WHAT WE HAVE LOST

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WHAT WE HAVE LOST ... AND THE ROAD TO RESTORATION:
A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE CHANGES IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Copyright 1999, VHS videocassette, running time 48 minutes 8 seconds
In the Spirit of Chartres" Committee, P.O. Sox 17984, Fountain Hills, AZ 
85269, (480) 471-9009
$25 (plus $2.50 S&H) per copy, $100 (no S/H) for 5 copies

It is my pleasure to recommend highly this new video, whose stated purpose is 
not to "sing to the choir," but to "awaken the sleeping giant, that body of 
Catholics who have either left the Church because they couldh't stand it any 
more, or those who are still in the modern Church, but are miserably 
disillusioned and in pain."  This video is their "wake-up" call!

The video is beautifully produced, with historical footage of the Traditional 
Latin Mass and papal ceremonies, as contrasted with the inanity of the New 
Order worship service and other rites.  The contrast will truly be shocking 
to those who have gradually slipped into the Novus Ordo Worship Service 
without realizing its unCatholicity.

Professionally narrated, at a proper pace and synchronized with visual proof, 
the video uses unobtrusive background music drawn not only from Gregorian 
chant and traditional hymns but also from classical masters such as Albinoni, 
Mozart, and Grieg.

In a little less than a standard class period, the whole spectrum of the 
problems with the Novus Ordo is treated from several perspectives:  the Mass, 
sacred music, and the Sacraments.  The detailed section analyzing the 
traditional Sacraments as contrasted with the New Order ones is a 
particularly fine summary of the issues of form and matter -- that is, 
validity -- surrounding the new sacraments.

In addition to the video's potential use to win over those disaffected Novus 
Ordo Catholics to the true Mass and Sacraments of the traditional Roman 
(Latin) Rite, it strikes me that because of its professional quality, this 
would be an excellent video to show on local cable television community 
channels. There would then be about ten minutes left over to point out local 
traditional activities and chapels.

This is a quality product, from the contents to the glossy case giving a 
summary of the argument for the road to restoration of the True Faith.  I 
can't commend the Committee enough for undertaking this task and for bringing 
it off in a style of which traditional Catholics can be proud.