[Catholicguy]

http://www.cin.org/users/james/files/mass1.htm

<>Every year or so, it does one good to read what Pope Paul VI said about the Mass. I know what he said isn't much heeded by the so-called trads, but his authority might be as great as The Latin Mass magazine or, Heaven forfend, Mr. Michael Davies his ownself<>

[Catholicguy]

http://pw2.netcom.com/~matt1618/novusordo.html

<> A defense of the Pauline Rite<>

[american colleen]

From your link to "The Mass is the same" - and thank you, by the way!

8. This reform puts an end to uncertainties, to discussions, to arbitrary abuses. It calls us back to that uniformity of rites and feeling proper to the Catholic Church, the heir and continuation of that first Christian community, which was all "one single heart and a single soul" (Acts 4:32). The choral character of the Church's prayer is one of the strengths of her unity and her catholicity. The change about to be made must not break up that choral character or disturb it. It ought to confirm it and make it resound with a new spirit, the spirit of her youth.

I don't think it worked out the way Paul VI envisioned it working out. IMO, of course.

[ultima ratio]

Paul VI saw the NO as a complete break with tradition--which he took a papal oath not to change. He said as much, calling the new Mass a novelty countless times. He thought because his six Protestant advisors had approved it, it would attract Protestants. Unfortunately, what it did was turn away Catholics by the tens of millions.