This lecture, given at Prince of Peace Catholic Community in Houston, TX, on Saturday, November 23, 2019, is meant as a wide-ranging introduction to the Extraordinary Form or Traditional Latin Mass of the Roman Rite -- "why it is the way it is, and acts the way it acts."
The lecture was subsequently revised and published as chapter 2 of my book "Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright: The Genius and Timeliness of the Traditional Latin Mass" (Angelico, 2020). The book is available from Amazon and its affiliates: https://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-Our-Roman-Catholic-Birthright/dp/1621385353.
Introduction to the Traditional Latin Mass