Spanish Liturgical Books for use in Mexico

[benedictgal]

I was at the local church goods store and was browsing through the liturgical books section. I noticed that in the Spanish-language section, the Roman Missal has been divided into two books, the Book of the Chair (the English version of which we use here in the United States) and an altar book. I leafed through the altar book and found that it had the EPs and such, but it did not have the offetory prayers, only the post-Communion prayers. Does anyone know why such a book would exist? Would it have not been more feasible to just use the Roman Missal? I asked the manager and she did not know why. I called a priest friend of mine who’s from Mexico and he didn’t know the answer either.

Now, just for clarification, we use the Spanish-language liturgical books (Roman Missal, Lectionary and Book of the Gospels) that are approved for use in Mexico (hence the title of this thread).

 

[benedictgal]

I went back to the store yesterday evening. The book is called the Ordinario de la Misa and was promulgated last year. It does have both the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist; however, it does not have the collects nor the offertory prayers nor the post-Communion prayer. It is pretty much a thin version of the Roman Missal. Does anyone know why such a book would be in use? I am not the only one perplexed as a priest friend of mine also has the same question.