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Andrea39
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I have just purchased a daily missal (1962) and I am very confused. Could someone please help me with information on how to use it?
Thank you so much in advance.
Thank you so much in advance.
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AlbertDerGrosse
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Have you owned a hand missal of any kind before, including for the Ordinary Form?
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Andrea39
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No, unfortunately I have not. I have had my missal for several weeks and, frustrated, I look at and put it away. Thank you!
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AlbertDerGrosse
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The 1962 Roman Missal is organized pretty much like every other missal. There are three main sections and appendices in both the front and back. The three main sections are: (1) the Proper of Seasons, (2) the Ordinary, and (3) the Proper of Saints, usually in that order.
The Propers (both of Seasons and of Saints) tell you the parts of the Mass that change relative to the day. The Ordinary is the skeleton of the Mass that mostly remains the same day in and day out. The Proper of Seasons deals with the celebrations of the Church that are moveable feasts (i.e. they are not fixed on the 365-day solar calendar). They correspond to Christmas, Easter, and all the celebrations that are calculated relative to them (e.g. Advent, Pentecost, Corpus Christi, Ordinary Time, Weeks of Easter, etc.). The Proper of Saints deals with, as you likely guessed, Saints days (i.e. days fixed on the calendar).
So, we got all the movable stuff in the front (Proper of Seasons), the skeleton of the Mass in the middle (the Ordinary), and all the stuff fixed to calendar dates in the back.
If you’re attempting to follow along every single word of the liturgy you’d place (at least) one ribbon in the Propers currently celebrated, and (at least) one in the Ordinary. As you’re following along in the Ordinary and come across a proper part of the Mass (e.g. the Epistle, or the Gospel), you’d replace the bookmark where you’re at in the Ordinary and flip to the ribbon marking the Propers.
The Propers (both of Seasons and of Saints) tell you the parts of the Mass that change relative to the day. The Ordinary is the skeleton of the Mass that mostly remains the same day in and day out. The Proper of Seasons deals with the celebrations of the Church that are moveable feasts (i.e. they are not fixed on the 365-day solar calendar). They correspond to Christmas, Easter, and all the celebrations that are calculated relative to them (e.g. Advent, Pentecost, Corpus Christi, Ordinary Time, Weeks of Easter, etc.). The Proper of Saints deals with, as you likely guessed, Saints days (i.e. days fixed on the calendar).
So, we got all the movable stuff in the front (Proper of Seasons), the skeleton of the Mass in the middle (the Ordinary), and all the stuff fixed to calendar dates in the back.
If you’re attempting to follow along every single word of the liturgy you’d place (at least) one ribbon in the Propers currently celebrated, and (at least) one in the Ordinary. As you’re following along in the Ordinary and come across a proper part of the Mass (e.g. the Epistle, or the Gospel), you’d replace the bookmark where you’re at in the Ordinary and flip to the ribbon marking the Propers.
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AlbertDerGrosse
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I forgot to mention the “Commons”.
The Commons are found in the middle between the Ordinary and the Proper of Saints. These are also propers but they are generic ones for various groups of Saints. These will be divided into sections like “Common of Martyrs”, “Common of Virgins”, or “Common of Confessors”. The Commons save space in the Missal. They aren’t repeated in their respective positions on various Saints days in the Proper of Saints, rather the appropriate section in the Proper of Saints will refer to the Commons. For example, looking up über obscrube “St. Culthbald of Penster, Bishop” in the Proper of Saints will render something like “refer to Mass: Jubilate Deo of a Confessor p.###” which would be in the “Common of Confessors”.
(I completely made up that example.)
The Commons are found in the middle between the Ordinary and the Proper of Saints. These are also propers but they are generic ones for various groups of Saints. These will be divided into sections like “Common of Martyrs”, “Common of Virgins”, or “Common of Confessors”. The Commons save space in the Missal. They aren’t repeated in their respective positions on various Saints days in the Proper of Saints, rather the appropriate section in the Proper of Saints will refer to the Commons. For example, looking up über obscrube “St. Culthbald of Penster, Bishop” in the Proper of Saints will render something like “refer to Mass: Jubilate Deo of a Confessor p.###” which would be in the “Common of Confessors”.
(I completely made up that example.)
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BridgetN
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I use an old St. Andrews Missal, and it works great, is your Missal old too, you can ask me about using it, and I’ll try to help you.
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Andrea39
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Thank you, Albert! I took notes on your information, studied my missal, marked my ribbons, and I am all set now. Thank you so much for taking the time to answer me. I am very grateful to you.
Andréa
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Andrea39
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Thank you, Bridget, for your willingness to help me. Mine is a new missal and I was totally overwhelmed by it.
Albert sent me great information — very well organized (He may be an excellent teacher by profession) and I may be ready for a mass! I’ll be testing my knowledge next week when we have mass.
Thank you again!
Andréa
Albert sent me great information — very well organized (He may be an excellent teacher by profession) and I may be ready for a mass! I’ll be testing my knowledge next week when we have mass.
Thank you again!
Andréa
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AlbertDerGrosse
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I’m glad to have been of service!
May I ask, have you been to the EF before, and if so how comfortable with it are you even without a hand missal?
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Andrea39
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Albert, what does EF mean? Sorry, I’m not very well versed in the subject. Thank you. Andréa
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AlbertDerGrosse
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EF stands for ‘Extraordinary Form’. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI first coined the terms ‘Extraordinary Form’ (EF) and ‘Ordinary Form’ (OF) to speak of the two currently licit forms of the Roman Mass. The Ordinary Form corresponds to the Mass of Paul VI of 1970 (i.e. the current, “New Mass”) and the Extraordinary Form corresponds to the Mass of John XXIII of 1962 (i.e. the “Latin Mass”).
I was asking if you’ve been to the Latin Mass before, and if so how comfortable with it you are. Usually people wait to fork out $80 for a nice hand missal until they’re sort of used to the liturgy already and are certain they’ll be sticking with it. If the EF is entirely alien to you trying to follow along with a hand missal probably isn’t the best idea. You’re guaranteed to get lost and frustrated flipping back and forth. A lot of parishes that offer the EF also have small mass booklets that are significantly easier to follow along with without the flipping. They also tend to print out the Propers of the Mass being celebrated just like the “Mass programs” in the OF.
I was asking if you’ve been to the Latin Mass before, and if so how comfortable with it you are. Usually people wait to fork out $80 for a nice hand missal until they’re sort of used to the liturgy already and are certain they’ll be sticking with it. If the EF is entirely alien to you trying to follow along with a hand missal probably isn’t the best idea. You’re guaranteed to get lost and frustrated flipping back and forth. A lot of parishes that offer the EF also have small mass booklets that are significantly easier to follow along with without the flipping. They also tend to print out the Propers of the Mass being celebrated just like the “Mass programs” in the OF.
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Augustinian
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Are there are lot of 2nd hand missals around for the people to buy? High quality , bible-quality paper, should last for a hundred years or more, no?
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AlbertDerGrosse
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The Baronius Press hand missal, however, only came out with Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum meaning the oldest Baronius Press missal in circulation is about 10 years old. As you say they last for generations so I’d imagine there are very few of them being sold second hand. In any case, I was off by $20: Daily Missal (1962) - Daily Missal for use with the Traditional Latin Mass (Tridentine Rite)
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