This is the book to read if you want to simultaneously be both absolutely furious at the "state of things" and hopeful for a better future。 Bishop Schneider's translated work is well written， organized， and accessible。 If you are familiar with the terms used in a traditional Mass， you should have no problem understanding the verbage and formation of the layout described in this work。 That said， having been to both a Novus Ordo and Tridentine Mass， I think it would have behooved the authors to in This is the book to read if you want to simultaneously be both absolutely furious at the "state of things" and hopeful for a better future。 Bishop Schneider's translated work is well written， organized， and accessible。 If you are familiar with the terms used in a traditional Mass， you should have no problem understanding the verbage and formation of the layout described in this work。 That said， having been to both a Novus Ordo and Tridentine Mass， I think it would have behooved the authors to include， at least briefly， a flow-chart （or anything similar） of how a traditional Mass goes through the Mass。 I mainly say this because there are laity who have never had the opportunity to see the Latin Mass and might be confused to what problems Bishop Schneider is referring to。 Altogether， this was an excellently written work， though perhaps overly optimistic in outlook。 It is well-researched and I felt more knowledgeable for having read it。 。。。more