Do you use an electronic missal at Mass?

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Tis_Bearself said:
However, I am an adult, you are not my parent, and if I wish to use an electronic device that is not making noise or shining a bright light into your eyes, it’s not your place to prohibit an activity for all adults,
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  1. I never said “prohibit”
  2. I simply do not want to see it become the norm.
  3. I don’t want to see parishes stop supplying missal booklets, which would push people to using smartphones and tablets.
What I’m saying is different from “prohibit.”

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I wish the app was available for a kindle, but it’s only available for Apple and android as far as I know. When I use my phone at church though, I have brightness all the way down so I doubt it’s a distraction for anyone.
 
Not sure about the intentions of others, but I don’t go to TLM because I prefer all things traditional. It’s because I like the Mass better, and it’s a solid parish with very orthodox priests. The Latin Mass is not about turning the clock 100 years. We have air conditioning in our church, which isn’t traditional either but no one complains!
 
Can someone please reply to this post and let me know which ap is the correct one for our Church missal?
 
Sorry, I don’t know. I’m talking about the e-missal for the Latin Mass that has Latin and English side by side.
 
We were sent the pdf or e-reader file from the one who put the different parts of the liturgy together. Don’t know if there is an app in your language. I don’t even know if there is one in my own language.
 
Could it be that having a couple large screen TV’s place discreetly in church with the daily missal would do away with having missals in book form altogether…maybe in a few years all pews may have iPads or E readers installed…the pace technology is developing
 
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I use my iPhone iMissal app at mass all the time. It’s very convenient, easier than the paper missal (I have that, too), and it has a respectful, artistic visual interface. As long as the sound is turned off, I don’t see how that can be considered disrespectful.

I have seen so many disrespectful practices in church that I won’t be concerned about whether someone might perceive that my use of an iPhone at Mass is for distraction rather than worship. Who bows his head or makes the sign of the cross in response to an email?
 
 
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MtnDwellar said:
We have a priest who uses a tablet for his homilies. If he can use electronics, we can too.
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I’m on the parish RCIA team…went to the Cathedral yesterday for the Rite of Election…the BISHOP used some sort of electronic device at the end of his homily…[no idea what it was…I don’t have any use for them…].
 
I have on occasion. At my age with an e-missal, I can adjust the font to be larger which is nice for my eyes.
 
LisaB said:
Question for those who attend the TLM: do you now or would you feel comfortable using an electronic missal (like iMass) at Mass? I’ve read some people say that it’s not appropriate for Mass and can be distracting to others. Unless the brightness on the device is high, I don’t see any reason why it would not be appropriate. Thoughts?
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It’s not inappropriate to use such aids like iMass to help you worship better at a Mass that you attend. But I personally would be more apprehensive in using an e-missal, especially one on my smartphone, at a regular Mass in ordinary form than at a Tridentine Latin Mass.

The reason is this: the problem of staring at one’s smartphone during Mass, even though one is just following the Mass using an app like iMissal, is that it could give the WRONG impression to fellow worshipers who might NOT be as strong and disciplined in their worship at Mass as you. They might misconstrue that’s okay to use THEIR smartphones to read and send text messages, check out what’s happening on Facebook or Snapchat, or do other very inappropriate activities on their smartphones during Mass.

I see this as a real problem at a regular Mass because there are probably a lot more people who attend the Mass who aren’t as well catechized about how to behave at a Mass. This would most likely be far less of a concern at a Tridentine Latin Mass.

It’s because of this concern of possibly leading astray (inadvertently) some of my fellow worshipers at Mass why I’ve switched from using an app, like iMissal, on my smartphone while attending a weekday Mass and instead bought and now use a compact weekday Missal.

The one I bought is this one (both Volumes I and II) from Catholic Book Publishing: http://www.catholicbookpublishing.com/products/973 and now keep it in the glovebox of my car so it’s always with me when I attend Mass at any church. I’ll take it with me when I go on trips too.
 
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I am “old school” and prefer the Missal.

I also work in an environment where people who are on their cell phones in the midst of an educational moment tend to be viewed as “inattentive.” While they may be using the cell phone to collect further information related to the subject addressed by the leader, more often than not the leader’s interpretation is that they are not paying attention.
 
Before I get to Mass, part of my home preparation is to read the readings, either on iBreviary (on my phone), or on The Word Among Us on the Kindle app, also on my phone. Within Mass itself, I just sit and listen.

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I sometimes use my iPad with the iMissal app, but I actually prefer the books in hand. Our parish recently provided wifi so parishioners can have access to digital versions or even use the USCCB website specifically. There aren’t many digital users in our parish, but we do have an older parish. I enjoy following along all of the parts of the mass, not just the readings, and it helps me learn more and day dream less.
 
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