Ad Altare Dei Continuous Sunday Missal

Father Lasance's Easiest Missal to Use!

A perfect companion for following the Latin Mass, this missal has both English and Latin and contains all of the Sundays of the year as well as holy days of obligation and other devotions. This handsome missal is designed for ease of use by reducing the need to flip back and forth between sections.

Who will love this missal?

• Those who are new to the Latin Mass
• People who rarely get to daily Mass
• Anyone who wants an uncomplicated, simple to use missal with minimal page turning

Features:

• Sewn binding 4.5" x 6.75"
• Leather cover - 1440 pages
• Ribbons - Gilt edges
• Rubrics in red type
• Full Latin and English texts
• Highly readable font and spacing

What is a Continuous Sunday Missal?

This is a Continuous Sunday Missal for the Latin Roman Rite of Mass, which means that, unlike most missals, you do not need to keep flipping from place to place in the book in order to follow the entire Mass seamlessly. You only move from the Mass of the day to the Canon and back once, after the Introit has begun.

Two ribbons are provided. One is used at page 684 for the Canon and the three other parts of the Mass that never change–the Asperges, prayers at the foot of the altar before Mass, and the Leonine prayers at the end of low Mass. The other ribbon should be placed at the Mass of the day. When Mass begins, you should be at the Asperges for a High Mass or at the Foot Prayers for a Low Mass. When the priest ascends the altar for the Introit turn to the Mass of the Day. There you will remain until the Canon, since every prayer and reading of that Mass will follow. When instructed, turn to the other ribbon left at the Canon. After Communion turn back to the Mass of the day for all that follows.

Since many Catholics find it difficult or impossible to attend daily Mass and others find the use of a daily missal inconvenient because of the constant page-turning required, this Ad Altare Dei Missal is designed for exceptional ease of use for every Sunday, all other Holy Days of obligation in many English speaking nations (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, England and Scotland), and very many additional Feast days (including the Sacred Triduum) that numerous Catholics are likely to attend. Included also are the Masses for weddings and funerals, the Rites of Matrimony, Baptism, Confirmation, Extreme Unction, and prayers for Benediction of the most Blessed Sacrament.

Explanatory Notes

All of the approved text used for this missal is that of the Sunday Missal or the New Roman Missal of Fr. Lasance from 1916 or 1945. The Imprimaturs for the text used were granted by Cardinal Farley of New York on July 13, 1916, Cardinal Hayes of New York on February 16, 1917, and Cardinal Spellman of New York on August 1, 1943. It therefore uses the Holy Week rituals before the changes in the 1950s made by Pope Pius XII. Also, the slight alterations made by Pope John XXIII in 1962 are inserted and notated where required, so that those attending Mass using the 1962 missal will be easily accommodated.