How do I use the Roman Daily Missal?

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I’m blessed to have both a 1962 daily roman missal for Latin Tridentine masses and a1970 daily roman missal for NO masses. The problem is that I don’t know how to use either of them, but I would really like to learn. Will someone please explain it to me, i.e. where to put the ribbons, etc. I’ve read a few posts on here already about (solely about using the 1962 missal, however), but to be honest I just couldn’t figure out what was being said… I’m not usually so dense, but I guess about this I am. Thanks for your help!
 
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I’m blessed to have both a 1962 daily roman missal for Latin Tridentine masses and a1970 daily roman missal for NO masses. The problem is that I don’t know how to use either of them, but I would really like to learn. Will someone please explain it to me, i.e. where to put the ribbons, etc. I’ve read a few posts on here already about (solely about using the 1962 missal, however), but to be honest I just couldn’t figure out what was being said… I’m not usually so dense, but I guess about this I am. Thanks for your help!
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How do you want to use the missals? Do you want to say the prayers and read the readings for each day?
 
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I’d like to be able to read along at mass as well as beforehand.
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This may not sound like the most helpful answer but is there someone at church who could show you? It would be easier for someone to show you than to write a description on here. You’d probably ‘learn’ better if you were shown. If you do not feel able to do that please post back. I could help you with the OF Missal but not the EF one.
 
Dear Oakland,

I mark my missal as follows:

-one ribbon at “Prayers before Mass”
-one ribbon at “Prayers at the foot of the altar” (the start of mass)
-one ribbon at the “propers of the day” (eg, whatever mass is being said-generally follows the calendar, but sometimes the priest will say a votive mass or something else and he should announce it before hand. This occasionally requires more than one ribbon, but let’s keep it simple.)
-one ribbon at certain devotional prayers I like to say.

To learn more you might be interested in:

sanctamissa.org/en/

If you have a little extra money, or know of someone who can sponsor you, you might try:

sanctamissa.org/workshops/for-laity/overview.html
 
You might consider just following the priest through the Ordinary of the Mass to get used to what he does and says and when, especially for the EF, then proceed to add the Proper Mass parts. The constant flipping back and forth can be confusing and cause you to get wrapped up in the logistics rather than the spiritual of the Mass.
 
The missal should have a few ribbons to use, because there’s a little back and forth involved.

Use one missal for the ordinary of the Mass, another for the readings for the Mass of the day (or of the occasion: wedding, funeral, &c), and another for the preface of the Mass of the day.

It seems complicated but it’s simple, really. You’ll get the hang of it in no time.

For my part, I don’t even use one unless I’m attending a Latin liturgy. Even then, I actually prefer to just watch and listen.
 
oakland said:
Will someone please explain it to me, i.e. where to put the ribbons, etc.
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You will figure out how to use the ribbons over time, okay? There is more than one way to use them, depending on your preferences and expertise.

I’m assuming you have a typical missal, one that has the Order of Mass in the middle of the book, the Proper of Seasons (a.k.a. Proper of Time) preceding it, the Proper of Saints following it. The reason for this is purely physical: it’s the most natural place for a book to open and it reduces wear and tear on the spine. In normal use, you will have the book open in the middle for the stuff that is the same for every Mass no matter what the day, and then you will be flipping back and forth to either the Proper of Seasons or the Proper of Saints for the stuff that is specific to whatever particular holiday or saint’s day it is.

Put the first ribbon at the 16th Sunday After Pentecost, and then next week move it to the 17 SAP. This will be your marker for the Proper of Seasons and for nothing else, so that you can flip back and forth to the specific stuff for that holiday or Sunday.

Put the second ribbon at the Order of Mass. This will be your placeholder for the Order of Mass and for nothing else, so you can come back to your place in the Mass after taking detours to the specific stuff from the Proper of Seasons or Proper of Saints.

Put the third ribbon at August 26, St Zephyrinus, because that’s today. Tomorrow move it to August 27, St Joseph Calasanctius (Calasanz). This will be your marker for the Proper of Saints and for nothing else, so that you can flip back and forth to the specific stuff for that day’s saint.

Put the fourth and fifth ribbons at prayers you like to say. For example I have one at Thanksgiving After Mass, which in my missal is part of a collection of various prayers and devotions that have been put after the Proper of Saints (although some missals put this stuff right after after the Order of Mass). The fifth I put at the Examination of Conscience for confession so I don’t have to fumble with it while I’m in line.

Now a note for today’s Mass, St Zephyrinus. The specifics for his day are the standard set for most saints who were popes, the Common Of One Or Several Holy Popes “Si Diligis Me”, which is found at the start of the Proper of Saints. So, pull Ribbon ***5 ***out of the Examination of Conscience since you won’t need it during Mass, and just for this Mass put it in the Common of Popes. Leave Ribbon 3 at St Z, because after mass you will be moving it to St J C for tomorrow.

Trivia: there are usually 5 ribbons, one for each liturgical color! This by coincidence is the most useful number of ribbons for a missal.
 
Hummm…stick the stick in the ground…point it to the sky

…and light the fuse?

(and run back a bit)

😃
 
I’m going to make a couple of assumptions here. 1) You’re Catholic, 2) You’ve been to enough Masses to know the Sign of the Cross, the ‘And also with you’, the Confiteor, and the Lord have mercy. I am not being facetious or sarcastic, really! :):)🙂
This is how I have my OF missal set up: 1st ribbon at the Gloria (okay, I admit, I don’t have it memorized). I also have a cheat sheet at the Creed. I have a ribbon at the prefaces (though I never use it… I just like to listen). I have a Holy Card inserted at the Eucharistic Prayer I. The next ribbon is at the day I next expect to go to Mass (22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time). The next ribbon marks the Proper of Saints (right now it’s at Aug. 27, the Memorial of St. Monica). Next, I mark the section in my missal (Daily Roman Missal published by Our Sunday Visitor) entitled ‘How to be a better Catholic’. My last ribbon marks the Prayers before Mass.
Now, how do I use it? I like to get to the church early enough to read the readings for that Mass (sometimes the day before). I pray the prayers before Mass. I read about the saint for that day. Then I read along with the readings during the Mass. I also read the ‘How to’ section to remind myself how to.
I’m sure others use their missals more extensively, but that’s my method. I hope that helps you.
 
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