Does this kind of e-Missal exist?

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I remain a little frustrated with the disjointed organization of my Daily Roman Missal. So I was wondering if there exists something like this:

A Missal that works on e-readers, and it would have in there a table of contents that looks like a calendar with 5/10+ years worth of mass days, and you just touch the day of the mass you’re at, and it jumps automatically to the text of that mass in its entirety in consecutive pages. From the Entrance Antiphon, to the Readings, to the potential Eucharistic Prayers and Prefaces, to the Communion Prayer, etc… No more scavenging for what the priest/lector is going to say next.
 
The only one I know (and have) which comes close is the Universalis iPad/iPhone/all-sorts-of-other-platforms app.

It does masses for each day of the year (for any date you care to choose), plus the Liturgy of the Hours (the Daily Office) including the Office of Readings. Certainly the LotH is set out in a beginning-to-end fashion, unlike the books, which have never made any sense to me!
 
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The only one I know (and have) which comes close is the Universalis iPad/iPhone/all-sorts-of-other-platforms app.

It does masses for each day of the year (for any date you care to choose), plus the Liturgy of the Hours (the Daily Office) including the Office of Readings. Certainly the LotH is set out in a beginning-to-end fashion, unlike the books, which have never made any sense to me!
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So the name of the app is Universalis?
 
What e reader? There are different ones and the files/apps are not all cross compatible. Also EF or OF?
 
MarcoPolo said:
I remain a little frustrated with the disjointed organization of my Daily Roman Missal. So I was wondering if there exists something like this:

A Missal that works on e-readers, and it would have in there a table of contents that looks like a calendar with 5/10+ years worth of mass days, and you just touch the day of the mass you’re at, and it jumps automatically to the text of that mass in its entirety in consecutive pages. From the Entrance Antiphon, to the Readings, to the potential Eucharistic Prayers and Prefaces, to the Communion Prayer, etc… No more scavenging for what the priest/lector is going to say next.
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I don’t know about an ereader. But I have the Saint Joseph’s Sunday missal and it is very easy to use. I love it.
 
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I don’t know about an ereader. But I have the Saint Joseph’s Sunday missal and it is very easy to use. I love it.
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In that missal, how does it tell you which reading are on that day? Is there a table or something in the front?
 
MarcoPolo said:
In that missal, how does it tell you which reading are on that day? Is there a table or something in the front?
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There is a chart in the front of the book for year A B C and dates It tells you Sunday or Feast day Feb 5 is the 5th Sunday in Ordinary time then it gives you a page number. It also has the Holy Days of Obligation.

Did that answer your question?
 
I have one that is not a e-book but a seperate app. It let’s you go to the mass and has the readings for that day built in. It is called iMissal. I got it from iTunes but I don’t know what other platforms it is available for.
 
Are you looking for a 1962 (or earlier) Missal?

If not…you might not get the best answers here. And I had forgotten about the mess of A/B/C cycles until your post, Phyllo. Not to mention that hackjob that was done on the weekly psalter.
 
Phyllo said:
There is a chart in the front of the book for year A B C and dates It tells you Sunday or Feast day Feb 5 is the 5th Sunday in Ordinary time then it gives you a page number. It also has the Holy Days of Obligation.

Did that answer your question?
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Do you have a weekday edition too? Is it the same? Your above description sounds like Sundays?
 
MarcoPolo said:
Do you have a weekday edition too? Is it the same? Your above description sounds like Sundays?
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No. I just have the Sunday Missal. St. Joseph’s does have a weekday missal also but I think in comes in several volumes and I am not familiar with them.

The Magnificat is a little book that comes out every month with the readings for daily mass and Sunday Mass with meditations all the way through. This is a wonderful “missal” for Mass also but it becomes rather expensive. I used to use this little book then decided that I usually just go to Sunday Mass and the Sunday missal was perfect for me and in the long run less expensive.

My cousin has a Roman Daily Missal and I glanced through and it looked a little confusing to me. I like the St. Joseph’s Sunday Missal.
 
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