What Magnificat is publishing is not a personal Missal. It is the Missal that is used at the altar. While most publisher have two sizes, ritual/altar edition and chapel edition, both are still for use by the presider. I do not know of any publisher that has advertised personal missals yet. Magnificat of course will have the revised texts in their monthly publication. If would be very awkward to carry a chapel edition missal to mass as it is, if I recall, over 1700 pages and will be quite heavy. It is also expensive. We joke around the parish that altar servers will now have to add weight training in addition to learning how to serve. Also the Missal is designed for the presider so it can be confusing with so many page turns. It also has a lot of stuff that us in the assembly really do not need.
every Catholic publisher that offers missals, missalettes, aids to Mass, textbooks and liturgical books has new permanent and annual missals and a wealth of aids for families, parishes, individuals, CCD programs etc. for education and preparation. Some of the best are laminated pew cards which are for parishes that already use a hardbound pew book and cannot afford to replace them all at once. start with the bishop’s website and go from there. If you regularly buy from any Catholic publisher you will probably be inundated with promotional emails from now on in. I know I am.
Eventually the rites will have to be revised to coincide with the Missal. They are working on that.
Probably none. I don’t even have the current missel. I do subscribe to Magnificat magazines, and that has the daily texts, prayers, and so on
CBP actually ranked very low on my list. Insofar as affordability goes, I think even the Magnificat has it beat. The altar edition is priced at $99, if you order before October, and the Chapel edition is at $79. I am ordering the Chapel Edition for my parochial vicar.
My review was mostly geared towards parishes. Furthermore, Liturigiam Authenticam did spell out some parameters, actually reiterating those set forth by Sacrosanctum Concilium. Now that we have a new Roman Missal, not only is the Church concerned about the quality of the text, but, of the book itself.
Fair enough. Thanks!
CORRECTION: The altar edition of the Magnificat Roman Missal is set at $169( if ordered by October). It is bonded with Spanish leather and looks magnificent.
You would not want to purchase an altar version. First is the expense. Second it the weight. WIth over 1700 pages it is going to be quite hefty. Third, it has a lot of page turning back and forth which the average person would find confusing (even some priests I know find it confusing). Third, the missalette in the pew or a personal version or throw away publication has all that you need and its a lot cheaper and lighter. I don’t use one at all and am in the process of memorizing the prayers so I won’t need one come Nov 27 either.
I love the idea of having my person missal. I use it quite frequently during the week to do lectio divina with the readings or the Mass prayers.