Missals for Mass

[Lady Bug]

Hi, I can't decide if I want to get my own Missal for Mass. OK, I kind of want to but they're expensive. They have some sort of thingies in the Church pews, but I can't take it home with me to "study." I don't want to be one of those people who doesn't fully participate in the Mass because I don't have a grip on the "verbal structure" of it. I do have a small booklet from RCIA that is best described as a "cheat sheet" for the basic sequence of the Mass and that's very good, but for days like Christmas and Easter where the Mass is more elaborate, I feel like I'm not getting all the information from the "cheat sheet."

 

[GreekOrthodox]

Is there an online app? The Greek Orthodox church just bought out the work of what is called "Digital Chant Stand" and is becoming the main source of services. It's free online

GOA Digital Chant Stand

 

[Lady Bug]

Is there an online app? The Greek Orthodox church just bought out the work of what is called "Digital Chant Stand" and is becoming the main source of services. It's free online

GOA Digital Chant Stand

This looks nice but isn't this for Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy?

 

[chevyontheriver]

Hi, I can't decide if I want to get my own Missal for Mass. OK, I kind of want to but they're expensive. They have some sort of thingies in the Church pews, but I can't take it home with me to "study." I don't want to be one of those people who doesn't fully participate in the Mass because I don't have a grip on the "verbal structure" of it. I do have a small booklet from RCIA that is best described as a "cheat sheet" for the basic sequence of the Mass and that's very good, but for days like Christmas and Easter where the Mass is more elaborate, I feel like I'm not getting all the information from the "cheat sheet."

This is a question best asked at your intended future parish. It might be that your own copy of what they have in the pews would work best. It might be that something like Magnificat would work well. Your pastor could advise on that. And a local Catholic bookstore.

Magnificat is great for the daily and Sunday Mass readings and for the daily Office. It is a monthly subscription service. They send a booklet several times a year. It's actually very popular. Overall that is what I would recommend. There are other similar things available

But as to the 'verbal structure' there is enough allowed variability that it might be frustrating to follow along in a missal and keep up with the options. It's possible, but not always easy. What I might recommend for the verbal structure is just to listen and soak up what you hear. We Catholics are not just bookish folks, we get a lot by hearing, and as such we are followers of an oral and aural tradition. I would go for a missal mostly for the readings, the daily readings for Mass and for the Liturgy of the Hours. And never beat yourself up if you don't do all of it.

Does this help?

 

[Michie]

This is a question best asked at your intended future parish. It might be that your own copy of what they have in the pews would work best. It might be that something like Magnificat would work well. Your pastor could advise on that. And a local Catholic bookstore.

Magnificat is great for the daily and Sunday Mass readings and for the daily Office. It is a monthly subscription service. They send a booklet several times a year. It's actually very popular. Overall that is what I would recommend. There are other similar things available

But as to the 'verbal structure' there is enough allowed variability that it might be frustrating to follow along in a missal and keep up with the options. It's possible, but not always easy. What I might recommend for the verbal structure is just to listen and soak up what you hear. We Catholics are not just bookish folks, we get a lot by hearing, and as such we are followers of an oral and aural tradition. I would go for a missal mostly for the readings, the daily readings for Mass and for the Liturgy of the Hours. And never beat yourself up if you don't do all of it.

Does this help?

I subscribed to Magnificat the first couple of years after becoming Catholic. I highly recommend it.

 

[chevyontheriver]

I subscribed to Magnificat the first couple of years after becoming Catholic. I highly recommend it.

And I would principally recommend it as a way to read Scripture with the Church calendar in rhythm with the rest of the Church. Not so much as a guide to the words at mass. For that I guess a good guide or cheat sheet might do. I think it would be good to read along with the canon of the mass, particularly if it is the rich Canon I. That is beautiful, and if your priest does not enunciate clearly you might miss the treasures in it. If your priest seldom uses Canon I, do ask him to use it more often. It is the closest of the canons of the mass to the traditional one.

 

[Lady Bug]

This is a question best asked at your intended future parish. It might be that your own copy of what they have in the pews would work best.

And I would principally recommend it as a way to read Scripture with the Church calendar in rhythm with the rest of the Church. Not so much as a guide to the words at mass. For that I guess a good guide or cheat sheet might do. I think it would be good to read along with the canon of the mass, particularly if it is the rich Canon I. That is beautiful, and if your priest does not enunciate clearly you might miss the treasures in it. If your priest seldom uses Canon I, do ask him to use it more often. It is the closest of the canons of the mass to the traditional one.

Thank you, your posts were helpful, but I don't know what are the canons. You mean songs?

The Church is open (I think) most of the day, until the last event of the Liturgy of the Hours ends, I think. I suppose I could sit way in the back one day (or evening) to browse through their Missal on my own time. I don't like looking like a dork in the middle of a Mass going back and forth between the books and flipping the pages like a deer caught in the headlights.

 

[Michie]

Thank you, your posts were helpful, but I don't know what are the canons. You mean songs?

The Church is open (I think) most of the day, until the last event of the Liturgy of the Hours ends, I think. I suppose I could sit way in the back one day (or evening) to browse through their Missal on my own time. I don't like looking like a dork in the middle of a Mass going back and forth between the books and flipping the pages like a deer caught in the headlights.

You should go during the quiet times in the Church. There may be a smattering of people in there in the off hours praying or lighting candles but that is the perfect time to explore the missal. Lots of resources on the internet as well. By the way, it’s a good time to get yourself some Holy Water to bring home as well. I do that on occasion too.

 

[Lady Bug]

You should go during the quiet times in the Church. There may be a smattering of people in there in the off hours praying or lighting candles but that is the perfect time to explore the missal. Lots of resources on the internet as well. By the way, it’s a good time to get yourself some Holy Water to bring home as well. I do that on occasion too.

