I Will Go Unto the Altar of God: A Reply to the Traditionalists on the Mass of Paul VI
by Gary Campbell, edited by Andrew Likoudis
A FORMER SSPX PRIEST MAKES THE CASE FOR THE MASS OF PAUL VI.
Gary Campbell knows the argument from the inside. A former priest of the Society of St Pius X, he once prayed the older rite daily, and for years knew no other. Writing as a pastor and a witness, he walks patiently through the reformed rites and answers the objections most often raised against them.
For the Catholic unsettled by what he has heard of the new Mass, and for every reader leaving traditionalism behind, this book is an invitation to approach the altar in full communion with the Church and her visible head, and to find there everything essential the Church has ever offered.
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TESTIMONIALS
“A former priest of the Society of Saint Pius X, Gary Campbell prayed the older rite daily before he came to the reformed Mass — and that hard-won vantage lends this book a credibility no cradle-Catholic apologist could claim. I Will Go Unto the Altar of God is an excellent primer for understanding, and answering, the disingenuous arguments the SSPX and its fellow travelers marshal against the post-conciliar liturgical reform. I found it utterly fascinating. Campbell’s patient walk through the reformed rites is cogent throughout, and his critique of the traditionalist exaltation of the Roman Canon — as though the other Eucharistic Prayers were somehow tainted — is especially welcome. Read it.” – Monsignor Arthur Holquin, S.T.L., Rector Emeritus, Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano
“A Newman-esque refrain has arisen in recent years: ‘To be deep in history is to cease to be traditionalist.’ Gary Campbell solidifies this refrain to a remarkable degree in I Will Go Unto the Altar of God, a valuable addition to the growing canon of literature responding to the traditionalist movement. This book blends deep levels of historical detail with observations of practical application (a factor very often absent in discussions of this topic), making it readily accessible both for those of a more scholarly inclination and those who might simply be wondering, ‘Why did the Mass change?’ As a former priest who celebrated the Mass according to the missal of 1962, and then as an attendee of the reformed liturgy for many years, Campbell is in a position to offer a perspective that few, if any, have thus far managed. I heartily recommend this book and have every confidence that it will assist in healing the current rifts in the Church.” – Andrew Mioni, Author of The Sacrifice of Praise: Liturgical Debates and the Fundamentals of Worship
“I Will Go Unto the Altar of God speaks to us where we are, and brings us into deeper understanding and gratitude for God’s good gifts of the liturgy and the opportunity it provides to encounter Him. If you want to learn from someone grounded, accessible, and endearing, Gary Campbell is your man! With his approachable exposition of the wisdom of the Church, I found myself both reassured that our Holy Mother, guided by the Holy Spirit, is actively caring for us and anticipating our needs, and reminded that God’s ways are not our ways, and that a trusting surrender to Him – speaking through His indefectible Church – will truly be our saving grace. This book is a resource that will accompany many souls in need of sound instruction and a peaceful haven, after being tossed about by the storms about them.” – Laura Vander Vos, Co-founder of TradRecovery.com
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gary Campbell is a freelance writer living in Australia, where he writes history and educational literature and has worked as a schoolteacher. A former priest of the Society of St Pius X, he left the Society in 1999 and returned to full communion with the Catholic Church. His writing on liturgy and traditionalism appears at Where Peter Is.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Andrew Likoudis is a Catholic scholar working in ecclesiology, ecumenism, and liturgy. He serves as Digital Editor of Where Peter Is and holds an M.A. in Catholic Studies from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is the author of To His Face: Indefectibility and the Problem of Dissent (En Route, 2026), with a foreword by Robert Fastiggi and an afterword by Emmett O’Regan, and he organized and edited Faith in Crisis (En Route, 2025), a 40-chapter volume drawing some thirty contributors—among them Robert Cardinal Sarah, Jimmy Akin, and Mike Aquilina—with a foreword by Rocco Buttiglione, praised in Word on Fire’s Evangelization & Culture journal as “an impressive labor of love.” His most recent editorial work includes the fiftieth-anniversary edition of Yves Congar’s Challenge to the Church: The Case of Archbishop Lefebvre (En Route, 2026), which he edited and introduced, with a foreword by Larry Chapp, and the third edition of James Likoudis’s Ending the Byzantine Greek Schism (Emmaus Road, 2026), with a foreword by Scott Hahn—the opening volume of a trilogy on Catholic-Orthodox reunion. In all he has authored, edited, or compiled thirteen volumes on Catholic ecclesiology and the papacy, and published 60+ articles in outlets including the National Catholic Register, Philosophy Now, Fellowship & Fairydust Magazine, Catholic Review, and Where Peter Is.
He is the grandson of Catholic apologist James Likoudis, President Emeritus of Catholics United for the Faith, and the nephew and godson of Paul Likoudis, longtime editor of The Wanderer, the oldest national Catholic weekly in the US. As founder and president of the Likoudis Legacy Foundation, which co-sponsored the 30th Orientale Lumen Conference attended by bishops of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, he directs the foundation’s ecumenical journal The Kydones Review, which carries a foreword from Archbishop Flavio Pace, the Secretary of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. Likoudis provides consulting, research, organizational strategy, and communications services to Catholic publishers, nonprofits, and institutions. He writes frequently at his Substack, Tradition & Renewal, and is a parishioner at the Baltimore Basilica—America’s First Cathedral. He enjoys kayaking, bachata, tennis, and chess. More at andrewlikoudis.com
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