Latin-English Sunday Missal: The Ordinary of the 1962 Typical Edition [Paperback]

Book Description

Twenty full-color, full-page illustrations by great masters. Includes the ordinary of the Mass for Sunday and the full Nuptial and Requiem Masses does not contain the full set of Sunday readings. Format: 180+ pages, paperback Publisher: Roman Catholic Books (2007) ISBN: 978-1929291922

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Roman Catholic Books
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929291922
• ISBN-13: 978-1929291922
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #877,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Normally Sunday missals have the Sunday propers, not so here., January 7, 2009

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Derek 1345 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Latin-English Sunday Missal: The Ordinary of the 1962 Typical Edition (Paperback)

Deceptive title? Perhaps, but I should have realized for the price that this wasn't going to be a true "Sunday missal". It simply contains the ordinaries for some extraordinary forms of the liturgy; the subtitle should have clued me in to this, but I guess I gave higher precedence to the main title.

Despite the professional cover, the book is poorly designed and cheaply typeset. There is no table of contents nor is there an index! There are no running heads, only page numbers, so opening up to a random page, you'll have a tough time figuring out what you're looking at. The Latin text isn't accented like most missals. The font is not worthy of such a work; the type size is too large.

Repetition abounds. While there isn't a table of contents, so I can't be sure, the mass seems to be repeated in its entirety 3 times, not as you might expect, with notes about where the requiem and nuptial mass differs. Why does the canon need to be in missal at least 3 times?

Saving graces are the beautiful works of art interleaved in the simply typeset pages. Sadly even this upon reflecting on the entire work comes off as a tactic -- like putting Michelangelo along with the other crafts on a kindergarten wall to "class it up".

Bottom line: you will likely be disappointed. Spend $5 extra and obtain The Parish Book of Chant which would be a better use of your money ([...]).

To the publisher: I anticipate the 2nd edition which surely will correct some of these well-founded criticisms. If there can only be a few fixes, I'd recommend these in order: (1) prepare indexes and a table of content; (2) reconsider the typeface and size, perhaps even size of the book (there seems to be a market for something like this if it were pocket-sized, right?); (3) gain access to some of the old missal art available -- this and a new font/size would "class up" the work much more than the works by the masters included in this edition; (4) change the main title to be more honest; (5) accent the Latin text. Best wishes in this endeavor.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Quick Reference, March 8, 2009

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TsavoLion "TsavoLion" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Latin-English Sunday Missal: The Ordinary of the 1962 Typical Edition (Paperback)

While I would agree with the previous reviewers comments and recommendations in general, this book deserves more than the one-star rating he gave it.

It is a good quick reference that works fine with the printed handouts that are normally given (at my church at least) for the Latin Mass.

Paper quality is very good and the book size and large font is fine for beginners following along during Mass.

Worth the money, could be better.