Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright

c o n t e n t s
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: An Awakening in Souls 1
PART I: ORIENTATION
Taste and See: Ten Reasons to Attend the Mass of Ages 9
The Genius of Christianity’s Oldest Rite 25
A New (Old) Perspective on Active Participation 55
Why Congregations Dwindle 77
The Mass that Demands More, Delivers More 87
The Dire Need for a “New Habit of Mind” 95
Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone 103
PART II: OBJECTIONS & REPLIES
Twelve Reasons Not to Prefer the Novus Ordo 113
Responding to Common Anti-TLM Arguments 131
The Problem of False Antiquarianism 149
The Gift of Liturgical Tradition 161
Can We Love Tradition Too Much? 181
The Charge of Aestheticism 193
Understanding Tridentinophobia 205
The Failure of Todaying 213
Should We “Move Past” the Liturgy Debates? 223

PART III: PRESENT & FUTURE
Children Change Everything 235
What Children Learn from the Traditional Mass 245
Good and Bad Liturgical Parenting 255
Helping Children Enter Into the Mass 267
Sorting Out Difficulties in Liturgical Allegiance 281
Pro-Life, Pro-Liturgy, Pro-Tradition 289
Is the Church Crisis Driving the Faithful to the TLM? 297
Rebuilding on the Ruins of the Conciliar Experiment 303
Conclusion: For a Darkening Church, the Light Is Tradition 311
Glossary 319
Select Bibliography 339
Indices 347