iMissal?

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Hello all. Recently, I purchased an iPad to ease my college experience (18 credit hours, a Classics major on the teaching track with a dual minor in Philosophy and Comm Studies - I need as little weight as possible, as Classics and Philosophy are rather text-heavy and Comm Studies rather tech-heavy at my university). I discovered on the app store an “iMissal” - which contains everything a normal missal does, except it is digital.

My question is this: would such an app be appropriate for use at Mass by a layman, or would the usage of such cause undue scandal? I do not see much use for a missal if it goes unused for its purpose.

Also, would it be appropriate to get my iPad blessed by a priest? It contains currently two Bibles, many spiritual works, a virtual rosary, and an examination of conscience (along with a few text books and a Latin literature/grammar/dictionary omnibus). A computer was the primary material cause of much of my personal sin - now there is a computation device with the potential to help correct that.

Thank you.
 
I have iMissal on my android phone. I use it whenever I attend mass in the ordinary form (by necessity, my TDL parish doesn’t have an evening mass I can get to)… I get some looks from folks but otherwise, There’s nothing wrong with it.

I get great use out of the prayers tab in that program. Wherever I have my phone, I have my common prayer book with me!
 
…not so sure about the blessing… I’m guessing no but you will def. need to talk to your priest!
 
I could see using the app when you can’t get to mass (when you are overloaded with tasks or sick) but I can’t see using it when you are actually at mass. I would suggest asking your pastor about the canon law implications.🙂

Karen
 
I cannot see a difference between using a paper copy of the Missal and a digital one. Welcome to the 21st Century, folks! 👍
 
MusicMan said:
I cannot see a difference between using a paper copy of the Missal and a digital one. Welcome to the 21st Century, folks! 👍
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exactly! I’ve heard the Fr’s on the Catholic Underground discuss using it and the ibreviary.

I get a look from time to time myself, I just kinda show the person its the missal, not playing angry birds during the Gospel or anything… and then all is well.
 
Thank you all - I will certainly speak to my pastor before using it, however - and to see if it can be blessed. There are two hours between the morning Masses, and I think I should be able to catch him either after the first Mass so I can know before the Mass I usually attend or immediately after the second Mass, as he speaks briefly with the parishioners as they exit the church.

Thank you!
 
Strictly speaking, you do not need the permission of anyone to use it at Mass. I have seen people “scandalised” that someone was using his android phone or electronic diary at Mass in some cases. In my third world country, it has become quite a common phenomenon in some places… though some still think that so and so is always playing with his phone during Mass… As someone says in a post above, welcome to the 21st Century.
 
Yesterday I spoke with my pastor, who, because of the older age average Of the parishioners and uncommon-ness of an electronic missal, advised me not use it at Mass. He did say that the question of blessing a computer was an interesting one and will try to find if there is anything written on the matter.
 
Interesting. I had my iPad blessed because I have more than the iMissal app on it, my Priest gladly blessed it btw. I have yet to use it at Mass because I do subscribe to Magnificat, I do use it in Adoration.
 
A priest at a local parish loves his iPad-- and uses it for quite a few different aspects of his daily life. I have yet to see him use it during mass, but I do not think he would have a problem with a parishioner using an electronic missal. I wish they had it on the Kindle, I’d get one in a heartbeat!
 
A friend of mine is going blind from macular degeneration, and the enlarged print on her Samsung pad (I don’t know if it’s specifically an iMissal or not) is the only way she can follow the readings. Go ahead and use it.
 
I see the OP has gotten an answer from his pastor.

It’s the same situation at our parish. I haven’t used mine during Mass…there are other options, but I love it during Adoration.

Three of my favorite aps are iPieta…best $3 I ever spent…works of the church fathers, prayers, papal encyclicals…so much; iBreviary, which has daily Mass readings and the Liturgy of the Hours; and Notes+ To Do, which is a password protected daybook/journal. I have a tab labeled “spiritual” and I often journal there during Adoration.
 
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