Looking for small daily mass book to bring to Mass

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puzzleannie said:
I would hold off on buying any permanent Sunday missal until the publishers get all the newest changes in.
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Are you referring to the new wording?? Won’t that be interesting.Then we’ll have all sorts of nit picking going on… :hypno: :hypno: :hypno:
 
Miss_Echo said:
To put in my two cents… I’ve been using Living With Christ and absolutely love it - I recommend it highly! I haven’t tried Magnificat but thanks to all of you who recommended it - I sent away for the sample issue. (Never hurts to shop around, right?)

I also wanted to mention… sometimes, even if I have the readings with me, I don’t follow along but rather just *listen *as they’re read. (The notable exception is during the psalms and antiphons where you really do need the missal if you want to keep up…) I find that sometimes I’m able to focus better that way and get at the heart of the message more than when I’m reading along. Am I the only one?
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I also like Living With Christ. I gave Magnificat a test run last summer, but ended up re-subscribing to Living With Christ for the next 3 years.

I also have a “Shorter Christian Prayer” volume which has Morning and Evening prayer, so that “need” is satisfied.

For meditations - I recommend stmonicaparishindy.org for weekday email subscriptions.

As far as reading along vs listening - I find that I often read when our lay ministers are reading, since some of the words are mispronounced or stumbled over or the Cajun accent catches on a few things. When Father proclaims the gospel, I almost always find myself listening. You almost feel as if you are “there”. His inflection and expression really help you to “get it” as you are listening.
 
acadian said:
I also like Living With Christ. I gave Magnificat a test run last summer, but ended up re-subscribing to Living With Christ for the next 3 years.

I also have a “Shorter Christian Prayer” volume which has Morning and Evening prayer, so that “need” is satisfied.

For meditations - I recommend stmonicaparishindy.org for weekday email subscriptions.

As far as reading along vs listening - I find that I often read when our lay ministers are reading, since some of the words are mispronounced or stumbled over or the Cajun accent catches on a few things. When Father proclaims the gospel, I almost always find myself listening. You almost feel as if you are “there”. His inflection and expression really help you to “get it” as you are listening.
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Thanks for the (name removed by moderator)ut, Acadian! 😉

I completely agree about the readings… some people certainly do a better job than others, and get the feeling across as well as the words. (And about the accents as well! Er… Cajun and Aramaic/Hebrew/Greek/Latin don’t always jive, do they?! LOL)
 
So, my dh says last night…‘why not just buy a new ink cartridge for our printer, and print the Sunday mass readings?’ :ehh:

Since we’re almost to the end of the year…well, 5 months left really…maybe I should just do that. I didn’t check Mary Foundation yet…but, thanks to all who recommended Magnificat…I am going to subscribe either way. I’m glad I asked the question, I might never have known about such a site as that.
 
I thought I’d update you all on my mass reading booklet search–I can’t believe I missed this, and perhaps some of you told me this about wau.org. I read the daily mass readings online from this site, but today, I noticed off to the right hand side of the page…‘Abide in My Word’ mass reading booklet for 2009.

I’m so excited! It’s exactly what I’m looking for and under $20…yippeee!!:extrahappy: :clapping:

It’s the little things that make me happy.🙂
 
I would like to follow along, and my kids like to follow along, as well.

**Better you should listen attentively as the Scriptures are proclaimed, rather than sticking your nose in a book.

This is a liturgical action as well.**
 
I carry the Magnificat with me to Mass and it fits in my small purse. I think the cover is beautiful so I didn’t buy the leather cover - I purchased the clear plastic (much less expensive, also) and it protects the book and lets the beautiful art cover show.

And you get a new book each month.

I also use this book to pray along when I watch EWTN’s Daily Mass.

The Magnificat also has Evening, Night and Morning prayers.

I would be lost without it.

:blessyou:
 
bpbasilphx said:
I would like to follow along, and my kids like to follow along, as well.

**Better you should listen attentively as the Scriptures are proclaimed, rather than sticking your nose in a book.

This is a liturgical action as well.**
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Um, thanks.:rolleyes:
 
mullenpm said:
I carry the Magnificat with me to Mass and it fits in my small purse. I think the cover is beautiful so I didn’t buy the leather cover - I purchased the clear plastic (much less expensive, also) and it protects the book and lets the beautiful art cover show.

And you get a new book each month.

I also use this book to pray along when I watch EWTN’s Daily Mass.

The Magnificat also has Evening, Night and Morning prayers.

I would be lost without it.

:blessyou:
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**yes, this has been praised very much in this thread…thanks for your vote, too!🙂 **
 
I know I should be listening to the proclamation of the readings, rather than sticking my nose in a book but when you are hard of hearing, there is a bad sound system, or readers are not speaking their native language, it is sometimes very hard to hear and understand, so a printed aid is a great help. When it is something like Word Among Us or Magnificat or Living Word that also offers order of the Mass, daily prayer and meditation, spiritual reading articles, saints etc. that is a bonus and well worth the investment.
 
puzzleannie said:
I know I should be listening to the proclamation of the readings, rather than sticking my nose in a book but when you are hard of hearing, there is a bad sound system, or readers are not speaking their native language, it is sometimes very hard to hear and understand, so a printed aid is a great help. When it is something like Word Among Us or Magnificat or Living Word that also offers order of the Mass, daily prayer and meditation, spiritual reading articles, saints etc. that is a bonus and well worth the investment.
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So true…many times, I really cannot make out what the lectors are saying. Even the priests at times have their mouths too close to the microphone, and it’s all a blur. I catch phrases, bits of sentences, but my kids don’t know the Bible by heart…neither do most…neither do I! I want to be able to understand and digest the reading, alongside who is reading it…and a booklet will help. Thanks for your comment.
 
