

[Brenda Lester]

We (Catholics) were told the new response, "And with your spirit" is
closer to the Latin.

It's not strange.



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It means 'et cum spiritu tuo'

On Nov 29, 2011, at 1:21 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:

> Another strange change is that when the priest says "The Lord be with =
you." the old response was "and also with you."  The new one is "And =
with thy spirit."  What does that mean?

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