Question on using the Missalettes in the Extraordinary Form

[Bill6]

Greetings in Christ, I cannot go to Mass due to the current pandemic, so I’ve begun to watch The Tridentine Mass each Sunday. This is my first experience with this Mass and I really love it. I am using the booklet with the Latin on one side and the vernacular on the other side. Just a few questions:

1. I have heard that after the Preface of the Roman Cannon is said/sung that we should not use the booklets (or limit their use) and silently follow the priest until at least the PostCommunion. Should I do that, or is it okay to use the Missalettes for the whole Mass, even during the consecration?
2. I decided to read the Mass for this Sunday and not use a Missalette this Sunday and instead just watch the Mass. Is that a good idea?

Thank you all.
God bless you and Mary keep you.

 

[MockSock]

I have heard that after the Preface of the Roman Cannon is said/sung that we should not use the booklets (or limit their use) and silently follow the priest until at least the PostCommunion. Should I do that, or is it okay to use the Missalettes for the whole Mass, even during the consecration?

I use my Missal all the way through. I don’t think there’s a way you should or shouldn’t do it, but I could be wrong.

I mean, there is insofar as you shouldn’t read the wrong proper or read the wrong bits.

 

[Fauken]

I decided to read the Mass for this Sunday and not use a Missalette this Sunday and instead just watch the Mass. Is that a good idea?

I’m not sure what you mean by this. Can you elaborate on this a little more?

 

[Penitent60]

Because it is all new…just watch and learn that way. I use my missal to pray the Mass with the priest (if you believe he is the shepherd and you are his flock). Afterall the priest is a flawed man and needs all the help he can get same as you. By following the Mass with the missal I am less likely to be distracted by external things. Currently the online Mass I follow is giving little homilies daily and reading the Epistle and Gospel in English as an encouragement during this time. This is not commonly done so , so again the missal is invaluable. During normal times ie without a plague , a sermon and the readings are for Sundays and possibly a first class feast or school mass etc.

 

[Bill6]

Thank you for responding. I meant that I was considering not using the missalette so I could stay totally focused on the altar.

 

[phil19034]

I read the entire missal. But sometimes I skip reading the parts during the Priest’s communion. But most times, I read/pray everything.

Regardless what anyone (who isn’t a priest) tells you, there is no instructions for the laity regarding missal readings.

 

[phil19034]

Because it is all new…just watch and learn that way.

This is true too… @Bill6 because you are new to the Latin mass, the person who told you this may have been implying that its a good idea of you to watch the movements of the priest a bit first.

But once you are totally familiar with the Latin Mass, there is no reason why you cannot pray the whole mass.

God Bless