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Confirmation and Graduation Gifts In a
memorable passage of his autobiograpical Milestones
(Ignatius Press), Pope Benedict XVI has described movingly the
pivotal effect on his development of new missals received at key points
during his youth. Indeed, what better gift on such an occasion than a missal
for assistance at Holy Mass? Or perhaps a nice missal cover for one who
already has a personal missal. CatholicEmbroidery.com
offers black vinyl missal covers with a choice of a dozen different
embroidered designs, either ready made or made to fit the missal of your
choice -- either an Angelus or Baronius 1962 missal or one of the older
traditional Latin-English hand missals (St. Andrew, Fr. Lasance,
Traditional Latin-English Missals The banners above link
to the publishers' web sites (Angelus Press and Baronius
Press) of the first two complete 2000-page Latin-English daily
missals -- for the traditional Latin Mass (TLM) according to the current
(1962) rubrics -- to be published in the 40 years since Vatican II.
Comparative descriptions of these new missals for the old Mass can be found here. Early in the 1900s, long
before Vatican II, Pope St. Pius X encouraged active and conscious
participation in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: "The Holy Mass is a prayer itself, even the highest prayer
that exists. It is the Sacrifice, dedicated by our Redeemer at the Cross, and
repeated every day on the Altar. If you wish to hear Mass as it should be
heard, you must follow with eye, heart, and mouth all that happens at the
Altar. Further, you must pray with the Priest the holy words said by him. You
have to associate your heart with the holy feelings which are contained in
these words and in this manner you ought to follow all that happens on the
Altar. When acting in this way, you have prayed Holy Mass." You need
a Latin-English missal to pray Holy Mass in this way.
Below we give some sites where you can check out different TLM missals. Baronius Press Daily Roman Missal (1962) New
complete Latin-English daily missal. Angelus Press Daily Roman Missal (1962) New
complete Latin-English daily missal. Saint Andrew Daily Missal Reprint
of the 1945 edition of a venerable favorite, a complete 2000-page
Latin-English daily missal. New Roman Missal (Fr. Lasance) Reprint
of the 1945 edition of a venerable favorite, a complete 2000-page
Latin-English daily missal. St. Joseph Daily Missal Another
pre-Vatican II favorite, 1300+ pages with Latin-English Ordinary and Order of
Mass but with the proper prayers and readings only in English. New
Marian Missal Another pre-Vatican II favorite. Intermediate between
the St. Joseph Daily Missal and a "complete" Latin-English Latin
daily missal: It contains in both Latin and English just those propers that
are often sung by a Gregorian chant schola -- the introit, gradual, and the
offertory and communion verses. Latin-English Booklet-Missal This is
the inexpensive 64-page "red missalette" that's seen ubiquitously
at indult Mass sites (including ours). Contains the Ordinary of the Mass in
Latin and English, and combines conveniently with the propers pamphlets that
often are available also. Catholic Bookstore Sources Both the
availability and pricing of the missals mentioned above varies widely from time
to time. Some sources to check: NOTE: Traditional missals published
prior to 1962 are still eminently usable — and many prefer their old missals,
which lack only a few minor simplifications introduced by Pope John XXIII. The
new Angelus Press and Baronius Press missals mentioned above incorporate
these refinements. For
those without personal missals, this is a link to the "proper
prayers" and readings for forthcoming Sunday Masses. Many people find it
profitable to study these before attending Mass. Below are listed some
additional on-line sources of these propers and readings. A site
that permits you to print an attractively formatted 16-page Latin-English
copy of the 1962 Ordinary of the Mass
incorporating the minor simplifications mentioned above. (For instance, the Confiteor is not repeated at
Communion.) Tridentine Latin Rite Missal
Project Click
this link to find an on-line missal where you can read or print out the
prayers and readings for a particular day's Click this link to download files that
can be used to print a 4-page booklet of proper prayers and readings (for a
given Sunday Mass) that "fits" with the red missalettes (mentioned above).
These are the booklets and missalettes that are provided at the St. John
Neumann Masses in Farragut. Traditional Latin Mass Web Sites The Priestly Order of St. Peter Canonically established by Pope John Paul II in 1988, to
provide priests prepared to celebrate the approved traditional Latin Masses
called for in his Ecclesiae Dei
decree. Commonly referred to as FSSP (for its Latin name Fraternitas Sacerdotalis
Sancti Petri). Coalition
in support of Ecclesiae Dei;
maintains an up-to-date directory of the approved traditional Latin Masses in
over two-thirds of U.S. dioceses, and distributes the inexpensive and widely
used Latin-English booklet missal mentioned above. (of Also
maintains a directory of the Latin Masses that are available in U.S. and
Canadian dioceses. Includes both Novus Ordo Latin Masses (identified as 1970
missal) and Tridentine Latin Masses (identified as 1962 missal). A worldwide federation of local chapters whose mission is to
support the celebration of the Tridentine/Gregorian Rite Mass within the
Church, in union with the Holy See and the bishops united with the Supreme
Pontiff of the Church as encouraged by Ecclesiae
Dei in 1988. |
