

Author: Dr Arnaldo Xavier da Silveira, [1929-2018]
Translators: John Spann & Jose Schelini
Publisher: The Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc
Year of English publication: 2022 [1970 1st Portuguese ed]
Pages 365
Binding: hardback
Back in September of 1977, after lunch one day, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre made a timely comment and observation about Dr Xavier da Silveira's book, Two Timely Issues, which he had read in French. While visiting the Society nuns at their motherhouse in Albano Laziale (16 miles south of Rome) as they were preparing to move to another location in France, he made the remark to one of the seminarians there with him at that time, saying that this book is the best book on the New Mass, meaning that this book shows the New Mass to be deficient and ultimately should be abandoned. Two Timely Issues came about as a response to the liturgical confusion following the Second Vatican Council, since many Catholics did not know where to turn for guidance about the critical yet complex matter of the Novus Ordo Mass. This book was part of the debate from the beginning, with Brazilian author Dr. Xavier da Silveira publishing his analysis seven months after the New Mass went into effect (i.e it went into effect on Nov. 30, 1969, the 1st Sunday of Advent in that year). It is an exhaustive study that leaves no stone unturned and immediately became controversial. Pope Paul VI tried to suppress it. Thus, at first, the book circulated only as mimeographed copies among bishops and members of the traditional networks that formed around the world. Since then, Two Timely Issues: The New Mass and the Possibility of a Heretical Pope has decisively contributed to the debate. The Portuguese original was translated into Spanish, French, and English. However, there was never a definitive English edition. This 2017-revised edition now fills the void. It is especially timely given the renewed liturgical wars that have erupted. Two Timely Issues is a must-read for those who grieve for the devastation caused by the liturgical revolution inside the Church. It is a battle manual to help those resisting the self-destruction in the Church.
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