Entrance Antiphon

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Other than looking in a Missalette, how does one determine what will the entrance antiphon be for the Sunday or weekday Mass? Where does the entrance antiphon come from?
Pax Christi, Monica
 
The church uses a liturgical form or book called the ORDO. If you had access to one, you would quickly understand that it is setup by the liturgical calendar. In it it gives the colors of the vestments, as well as the prayers used for the Divine Office. Each sacristy will have one and the priest will refer to it when he is preparing to celebrate mass.

I think you can also look at one online. But it is a prescribed liturgy form that the whole world refers to.
 
Generally, the Entrance Antiphon comes from the Roman Missal. This is the book the priest reads from at the altar.

According to the 2002 General Instruction for the Roman Missal, approved for the U.S.A.

“48. The singing at this time is done either alternately by the choir and the people or in a similar way by the cantor and the people, or entirely by the people, or by the choir alone. In the dioceses of the United States of America there are four options for the Entrance Chant: (1) the antiphon from the Roman Missal or the Psalm from the Roman Gradual as set to music there or in another musical setting; (2) the seasonal antiphon and Psalm of the Simple Gradual; (3) a song from another collection of psalms and antiphons, approved by the Conference of Bishops or the Diocesan Bishop, including psalms arranged in responsorial or metrical forms; (4) a suitable liturgical song similarly approved by the Conference of Bishops or the Diocesan Bishop. [footnote 55: Cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Dies Domini, 31 May 1998 , no. 50: AAS 90 (1998), p. 745.]
If there is no singing at the entrance, the antiphon in the Missal is recited either by the faithful, or by some of them, or by a lector; otherwise, it is recited by the priest himself, who may even adapt it as an introductory explanation (cf. above, no. 31).”

This last sentence allows the priest to modify the Entrance Antiphon.

The Roman Gradual and Simple Gradual are books that have been published in Latin. I am not sure if there are approved translations of these into English. But the Mass (or parts of it) can be done in Latin, so certainly these Latin versions could be used.
 
What I would like to be able to do is to incorporate the entrance antiphon for the daily Mass into my prayer time.

I have not noted that the entrance antiphone is listed in the Ordo. I’ve been unable to find the entrance antiphon online. Of course the Missalette would have it, but our new parish uses the hard back books. The Magnificat magazine would have it also- I keep borrowing one!. Just wondering if there was a way to find it (like one can the daily Scripture reading) if one doesn’t have the Missal, or one of the above.
Thank you for your help. I’ve read the Forums for almost a year, but this is my first topic to post.
Pax Christi, Monica
 
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