Max Thurian, a manufacturer of the Novus Ordo

One of the manufacturers of the Novus Ordo, Max Thurian, lamented in his  dying days the loss of something of great value: "Be sure to pass on this message to your parish priest and to your bishop: 'The great problem of contemporary liturgical life (apathy towards worship, boredom, lack of vitality and participation) stems from the fact that the celebration has sometimes lost its character as mystery, which fosters the spirit of adoration.'

Max Thurian was a Protestant observer at Vatican II and expressed general satisfaction with its outcome. Thurian thought that with its adoption, the new mass would allow Catholics and Protestants to share at the same Eucharistic table. This, of course, did not happen. Thurian then became a Catholic priest.