Work of Human Hands: A Theological Critique of the Mass of Paul VI
by Rev. Anthony Cekada
Softcover, 468 pages $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-9826867-0-6
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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.
Work of Human Hands has found an international audience. Books have been sold to readers in America, Brazil, France, Poland, India, England, Germany, Belgium, Slovakia, Sweden, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Spain, Afghanistan, Qatar, Ireland, Portugal, and the Netherlands.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 – Old Mass or New Mass:
What’s the Fuss About?
Chapter 2 – The Liturgical Movement:
The Change Agents
Chapter 9 – The Revised Orations:
“New Values, New Perspectives”
Index
Work of Human Hands receives formal review in the October 2010 issue of Christian Order. Reviewer Dr. Geoffrey Hull calls book “Original and Worthy of Attention.” Read more of the review and Father Cekada’s response to it at: www.doctrinaliturgica.com