Reform of the Reform?: A Liturgical Debate : Reform or Return

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Summary: The best book on the liturgical crisis...
Review: ...that I have read so far. Hard to understand why it isn't more widely known The main text is structured as a debate between a conservative reformer and a Traditionalist "returner." It is clear that Rev. Kocik's sympathy lies with the former, but both get a fair shake. A central section offers a rare chance to assess the 1970 post-Vatican II missal that was later supplanted; Kocik convincingly argues that that this reform was much closer to what the Council actually had in mind, and might be a good place to start looking for correctives. An appendix by M.J. Stravinkas calls for the creation of a "new liturgical movement" that culminate in the drafting of a new missal that would be presented to Rome not as a possible replacement for the Novus Ordo but as an "alternative implementation of Vatican II with equal status and recognition." It does not appear that this movement ever got off the ground. But there's still time.