Using A Daily Missal?

[Amppax]

Hey pham, here's a question I thought y'all might be able to help me with. I recently got a Daily Missal, and though I understand basically how to use it (OK only sort of), I really don't know how to use it when I'm at Mass. I suppose the question would be, what is proper missal etiquette while at Mass, in addition to missal usage basics like where ribbons go. Thanks in advance to any who can help!

[Basilisa Marie]

I use mine to read the readings before mass starts, so I'm able to think about them more when they're read aloud.

[Brother Adam]

What missal do you have? It is it a Sunday or daily missal? Who is the publisher? I just got my new one for the new translation from MTF and it's pretty sweet.

Basically you should just have to find the Mass of the day which will include all of the readings unique to that day. You then follow along the Order of the Mass (usually in the middle, stuff that stays the same). Special feast days and votive Masses are typically at the end followed by any Catholic devotions. Then you just need to know which Eucharistic prayer the priest is using if you want to follow that in your missal. I would just sit down with it on a regular basis and look through it until you are familiar enough to follow it on your own. As far as when to use your missal - as much or as little as you want.

[filius_angelorum]

As far as ribbons go, I usually like to keep one on the Ordinary of the Mass, one in the Proper of Saints at the current date, and one at the proper of the time.

[Amppax]

[quote name='Brother Adam' timestamp='1345040861' post='2467944']
What missal do you have? It is it a Sunday or daily missal? Who is the publisher? I just got my new one for the new translation from MTF and it's pretty sweet.
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Same one as you, MTF Daily Roman Missal. And I love it.

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Basically you should just have to find the Mass of the day which will include all of the readings unique to that day. You then follow along the Order of the Mass (usually in the middle, stuff that stays the same). Special feast days and votive Masses are typically at the end followed by any Catholic devotions. Then you just need to know which Eucharistic prayer the priest is using if you want to follow that in your missal. I would just sit down with it on a regular basis and look through it until you are familiar enough to follow it on your own. As far as when to use your missal - as much or as little as you want.
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Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for.

[quote name='filius_angelorum' timestamp='1345042894' post='2467976']
As far as ribbons go, I usually like to keep one on the Ordinary of the Mass, one in the Proper of Saints at the current date, and one at the proper of the time.
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Sounds good, thanks.

[Aragon]

Is this OF or EF?

I divide my missal into three parts:

With the green ribbon I mark out the Ordinary of the Mass and flip to this whenever the priest is praying the Ordinary. With another ribbon (usually the colour of the day) I mark the propers and, likewise, flip there when needed. With a third ribbon (usually gold) I mark the "preparation for communion" prayers in my missal, and will begin praying them while the priest makes his communion and return to them having received Our Lord.

When I first began using it it was SO HARD trying to keep up with the priest, but after a while flipping here and there becomes second nature. You'll also stop needing to read along with the Ordinary constantly as you'll gradually learn the prayers off by heart, even when they're silent you'll know what the priest is praying by where he is standing and his hand movements. Eventually you'll be able to follow along with the Mass and unite your prayers to the priest's without reading the missal all the time. Use it when necessary (especially for the epistle and gospel), but don't get so bogged down in the missal that you forget to pray.

Edited August 15, 2012 by Aragon

[Nihil Obstat]

For ribbons I have one at the start of the Ordo (actually a couple pages earlier, at the Asperges/Vidi Aquam because most Sunday Masses I go to have that first), one at the prefaces, one at the Sunday Propers, one at the daily Propers, one at devotions for after Communion, and one for the nuptial Mass.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='Amppax' timestamp='1345036126' post='2467916']
Hey pham, here's a question I thought y'all might be able to help me with. I recently got a Daily Missal, and though I understand basically how to use it (OK only sort of), I really don't know how to use it when I'm at Mass. I suppose the question would be, what is proper missal etiquette while at Mass, in addition to missal usage basics like where ribbons go. Thanks in advance to any who can help!
[/quote]

i dunno, but i've been thinking about getting one, so i'm interested in the responses. which one do you have? oops, should've read the whole thread before responding!

also, i'm still thinking about it because carrying around the LOTH and a Daily Missal seems like a lot. LOL

Edited August 15, 2012 by Lil Red

[CatherineM]

I read along while the readings are read. I do that because I can have trouble understanding spoken words because of my head injury.

[Amppax]

[quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1345057621' post='2468132']
i dunno, but i've been thinking about getting one, so i'm interested in the responses. which one do you have? oops, should've read the whole thread before responding!

also, i'm still thinking about it because carrying around the LOTH and a Daily Missal seems like a lot. LOL
[/quote]

It is. The two outside pockets on my backpack (usually for waterbottles) have become the go to places for them.

[Amppax]

[quote name='Aragon' timestamp='1345044729' post='2467990']
Is this OF or EF?
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OF, I tend to go to an EF mass about once a month, but the missal is for the OF.


