This post is a means to provide links to some of my many posts on this topic. Since the Traditional Mass is at the very heart of living a traditional Catholic life, nearly all of my posts will touch on this topic. Please browse by the tag of Traditional Latin Mass in addition to visiting these posts linked below.
What is the Tridentine (Traditional) Latin Mass?
It is all too common that Catholics unfamiliar with the Church’s Traditions may think that the Traditional Latin Mass is simply the same as the standard Novus Ordo Mass, albeit said in Latin and with the priest having his “back to the people.” It is, after all, simply called the “Latin Mass” by many traditionalists. This is completely false. The Tridentine Mass is about much more than Latin - it is about the very prayers themselves which are said. The Novus Ordo Mass vastly differences from the Tridentine Mass in dozens of ways. Read how here.
For an English explanation of the Latin Mass, click here. For the English/Latin texts of the Mass, including the actual prayers and much more, please purchase a 1962 Roman Catholic Daily Missal.
- Why have a Mass for a deceased loved one?
- What graces do I receive at Mass?
- Common Questions on the Eucharist and the Mass
- A Prayer for Before & After Mass
- What Should I Do For My First Time At A Latin Mass?
- Traditional Sunday Latin Mass Readings and Prayers
- Traditio Mass Directory (PDF including all societies and groups but details are often outdated and need independently verified)
- SSPX USA Mass Locations (MAP)
- Latin Mass Directory (Always updated but doesn't list independent or SSPX locations)
- Latin Mass Locator (Includes SSPX, FSSP, ICKSP, Diocesan but no independent chapels)
- Roman Missal in Latin and English by Rev. F. X. Lasance
- Know Your Mass by Fr. Demetrius Manousos, O.F.M
- The Church's Year by Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine
- An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Cardinal Newman
- Calvary and the Mass by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
- How Christ Said the First Mass by James Luke Meagher
- The Mass of All Time by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
- Explanation of the Holy Mass by Dom Prosper Gueranger, OSB
- How to Understand the Mass by Dom Gasper Lefebvre, OSB
- Christ Acts Through the Sacraments by Father A.M. Roguet, OP
- Treasure and Tradition: The Ultimate Guide to the Latin Mass by Lisa Bergman
- The Latin Mass Explained by Msgr. George Moorman
- The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass by Father Michael Mueller
- Catechism of the Crisis in the Church by Fr. Matthias Gaudron
- The Great Facade: Vatican II and the Regime of Novelty in the Roman Catholic Church by Christopher Ferrara and Thomas E Woods, Jr.
- Open Letter to Confused Catholics by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
- Against the Heresies by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
- Iota Unum: Study of the Changes in the Catholic Church in the 20th Century by Romano Amerio
- Love in the Ruins: Modern Catholics in search of the ancient Faith by Anne Larson
- Old Errors and New Labels by Archbishop Fulton J Sheen
- Peace of Soul by Archbishop Fulton J Sheen
- The Restoration of Christian Culture by John Senior
- SSPX: The Defence by Kennedy Hall