Sure to be the subject of much discussion, this book takes a look at the post Vatican II approach to liturgy through the eyes of a man who says the Church has lost much and gained nothing through the promulgation of the ôNovus Ordoö Mass. An accomplished novelist and writer, German author Martin Mosebach gives a plea for a return to the preconciliar Latin Rite, giving a persuasive and compelling argument against what he sees as a jarring break in tradition. Yet there is another way to approach the Liturgy.
In his foreword, Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J., points out the difference between MosebachÆs approach and ôthose who, like myself, the Adoremus Society, andùI think I can assert this with confidenceùPope Benedict XVI, advocate a rereading and restructuring of the liturgical renewal intended by the Second Vatican Council, but in light of the ChurchÆs two-thousand-year tradition.ö
