Resources

Here is a list of resources to help you understand the truth, goodness and beauty of the Traditional Latin Mass, otherwise known as the usus antiquior – “the ancient usage or rite.” 

Liturgical Aids

• Posture Guide for the Laity

Official Liturgical Documents

• Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum, On the Use of the Roman Liturgy Prior to the Reform of 1970, Benedict XVI (June 7, 2007)
• Letters to the Bishops Accompanying Summorum Pontificum - Benedict XVI (June 7, 2007)
• Instruction Universae Ecclesiae, from the Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Sovereign Pontiff

Other Official Documents

• Apostolic Letter Ecclesia Dei adflicta - Pope John Paul II (July 2, 1988)
• Apostolic Letter regarding the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei - Pope Francis (January 19, 2019)

Spirituality of the Mass

• Explanation of the Prayers and Ceremonies of Holy Mass - Dom Prosper Guéranger
• The Splendor of External Worship - Msgr. John P. Chidwick
• Hierurgia; or the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - Daniel Rock

On Sacred Music

• Tra Le Sollecitudini - Instruction on Sacred Music (Pope St. Pius X, Nov. 22, 1903)
• Music Sacrae - Encyclical on Sacred Music (Pope Pius XII, Dec. 25, 1955)

Missals

• The Saint Edmund Campion Missal (Sophia Institute Press)
• Daily Missal (1962) - Baronius Press
• Benedictus - The Traditional Catholic Companion Booklet

VIDEOS

• Mass of the Ages series [Episode 1] [Episode 2]