How Many Of You Use A Missal or Missalette?

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I used to be a corporate trainer and in the training classes I attended after joining the department we were taught that there were three styles of learning – visual, auditory and kinesthetic/tactile. Most people have a combination of styles, with an emphasis on one particular style. I myself am a visual & kinesthetic learner with an emphasis on kinesthetic. If I’ve driven someplace once I will never forget how to get there again or how to find my way back to where I started. But I have a very difficult time with any kind of auditory instruction that is not supported by a visual element. My hearing is just fine, it just tends to go in one ear and out the other if I have to sit and listen for too long (though I’m fine in short bursts). I find the Missal indispensible at Mass for this reason. If I want to comprehend what is being said, I need to read it.

Here’s a very simple guide to the different learning styles which you might find interesting: chaminade.org/inspire/learnstl.htm
 
I don"t use one because we are supposed to be listening to the Word of God not reading along. When Jesus preached he didnt hand out scripts.
 
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OurBlessed:
I don"t use one because we are supposed to be listening to the Word of God not reading along. When Jesus preached he didnt hand out scripts.
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When Jesus preached He didn’t have to read from the bible either. He spoke off the cuff. Maybe we should throw the lectionaries and the gospels away and let our priests recite from memory.

It’s amazing to me how even the most seemingly innocuous threads generate “I’m a better Catholic than you” oneupmanship. How much sadder can we get?
 
I use the Magnificat. I really like this book, it has all the
readings for Mass and evening and morning prayers, meditations,
information on feast days. I read it daily.:yup:
 
My parish, St. Bede the Venerable in Holland, Pennsylvania (Bucks County), has missalettes in the pews as well as children’s liturgy booklets. I use it basically up until the Creed. I like to follow along because I find it helps keep me focused on those days when I seem to be less focused. Also, there are more times in the beginning of the Mass when the responses vary week to week, so you need something to know how to respond. I always use the Music issue because “when you sing, you pray twice,” and I really enjoy praising God through music.

While I can see that it could be disturbing to the Reader to see everyone’s heads bowed and reading rather than looking and focusing on the Reader, the important thing is that people are being exposed to the readings, however is best for them. A reading is different from a speech.

By the way, thanks for the tip on the Magnificat. I went to the website and ordered a complementary copy to take a look at.
 
I have found my St. Andrew Daily Missal (from St. Bonaventure Publications), a reprint from 1945, to be extremely informative, and I use this Missal as a general learning tool. The Scripture readings from the traditional liturgy are the most critical passages, and have centuries of logic behind them; each mass in either the proper of saints or of seasons is thoroughly introduced and in almost every case there is a selection of pertinent quotes from various doctors and fathers of the Church. The prayers are very beautiful, and of course it is in Latin and English. I read this book while I still went to the Novus Ordo rite of mass, simply because it was a user-friendly compendium of important Church knowledge. I think this missal or one like it should be in every Catholic’s home library.
 
I am a convert, so I am used to useing them to help get thru the Mass. I have been trying to see if we could get they in electronic form. But the costs are heavy.
 
I have my own. I bought the two St. Joseph volumes for weekdays and the one for Sundays. I prefer them to the ones in church. They are very informative as they have commentary in them, plus I can place bookmark and prayers where I need them. I would definitely recommend them. You need to buy updated verstions about every 10 years or so, but they are worth it. Especially on weekdays. I can follow better and understand readings I am not very familiar with if I can read it ahead of time, and then follow along.

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Heh. I know the rosary by heart, but when I once had to lead a decade out loud I completely forget the words to the Our Father after “hallowed be thy name.” I’ve never lead a decade out loud since without a little Rosary notecard in front of me. I think it must have been performance pressure.
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The same thing happened to me, but it was at an RCIA class. So embarrassing, for sure.
 
Well, as a in-the-process convert attending RCIA, I like to use the Missalette, especially for some of the longer things like the Niciean Creed, ect. For the readings, luckily the previous bulletins have the readings for the week, so one should be prepared. (Also helps that our Sunday morning RCIA classes use the readings for that Sunday’s Mass, so we are already prepared and can just listen to the readings)
 
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I don"t use one because we are supposed to be listening to the Word of God not reading along. When Jesus preached he didnt hand out scripts.
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Since when is the Bible or our Catholic liturgy considered “a script”? Why do most churches put missalettes in the pews if we’re not supposed to use them? THE WORD is THE WORD, whether written or spoken. Our priest often asks us to open the missalette during his homily so we can refer to what he is speaking about.

Tricia Frances
 
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Good idea. I’ve never seen a priest do this, but Protestant pastors do it routinely, only they ask people to open their Bibles to various passages. Same thing, and it works…Seeing and hearing tends to imprint things on our brains…
 
even do iam fluent in english iam used to the mass in spanish so i use the missal for guidance. god bless you all
 
I read the readings before Mass in my Roman Missal. I don’t use the Missal at Mass but instead prefer to listen to the reader. I read the various prayers before and after Mass that are at the end of the Missal. (My particular favorite is Thomas Aquinas’ Adoro Te Devote.)

I print daily and Sunday readings off from the USCCB site for my husband.
 
There are no missalettes in my Church. All of the songs are printed in a pamphlet that is specifically printed for each Sunday. There is no need for a misal or misallette unless someone wants to follow the readings, in which case they would have to bring their own MIssal.
 
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UMM… i don’t follow in the missal because i prefer to listen to the readings rather than follow, i tend to *intake *most of his word when i listen. I’m the team captain of the altar servers at my parish and am training them to listen to the word and to listen period. lol:rotfl:
Unless you are deaf, i advice you to *listen *to the word not follow in the missal.😃 😉
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You are intitled to do whichever is going to help you pay attention. Some of us need to read as we hear so that our minds don’t wander. Some can listen and hear everything.
That’s what is so nice about Gods creation, we’re all different. THere is no right way or wrong way (in this case) good way or bad way. Everybody’s different.
 
I own the St Joseph missals for Sunday and Weekday masses. They provide me with the readings and commentary for the Masses as well as have some really good prayers in them. Right now I only have 2 of the 3 (Sunday Missal and Weekday - Advent to Pentecost). I will need to get the third before Pentecost.
 
I like to bring my bible and read from it instead. If I prepare ahead of time I do not need the missalette. If I don’t prepare though - I do use the Missalette.
 
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