What is your favorite missal for the TLM?

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DH and I need to get a couple of missals since we have been attending the TLM more frequently, and the little booklets the parish uses just don’t cut it for me. And I would like to have something at home with me and I can’t take those home, so would need to buy something.

So - those who own one, what is your favorite? I’ve seen a number of different ones out there. How do you use yours? Through the whole Mass, only through parts, only as a prayer aid?

Thanks for your help! 😃

~Liza
 
Without a doubt I much prefer the Baronius Press version for two main reasons: 1) superior quality, and 2) put forth with the help of the FSSP. 👍 👍

(I have the black one: Roman Missal 1962)

I use mine throughout the whole Mass on Low Masses, but on High Masses I am using mostly my Liber Usualis (as I am a member of the Schola.) 😉
 
Angelus Press 1962 Roman Catholic Daily Missal.

My parish that is ran by the FSSP doesn’t even stock the Baronius Press misssal, which I thought was odd.
 
The Angelus Press missal is useful and easy to read - but it has a plastic cover with some garish gold lettering on it, and it does contain errors. For example, the mass for the 2nd sunday of Advent had two sections listed as the “Offertory” - if I remember correctly.

The Baronius Press version is a little more upscale, for the same price. I think it has less typos, although I’m not 100% sure of that.

Proofreading is becoming a lost art it seems in the digital age. The amount of printing/data errors in current Catholic media is truly disconcerting.

Joel
 
Hijikata said:
My parish that is ran by the FSSP doesn’t even stock the Baronius Press misssal, which I thought was odd.
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Weird. The Baronius Press Missal is a MASTERPIECE! (Can you tell that I love it?? 😉 )
 
I own and like the Baronius Press one. However, I have heard that the Angelus Press one has more useful endmatter (e.g. form of Confession, according to '62 form (?)).
 
I had the opportunity to compare the Angelus Press and the Baronius missals side-by-side (both were for sale in the bookstore of my FSSP church).

I was initially biased towards the Baronius Press missal, but after looking through both ended up choosing the AP missal. I think the font is much easier to read (slightly larger). The typesetting is very clear and is on a soft cream paper, which makes is very easy on the eyes.

The AP missal is also more flexible. It’s thinner than the Baronius one, and will stay open to the page you turn to. The Baronius missal is smaller size-wise but thicker; it’s like a little brick, LOL.

My AP missal has the non-leather cover. I don’t think it’s “garish”, as another poster mentioned, but of course this is veering into personal taste.

I use my missal on and off during the mass, though much more during the first part than the latter. It depends on my mood. 😉
 
I prefer the Angelus. I have an old Lasance Missal, which is packed with useful info and is interesting to read at home, but for various reasons I like the Angelus better at Mass. I like the Lasance better as a reference.

When I’m traveling, I have an old Fr Stedman missal, which only has Sundays, but is a handy book to be sure. I use it even at NO masses for before and after-mass prayers.

I don’t have a Baronius. I looked through it at a store and think that the Angelus is a little easier to read and, generally speaking, just looks better on the page (the cover’s another story). I also have a St Andrew’s Missal, and there’s nothing wrong with it, just that it’s a little redundant with all the others sitting around the house.

The advantage of both the Stedman and Lasance missals are that they contain the rubrics for the congregation while the other’s don’t (not sure about the Baronius).
 
For some reason I can’t see spending 50 or so dollars on either of the missals so often mentioned in this forum since I’ve never attended a daily EF Mass and probably won’t be able to for some time when I’ve found (for 50 cents at a parish book sale) a perfectly good and entirely usable Fulton J. Sheen Sunday Missal (Hawthorn books, NY, 1961). Yes, I know it says 1961, but there is no mention of St. Joseph in the Canon, so I’m guessing that my copy was printed in '62. It is in great shape and I’ve no reason to replace it. If, however, I should need a replacement I’ve heard (and seen) so many good things about the Angelus Press missal that I’d most likely replace Bishop Sheen with the Angelus Press.
 
I just recently got a new copy of the missal that I used when I was in college in the early 1950s–My Prayer Book: Happiness in Goodness by Father Lasance. Besides the Latin/English of the Mass, it has pages and pages of prayers, instructions, litanies, and meditations. The only flaw is that it doesn’t have the moveable parts of the Mass, but there is so much other good stuff that more than makes up for that… 👍
 
I have both the Baronius and the Angelus. IMO…the Angelus is better to see the font and easier to hold. They are both very good though.

:heart:Blyss
 
Another vote for the Angelus here. Easier on the eyes, as mentioned, and it was 35.00 brand new. I have a couple of old Fr. F.X. Lasance prayer books which I love, and I’ll grab his Missal as soon as I see one at a decent price.
 
there is also the St Joseph daily Missal… I have three and they all have their good points…liturgical education, prayers. Currently I favour the Angelus Press version even though it does not have a favourite post communion prayer of mine which is the
22nd psalm…thankfully there are holycards and ones memory:thumbsup:
 
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The Baronius missal is smaller size-wise but thicker; it’s like a little brick, LOL.

I use my missal on and off during the mass, though much more during the first part than the latter. It depends on my mood. 😉
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A good Catholic book should be the weight of a bessablock (humbling)…😃

I use mine up to the Communion of the priest and then afterwards my own communion. I put it down to concerntrate on readying myself for the highlight of the day…I love the Last Gospel so always follow that…tons of stuff to meditate on:thumbsup:
 
Thank you everyone! This is outstanding! I’ll take a look at the top two options here and see what we like - DH may like a different one, we will have to go missal shopping now, but at least I know what to look for now.

Thanks! 😃

~Liza
 
lizaanne said:
Thank you everyone! This is outstanding! I’ll take a look at the top two options here and see what we like - DH may like a different one, we will have to go missal shopping now, but at least I know what to look for now.

Thanks! 😃

~Liza
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Check to see what they have them in the Shrine Gift Shop :hypno:
 
If you want to buy one online, you should try out this website:

www.allcatholicbooks.com

They sell the Angelus Missal (which usually goes around $63) for only $47.25:

allcatholicbooks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ACB&Product_Code=AP25x0q&Category_Code=

They also sell the Baronius Missal (which usually goes for around $55) for only $41.25:

allcatholicbooks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ACB&Product_Code=AT25x06&Category_Code=

You can find a ton of books on there, and they are always about 25% cheaper than you can find anywhere else.

As for which Missal I would go with, I would go with the Angelus. I own one, and I have used a friends Baronius before for a Low Mass and I am glad I went with the Angelus. It had all black font (the Angelus has black and red) and the black and red font makes it much easier on the eyes and to read. The Angelus also seemed to have much more in it. It covers Confession, Baptism, Marriage, Holy Unction, and Confirmation in the Tridentine Rite. I am pretty sure the Baronius doesn’t have those. It also has plenty of prayers in of course both Latin and English, which the Baronius also has, but I don’t think it has as many prayers. If you’re lucky you can even find a Genuine Leather Angelus Missal.
 
I have the Angelus Press missal. I like the fact that it has a wealth of information, but I dislike the fact that it makes the reader flip back and forth to read the various parts of the Proper of the Mass. This doesn’t occur every day, but it does happen for most weekday masses and some Sunday masses.

Does the Baronius missal have this issue as well?
 
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