I was an
altar boy for 11 years. Think you had it hard? We had to do the
same things, plus answer the priest in
Latin. To this day, anytime I hear
Introibo ad altare Dei I automatically answer:
Ad Deum qui laitificat jueventutem meam, and can still recite the
Confiteor and the
Dies Irae, all 20-odd verses.
Why, when I was a boy....