How do I follow Mass with my St. Andrew Daily Missal

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I converted about 2 years ago and have been attending Tridentine Mass for about the last 5 years. I am able to generally follow the Mass using the book provided.

I am not familiar at all with the liturgical calendar

So far I have figured out that this coming Sunday (10th of November 2013) is the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Is that correct?

Back to basics - My question is…

How can I follow Mass this coming Sunday with my St. Andrews Daily Missal 1945
 
That is interesting - in this missal on the Liturgical Calendar (page XIX)

----time after pentecost----
W | Trinity Sunday…
…
G | 24th Sunday after pentecost, sd. (The last Sunday before Advent.)
Then the next page goes on to Proper of the Saints

I know there are adjustments and variable number of Sundays in a year (52 or 53). Is that what I am experiencing?
 
OK - I did just find in the Table of Movable Feasts that there are 27 Sundays after pentecost for the year 2013.
 
Thank you JM3 - The calendar was very helpful. I was able to go through last Sunday (Nov 3rd 2013) bulletin and line up most of the sections.

When using the missal it refers me to use the “Third Sunday after Epiphany” for the Introit, Gradual, Offeratory and Communion - That does not line up with the bulletin.

Any advice on why they may not line up for last Sunday?
 
From my Roman Missal (1962):

“If there are more than 24 Sundays after Pentecost, the Introit, Gradual, and Communion of the 23rd Sunday are repeated on all the remaining Sundays. But the Collects, the Epistle and the Gospel are taken from the Masses of the Sundays omitted after the Epiphany”

So, the 24th Sunday after Pentecost would use the Collect, Epistle and Gospel from the 4th Sunday after Epiphany, because there are 27 Sundays after Pentecost. You may be looking at 28 Sundays after Pentecost, where the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany would be used.
 
Of the several traditional missals available, my favorite is the 1945 St. Andrew’s Missal. There are a few differences between it and the 1962 book based on liturgical reforms initiated by Pus XII and John XXXIII. But I love the richness of explanation for each Sunday, Holy Day, and Third Class Feasts. It also contains significant information on the symbology of the Mass and many of the churches rituals.

The readings for Sundays at the end of the liturgical year can be confusing since they can vary from 23 to 26 Sundays, depending on how late Easter was celebrated. The earlier Easter is celebrated, the earlier lent starts, and that compresses the number of Sundays after the Epiphany. Some of those readings from the Sundays after the Epiphany that we delete because of an early start to Lent, are added to the end of the Pentecost cycle because we also have more Sundays after Pentecost due to an early Easter. Even though I am prepared for it, I always have to spend some time with the chart on page 929 of the St. Andrew’s Missal to figure out the readings for those Sundays from Christ the King to the Last Sunday after Pentecost.

You will also notice in the St. Andrew’s Missal that the Mass typically said after the 1960 liturgical reforms for the Third Class feast of most Popes is not the dedicated Mass indicated in the 1945 Missal but the Mass “Si Diligis” that can be found in the back of the Missal just before the Calendar.
 
How exciting - I figured it out.

A couple things I was missing -
  1. Page 953 is where the Mass of the Catechumens starts - and the facing page has the divisions (structure) of the mass. This was a huge discovery for me.
  2. There are several variables involved with the extra Sundays beyond 24 after Pentecost
So to follow the Mass page 928 Explains that the Introit, Gradual, Offeratory and Communion for the twenty third Sunday is repeated on all Sundays beyond The 24th Sunday after Pentecost. Page 929 shows a table for the Collects, Epistle and Gospel for 25th - 28th possible Sundays after Pentecost and the aligning page numbers.

Did I happen to start using a Missal on the most complicated Mass to follow along or what?
 
I believe I have the 1952 edition. There are pages missing (p 939-954) which I had to write the company for. Also the page references for the rest of the missal are those many pages off. My calendar is in the introductory pages of the handmissal. There are indeed 27 Sundays after Pentecost this year.

In the Campion Missal it is explained this way:

If there are 27 Sundays after Pentecost,

the 23rd Sunday is followed by Mass B, C, D, then the Last Sunday after Pentecost.

Mass B readings are identical to 4th Sunday after Epiphany
Mass C readings are identical to 5th Sunday after Epiphany
Mass D readings are identical to 6th Sunday after Epiphany

“Starting with the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, the Mass propers remain the same until the First Sunday of Advent. These are the Introit (Dicit Dominus), Gradual (Liberasti nos), Alleluia (De profundis), Offertory (De profundis), and Communion (Amen dico vobis)”
 
ProVobis - that is too bad yours was missing pages.

I have the 1945 edition - republished in 1999 by St. Bonaventure Publications
It seems to have 1997 - 2028 for the Movable Feast table, 1,978 pages after the preface and the Liturgical Calendar - plus 86 pages Kyriale, Proper USA Feasts, Supplement for Order of St. Benedict and some other sections in the back.

Seems to have all of its pages but I am not going to count them tonight 😜
 
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