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When I first began using it it was SO HARD trying to keep up with the priest, but after a while flipping here and there becomes second nature. You'll also stop needing to read along with the Ordinary constantly as you'll gradually learn the prayers off by heart, even when they're silent you'll know what the priest is praying by where he is standing and his hand movements. Eventually you'll be able to follow along with the Mass and unite your prayers to the priest's without reading the missal all the time. Use it when necessary (especially for the epistle and gospel), but don't get so bogged down in the missal that you forget to pray.
[/quote]

Thank you for this, especially the last line. I've noticing myself getting a little bogged down with it, I think ultimately though it will (for me) be really helpful, as I am very ADHD. Having something physical to focus on as I listen to the readings is really helping me retain them more, same for the prayers of the Mass. I've struggled for a long time with paying attention at anything (for a while during high school, before I really practiced my faith, I often fell asleep during homilies), and this has already helped me to be more tuned in at Mass.

Edited August 15, 2012 by Amppax

[Nihil Obstat]

During the Traditional Mass I particularly like the private prayers of the priest prior to receiving Communion. And if you can say that ten times fast that would be pretty razzle dazzle. I use them devotionally, along with the lovely prayers in the Baronius missal as my devotions for before and after Communion.

[spoiler][b]Unde et memores: To Offer the Victim[/b]
[And now, O Lord, we, Thy servants, and with us all Thy holy people, calling to mind the blessed Passion of this same Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, likewise His Resurrection from the grave, and also His glorious Ascension into heaven, do offer unto Thy most sovereign Majesty out of the gifts Thou hast bestowed upon us...]

[...a Victim + which is pure, a Victim + which is holy, a Victim + which is spotless, the holy Bread + of life eternal, and the Chalice + of everlasting Salvation.]

[b]Supra Quæ: To Ask God to Accept our Offering[/b]
[Deign to look upon them with a favorable and gracious countenance, and to accept them as Thou didst accept the offerings of Thy just servant Abel, and the sacrifice of our Patriarch Abraham, and that which Thy high priest Melchisedech offered up to Thee, a holy Sacrifice, an immaculate Victim.]

[b]Súpplices te rogámus: For Blessings[/b]
[Humbly we beseech Thee, almighty God, to command that these our offerings be carried by the hands of Thy holy Angel to Thine Altar on high, in the sight of Thy divine Majesty, so that those of us who shall receive the most sacred Body + and Blood + of Thy Son by partaking thereof from this Altar may be filled with every grace and heavenly blessing: Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.]

[b]Commemoratio pro defunctis: For the Dead[/b]
[Be mindful, also, O Lord, of Thy servants and handmaids N . . . and N . . . who are gone before us with the sign of faith and who sleep the sleep of peace. To these, O Lord, and to all who rest in Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, a place of refreshment, light and peace. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.]

[b]Nobis quoque peccatóribus: For Eternal Happiness[/b]
To us also Thy sinful servants, [who put our trust in the multitude of Thy mercies, vouchsafe to grant some part and fellowship with Thy holy Apostles and Martyrs: with John, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicitas, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia, and all Thy Saints. Into their company we beseech Thee admit us, not considering our merits, but freely pardoning our offenses. Through Christ our Lord.]

[By whom, O Lord, Thou dost always create, sanctify +, quicken +, bless +, and bestow upon us all these good things.]

[Through Him +, and with Him +, and in Him +, is unto Thee, God the Father + Almighty, in the unity of the Holy + Ghost, all honor and glory.]

World without end.

S. Amen.

[Skipping over a bit.]

[b]Prayer for Peace and Fidelity:[/b]
[O Lord, Jesus Christ, Who didst say to Thine Apostles: Peace I leave you, My peace I give to you: look not upon my sins, but upon the faith of Thy Church; and deign to give her that peace and unity which is agreeable to Thy will: God Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.]

[b]Prayer for Holiness:[/b]
[O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Who, by the will of the Father and the co-operation of the Holy Ghost, hast by Thy death given life to the world: deliver me by this, Thy most sacred Body and Blood, from all my iniquities and from every evil; make me cling always to Thy commandments, and permit me never to be separated from Thee. Who with the same God, the Father and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.]

[b]Prayer for Grace:[/b]
[Let not the partaking of Thy Body, O Lord Jesus Christ, which I, though unworthy, presume to receive, turn to my judgment and condemnation; but through Thy mercy may it be unto me a safeguard and a healing remedy both of soul and body. Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.]

[I will take the Bread of Heaven, and will call upon the name of the Lord.]

[Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my soul shall be healed.]
[Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my soul shall be healed.]
[Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my soul shall be healed.]

[May the Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.]

[What return shall I make to the Lord for all the things that He hath given unto me? I will take the chalice of salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord. I will call upon the Lord and give praise: and I shall be saved from mine enemies.]

[May the Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.]
[/spoiler]

[Groo the Wanderer]

cant carry lotsa books around, even if they are purty.

i use the laudate app on my smartphone


wootiness!

[Aragon]

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cant carry lotsa books around, even if they are purty.

i use the laudate app on my smartphone


wootiness!
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Modernist!

Edited August 16, 2012 by Aragon

[Groo the Wanderer]

yeah. i feel kinda funny though when i kneel down in front of the tabernacle and whip out my iphone...