How do I navigate the 1962 Missal?

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I recently returned to church and I started attending mass at my local parish and it happens to be a traditional one, with a latin mass.

I purchased a daily missal to help follow along but for the life of me, I can’t make heads or tails of it. I found another thread on this topic but it did not really help.

When I am at mass… where do I start in the Missal? Where do I go for the day’s reading and then back to the order of the mass? The english missal is pretty straightforward, with everything being the same until you come to the spot where you flip to the day’s readings and then back to the order of the mass. This book is quite confusing.
 
It’s a little intimidating at first but simple when you realize it’s no different than any other missal (or missallette).

The ordinary of the Mass will usually be in the middle of the missal (unless you have a Sunday Missal). I place a ribbon marker there and on the Sanctus and a third one on the Mass of the day. Here’s page numbers below for the three different missals that we use - hopefully you have on of these:

Roman Catholic Daily Missal (Angelus Press)
Mass of Catechumens: PAGE 838
Third Sunday of Lent: PAGE 359

Roman Catholic Daily Missal (Baronius Press)
Mass of Catechumens: PAGE 900
Third Sunday of Lent: PAGE 376

Saint Joseph Sunday Missal
Mass of Catechumens: PAGE 18
Third Sunday of Lent: PAGE 174

Just flip back and forth as necessary. With the Angelus Press Missal it’s easily identifiable since the propers are indicated by a box. Everytime you see a box you know to flip back to the propers. The Baronius is identified by parenthesis stating “Fourth Variable Part” etc…

Hope this helps get you started… daily Mass may be a little more confusing since ordinarily the readings will be in the back part of the missal except for octaves and other special times (such as lent) where the readings for the week will be right after the Sunday readings…
 
Thanks! I have the Angelus… So… I start out with 838 then I when I get to the box on 847, I flip to the day’s readings (page 359 in your example)… and then back to where I left off on page 855 until the end… right?
 
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I recently returned to church and I started attending mass at my local parish and it happens to be a traditional one, with a latin mass.

I purchased a daily missal to help follow along but for the life of me, I can’t make heads or tails of it. I found another thread on this topic but it did not really help.

When I am at mass… where do I start in the Missal? Where do I go for the day’s reading and then back to the order of the mass? The english missal is pretty straightforward, with everything being the same until you come to the spot where you flip to the day’s readings and then back to the order of the mass. This book is quite confusing.
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I have the Angelus too…

I love it, and you will get used to it.

IF however, you are finding it too annoying, you could find an old copy of the St. Joseph Continuous Missal. This has no Latin in it, only the English, and their are no page turns. BUT it is only for Sundays… and it has none of the Latin.
 
Cyclophile said:
Thanks! I have the Angelus… So… I start out with 838 then I when I get to the box on 847, I flip to the day’s readings (page 359 in your example)… and then back to where I left off on page 855 until the end… right?
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Righto! Piece of cake eh?

BTW, good choice on the Angelus Press missal - I think it’s the best that I’ve come across.

P.S. Once you get the hang of it you’ll realize the little shortcuts like not flipping back and forth around the Collects/Epistle/Gradual/Gospel area since they’re all pretty much back to back.
 
I find it helpful to read through the Propers of the Day, in both English and Latin, before Mass begins.

Angelus.
 
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