Work of Human Hands: A Theological Critique of the Mass of Paul VI

Interest in the traditional Latin Mass has begun to spread among a younger generation of clergy and laity, especially since the appearance of Benedict XVI's Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. Many now speak enthusiastically of encountering in the old rite a beauty, a reverence, and a sense of continuity with tradition that they have not experienced with the Mass of Paul VI, the liturgical norm since it first appeared in 1969. Inevitably, however, questions deeper than aesthetics, nostalgia and the hunger for mystery in religion arise. To address them, Father Cekada has produced this thorough and methodical study of the Mass of Paul VI. Father Cekada's erudition, clarity of expression, and facile wit will draw and delight readers, even some who might be quite opposed to his doctrinal positions and to his startling conclusions in this scholarly work.