Excuse me, but I don’t consider following along with my Missal to be “sticking my nose in a book.”

Some readers do not speak out when reading and appear to be reading only to themselves (even using a microphone); some Priests also do not articulate clearly and it is difficult to know what they are saying. When I follow the readings with my Missal I am better able to know exactly what the Good Lord is trying to tell us.

I see no disrespect or lack of piety by using a Missal at Mass and I don’t understand this “holier than thou” attitude from people who feel that use of a Missal is somehow less than attentive at Mass.:amen:
 
20 years ago we always took the Missalettes, a lot of people did. I think they did go by month and had some hymns in them. Now there’s a book that has hymns and readings but no Mass walk through. I printed out a walk through I found online but still need to know where the gestures are exactly. Please don’t tell me to look because I can’t quite see what everyone is doing/ cataract… lighting, things look hazy. :eek: I know it’s not a big thing when I goof but I want to know where everything should be. When did they stop using Missalettes or is that just happening locally or just a few Churches? Once I have income again I’m sure I will be buying a Mass book if there is such a thing. I think things like that were in the first communion book but I don’t remember for sure!
 
Roza said:
20 years ago we always took the Missalettes, a lot of people did. I think they did go by month and had some hymns in them. Now there’s a book that has hymns and readings but no Mass walk through. I printed out a walk through I found online but still need to know where the gestures are exactly. Please don’t tell me to look because I can’t quite see what everyone is doing/ cataract… lighting, things look hazy. :eek: I know it’s not a big thing when I goof but I want to know where everything should be. When did they stop using Missalettes or is that just happening locally or just a few Churches? Once I have income again I’m sure I will be buying a Mass book if there is such a thing. I think things like that were in the first communion book but I don’t remember for sure!
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Some churches have them and some don’t. We have Missalettes in every pew at my church. I use my own typically though.
 
nicolep said:
Some churches have them and some don’t. We have Missalettes in every pew at my church. I use my own typically though.
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Yes–I miss these in my new parish. They were common in PA, but in FL, they seem to be non existent. We visited two other churches in addition to this one, before choosing it as our resident parish–and no parish seems to have mass readings anymore. It lists what is to be read (passage chapter, etc) but the reading itself is not provided.🤷 Maybe it’s a funding issue, but the parish we belong to here clears over a million dollars yearly, and the small parish I went to in PA, barely grossed $300k. So…I dunno?
 
bpbasilphx said:
**Better you should listen attentively as the Scriptures are proclaimed, rather than sticking your nose in a book.

This is a liturgical action as well.**
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:rolleyes:

Because it is not possible to both listen attentively and follow along in a Missal, right?

James
 
whatevergirl said:
Yes–I miss these in my new parish. They were common in PA, but in FL, they seem to be non existent. . . . Maybe it’s a funding issue, but the parish we belong to here clears over a million dollars yearly, and the small parish I went to in PA, barely grossed $300k. So…I dunno?
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it is in parishes we have visited not money but the mentality reported by another poster, yes, we are supposed to listen to the readings proclaimed, rather than reading them from a book, and many parishes have eliminated missalettes for this reason. but as I and others have pointed out, it is an act of charity to those who cannot follow the spoken readings, as well as for visitors, new Catholics, and those not as familiar with the order of the Mass, to have missalettes available. of course OP was asking about daily readings, which are not in the typical pew missalette.
 
I have used magnificat for several years. I like the print it is very clear and nice and small. I pray the Liturgy of the Hours from the 4 volume official texts. One of the reasons I liked the magnificat rather that having a full daily missal is because if I had a full daily missal then I would have two huge books to carry around, one for LOTH and one for Mass. I really only use the mass texts from the magnificat though and since I use the LOTH I wish there was a version of the magnificat that didn’t have the unofficial trimmed down Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer. Or alternatively if there was a version of Magnificat that had the official texts for MP and EP that would be great too.

Basically I am hoping to find whatever will allow me to carry around as little as possible and have the texts for daily mass and the official texts for the LOTH.

Any suggestions?

I was looking at “the Word among us” and it gives two versions of their publication. One without the scripture texts and one with the daily mass readings as a “supplement.” Does anyone have this publication? Can you tell me is the scripture readings an actual seperate booklet? This might be good for me. I could leave the rest of the publication at home and just have the mass texts.

Any suggestions?
 
whatevergirl said:
For some reason, the parish I belong to, does not have the mass readings available within the misselettes. (that bugs me!) (they just have a snippit of the reading) I would like to follow along, and my kids like to follow along, as well. Sometimes, it is hard to hear the lector, for a variety of reasons, and this would be especially helpful for my family and me.

I see people carrying small daily mass reading books at mass…can you recommend any? I checked amazon and EWTN calatog, and can’t find anything.

Your help is appreciated. 🙂 Thanks!
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Try the paperback St. Joseph Sunday Missal from Catholic Book Publishing (www.catholicbookpublishing.com/) They’re only $2 (yep, two dollars) They’re the size of a small paperback book.

I think that’s what some of the other posters might be referring to. If you can’t find it in a local store, you can order it directly from their website. Given the cost, you can probably order one for each family member. Since you have children, you might want to even order a few extras, in case they lose them or somehow ruin them throughout the year (kids will be kids afterall!)

PS, the “year” of the book refers to the liturgical year, and not the calendar year, so the 2009 version takes effect with the first Sunday of Advent, not Jan 1 09.
 
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