Devotions before mass?

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I started going to daily mass recently, and at the chapel where I attend the practice is to say a devotional prayer before the entrance antiphon. For several weeks this devotion was the Regina Caeli. Sometime around Pentecost (if memory serves), we switched to praying the Angelus.

I like this practice, but I wanted to know if it was common, and if there was some kind of calendar that determines which devotion we are using. What are your thoughts?
 
as far as any devotion prayed before Mass it may not be common but it is certainly allowed either individually or as a group, and an excellent way to discourage idle chatter and noise before Mass.

yes seasonally the Angelus is the traditional prayer of the faithful corresponding more or less to the prayers of the monks who were praying the Divine Office, at 6am, Noon and 6pm. It is replaced by the Regina Coeli during the Easter Season. Your parish may also pray for instance the Novena of the Holy Spirit the 9 days preceding Pentecost and other novenas before other priests.
 
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I started going to daily mass recently, and at the chapel where I attend the practice is to say a devotional prayer before the entrance antiphon. For several weeks this devotion was the Regina Caeli. Sometime around Pentecost (if memory serves), we switched to praying the Angelus.

I like this practice, but I wanted to know if it was common, and if there was some kind of calendar that determines which devotion we are using. What are your thoughts?
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It sounds like what they are doing is reciting the Angelus before Mass. It would have been the Regina cæli during the last few weeks because that prayer replaces the Aneglus during the Easter Season.

The Angelus can prayed three times per day; traditionally at 6 am, 12-noon, and 6 pm. However, it may be prayed morning, midday, and evening; not exactly at the three traditional times.

Anyone may pray the Angelus; it is not restricted to religious. At the times the Angelus is recited it is traditional to ring what is called the Angelus bell to remind all to pray the Angelus. The bell is rung thrice at “The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary”, thrice at “Behold the handmaid of the Lord”, thrice at “And the Word was made flesh” and then nine times to cover the rest of the Angelus; with a pause between each of these groups of rings.

Many English churches have or had an Angelus bell dedicated to Mary with the words Ave Maria on the bell and some were dedicated to archangels particularly Gabriel and Michael.
 
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