Diamond's Liturgical Latin

“Wilfrid Diamond began his work to meet a need. A group of Brooklyn laymen who gather together weekly to say the Breviary appealed to him to help them get a better understanding of the official prayer of the Church. From the lessons he gave orally, founded on a good understanding in Latin at the English Jesuit college of Stonyhurst, Mr. Diamond widened his scope of influence by mail. At a personal sacrifice of time and money, he corrected all the exercises himself. Obviously, this cannot be done in conjunction with the text book, but practice with the exercises and correction of mistakes are fundamental principles of success in this course. The questions and repetitions at the end of each exercise are designed to fix the matter in the student's mind. The vocabularies for practice are taken directly from the Liturgy and not from Cresar or Cicero. This is a book to be used and not merely read.”