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"We are grateful to Dr. Kwasniewski for showing to the readers of our day the inestimable treasure of the Catholic liturgical tradition, which, in its prayers and rites, most perfectly reflects the integrity and the ineffable mystery of the Faith, and at the same time for exposing patiently and no less thoroughly the severe flaws of its attempted replacement." -MOST REV. ATHANASIUS SCHNEIDER

"David slaying Goliath is the only apt metaphor for Dr. Kwasniewski. At the Goliath of systematic lies perpetuated about the traditional Mass, he has aimed the five shiny stones of his prodigious scholarship. He has mortally wounded the giant of liturgical mendacity; it is hard to see how any thinking Catholic could ever grant it credibility again." -FR. JOHN A. PERRICONE

"Dr. Kwasniewski has produced a volume that demands a verdict. Agree or disagree with this work as you see fit-but it cannot with integrity be dismissed or ignored." -FR. ROBERT MCTEIGUE, S.J.

"Most of Kwasniewski's conclusions in this volume are diametrically opposed to those of the Vatican, which is all the more reason they should be read-not as a proud act of dissent but in order to gain a different perspective, one that raises serious questions about a matter vital to the Church." -MICHAEL P. FOLEY

"An impassioned, uncompromising defense of the traditional Latin Mass.... An encyclopedic review of the current issues in the Catholic traditionalist movement, both clarifying fundamental theological principles and offering practical advice on celebrating the TLM today." -STUART CHESSMAN

"The author makes an important contribution to a question that has become only more urgent over time: Did we certainly and genuinely need a substantial reconfiguration of liturgical rites that exchanged a venerable patrimony for a manufactured product that was (or was at least intended to be) adapted to ourselves and to the zeitgeist-or do we actually need to reform ourselves and our culture, adopting as our own a tradition passed down from time immemorial?" -SHAWN TRIBE