Oh yeah - about Holy Water, how is that different from regular water?
(I like that emoji lol)

 

[chevyontheriver]

Thank you, your posts were helpful, but I don't know what are the canons. You mean songs?

The canon of the mass is the part after the prayer of the faithful, and that comes after the liturgy of the word and the homily. It's spoken or sung by the priest, and followed by the great Amen and the 'our father' and then by communion. It's starting products, if you will, are bread and wine. It usually starts with a preface for the day and then the Sanctus and then the priest starts in on a long prayer.

Eucharistic Prayers I-IV

The Church is open (I think) most of the day, until the last event of the Liturgy of the Hours ends, I think. I suppose I could sit way in the back one day (or evening) to browse through their Missal on my own time. I don't like looking like a dork in the middle of a Mass going back and forth between the books and flipping the pages like a deer caught in the headlights.

Do what is comfortable to you. It is your home as much as anyone else's now.

 

[chevyontheriver]

Oh yeah - about Holy Water, how is that different from regular water?
(I like that emoji lol)

H2O like the other stuff, but blessed.

Oh, by the way, you can have a priest come and bless your house or apartment. Just ask. We did that a year ago.

 

[Michie]

Oh yeah - about Holy Water, how is that different from regular water?
(I like that emoji lol)

The Bible’s Recipe for Holy Water

The charge persists that holy water is not found in Sacred Scripture and is an invention of the Church, but this is not the case

Holy water is a sacramental. It is water blessed by a priest to impart God’s blessing on those who use it. There are varying kinds of this blessed water, the principal ones of which are ordinary, used in common sprinkling and in the wall fonts of churches and homes; baptismal water, which contains oil of catechumens and chrism oil and is used only in the sacrament of baptism; and consecration water, sometimes referred to as “Gregorian water,” with ashes, salt, and wine, used in the consecration of churches.

The sacramental of holy water is used in baptism, in exorcisms, in the intermingling with palm ashes, at certain Masses throughout the liturgical year, at each Compline prayer in certain liturgical rites, and in funerals. It is also sprinkled on the sick. From this list, which omits several other common uses of holy water (it is used to bless just about anything), we can see that this sacramental is an integral part of Catholic life.


The charge persists that holy water is not found in Sacred Scripture and is an invention of the Church. This is not the case, as there are a handful of biblical references to blessed water and its effects.

The first is actually in the beginning of the Bible: “The Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters” (Gen. 1:2). Emerging from the void, God’s first act was to move across the waters of the earth he was prepared to form, first being sure to bless the waters for the goodness of his creation and the coming forth of all other matter. The Catechism acknowledges this: “Since the beginning of the world, water, so humble and wonderful a creature, has been the source of life and fruitfulness” (1218).

We even have a recipe for holy water in the Old Testament, not distant from that found in today’s rituals: “The priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water” (Num. 5:17). Later in this same book, we find instructions pertaining to one defiled by touching a corpse: “He who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days; he shall cleanse himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so be clean” (19:11-12).

The ancient Jews, then, truly knew the importance of blessed water. After the sacrament of baptism is revealed to the apostles, we see holy water become an important sacramental of the Catholic Church. The Church encourages us to use holy water because it can yield many graces and blessings in our lives:

• It helps us to overcome temptations. The rite of providing holy water in the Roman Ritual includes an exorcism prayer: “May all evil fancies of the foul fiend, his malice and cunning, be driven afar from the place where you are sprinkled. And let every unclean spirit be repulsed by him who is coming to judge both the living and the dead and the world by fire.”
• It drives away sickness and future illnesses. Holy water can help keep away illnesses of the body, mind, and soul. One of the prayers of blessing a priest says asks that the water become “a medicine for body and soul for all who make use of” it.
• It removes venial sins. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote, “By the sprinkling of holy water the debt of venial sin is wiped out; but not always, however, are all temporal punishments relinquished.”
• It drives away the devil. St. Teresa of Avila once said, “I often experience that there is nothing the devils flee from more, without returning, than holy water.”

Any Catholic may use holy water to gain these corporeal and spiritual benefits. A clean and suitable container may be brought to a Catholic parish, where holy water is almost always available in a large container, typically near the sacristy or confessionals. Catholic stores also sell a variety of vials, and it is a beautiful tradition among pious Catholics to have holy water fonts in the entrance to their homes and in common rooms. God chooses the simple things of the world for his purposes (1 Cor. 1:27), and holy water is his unique gift to fight the spiritually unclean with the spiritually clean.

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The Bible’s Recipe for Holy Water

 

[GreekOrthodox]

This looks nice but isn't this for Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.missal.catholicmissal&hl=en_US&gl=US

There is also iMissal for Apple.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

I use the St Joseph Daily Missal from St Bonaventure publications; I'd recommend it. It is a good missal to follow along at Mass. One side in Latin; the other in English.

 

[Lady Bug]

I use the St Joseph Daily Missal from St Bonaventure publications; I'd recommend it. It is a good missal to follow along at Mass. One side in Latin; the other in English.

Is this the one?
St. Joseph Daily Missal-St. Joseph Daily Missal

Just wondering when they say Daily Missal does it include the Weekend Masses and special Masses like Christmas and Easter Masses? Or is it just the literal weekday Masses?

 

[Virgil the Roman]

Is this the one?
St. Joseph Daily Missal-St. Joseph Daily Missal

Yes.

Just wondering when they say Daily Missal does it include the Weekend Masses and special Masses like Christmas and Easter Masses?

Also, yes.

[Or is it just the literal weekday Masses?

Yes, along with Sunday masses.

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.obtech.missalfornigeria&hl=en_US&gl=US