Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness: Why the Modern Age Needs the Mass of Ages

Be prepared to marvel at the depth of the Mass."--REV. A unique reading experience."--ROGER A. JACKSON, F.S.S.P., author of Nothing Superfluous  "With a delightful variety of insightful angles, Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness is an admirable contribution to reminding the Church how to move the world with her irreplaceable liturgical traditions."--MICHAEL P. John's University  "Dr. MCCAFFREY, President, Roman Catholic Books. JAMES W. From the Back Cover"Anyone who wants a frank, honest, and deep explanation of worship, prayer, and liturgy should get this book. It is a ringing affirmation that the kind of liturgy that pleases God, softens the hearts of sinners, and raises the pious towards sanctity, is the mysterious product of centuries of development."--JOSEPH SH

PETER KWASNIEWSKI is a founding faculty member of Wyoming Catholic College, where he teaches theology, philosophy, music, and art history, and serves as choirmaster. . He is a prolific writer and a composer of sacred music

It is a ringing affirmation that the kind of liturgy that pleases God, softens the hearts of sinners, and raises the pious towards sanctity, is the mysterious product of centuries of development.”—JOSEPH SHAW, Chairman of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales“Peter Kwasniewski illustrates the total collapse of the hierarchy of values brought about by a modern world that has ‘turned its back to God,’ and man’s need for the Traditional Mass to spin him round to a recognition that all good things—temporal things included—flow only from aiming our attention firmly at the Creator.”—JOHN RAO, St. Be prepared to marvel at the depth of the Mass.”—REV. -- "In Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness, Peter Kwasniewski masterfully demonstrates the perennial theological, spiritual, and ritual meaning of the liturgy of the Mass." --BISHOP ATHANASIUS SCHN

Veronica Arntz said Dr. Peter Kwasniewski's book is a remarkable guide in. Dr. Peter Kwasniewski's book is a remarkable guide in answering a question that many traditionally-minded Catholics are asking today: why is ancient liturgy so necessary and so vital for the Church in the modern world? Why are so many people, especially young adults and young families, attending the ancient, traditional liturgy? In these pages, the reader will find a careful and clear analysis, rooted in the author's personal experience, of the traditional liturgy of the Catholic Church. He show its Christocentric focus is the remedy for our anthropocentric culture, within the world and even with. "Excellent job, Dr. Kwasniewski! A great work for lovers and defenders of tradition!" according to Kilty Gonzalez. Kwasnieswki is passionate about the "mass of the ages" and articulates clearly the groundwork for all of us to take a second look at the "usus antiquior", offering an "apologia" for a renewed fervor of the traditional mass in your local parish.. Amazon Customer said Best, Most Readable Book about the Traditional Latin Mass. This is the best, most readable, book about the Traditional Latin Mass I have encountered so far. I enjoyed Kwasniewski's book more than the works of Martin Moseback (The Heresy of Formlessness), Michael Davies (Cramer’s Godly Order, Pope Paul’s New Mass) and H.J.A. Sire (Phoneix from the Ashes), even though these are the titans of the Restoration! Being a loyal spiritual son, Kwasniewski has starred their works in his bibliography for our attention. Nevertheless, as a voice of the post-1970 generation, Kwasniewski gives old arguments new juice.Also, the writing is GORGEOUS. If you al