The Best Missalettes to Own and Use (If You Must Have Them At All) ASAP!!!
  • JacobFlahertyJacobFlaherty
    Posts: 328
    Hello all,

    I am in the catergory descibed. I am being asked to get a new missalette for our parish. Which one should I choose? I wish we could have used something like Adam Bartlett's new project, but it's going to be one of the throw-away things, at least for this coming year. We can do either a year-long thing or one of those four-editions-a-year thing. Either way, time is running out, as the one we are looking at wants requires us to order by a week from now. We are a parish coming out of the OCP shadow and are starting to do good things. We ordered the St. Michael hymnal and have a small supplement of the former style of music, so having a music resource in the back is not essential, though it wouldn't be a disqualifier, either. Father is big into the older folks having something big enough. Not having one is not an option this year.

    Help, please! :)
  • Bobby Bolin
    Posts: 417
    Seasonal Missalette from WLP is my preference.
  • Ally
    Posts: 227
    We used the WLP Seasonal Missalette as well, until we got the Breaking Bread with readings (before me)... ... (so lucky you!)

    Anyways, WLP has a large-print version that probably would be just right for what you are describing.
  • CharlesW
    Posts: 11,934
    I use WLP.
  • Kathy
    Posts: 5,500
    WLP
  • Earl_GreyEarl_Grey
    Posts: 890
    If you only need the readings, then Sunday's Word from GIA is a good option. Least expensive one I've found, and the printing is clean and large on bright white paper--not newsprint. It includes complete lectionary texts for Sundays and Holy Days, citations only for weekdays. The only music is the responsorial psalm (Guimont setting) and one sample Mass setting in the order of Mass. It also includes the Entrance and Communion antiphons from the missal. A good value for the price.
    Thanked by 2marajoy E_A_Fulhorst
  • francis
    Posts: 10,668
    wlp
  • GavinGavin
    Posts: 2,799
    Did they preface it with an asterisk?
    Thanked by 2Andrew Motyka Richard Mix
  • SanAntonioCath
    Posts: 77
    Vatican II or Lumen Christi.
  • Mike R
    Posts: 106
    We're switching to GIA Sunday's Word this year (cheapest), but if large print is a focus, Liturgical Press's Living Liturgy annual or Celebrating the Eucharist seasonal would be good choices. Maybe only slightly larger print, but definitely very bold.
  • daniel
    Posts: 75
    What about a Missalette that uses "standard text"? We use WLP Celebremos/Let Us Celebrate, but it's not available in standard text. For instance, the First Reading for Easter VI reads: "Get up. I myself am also a human being". I think it used to read "I myself am also a man."
  • kirstentrudeau
    Posts: 12
    We have the St. Michael Hymnal and supplement with the Seasonal Missalette from wlp and they work out great!
  • noel jones, aagonoel jones, aago
    Posts: 6,605
    http://www.pewmissal.com
    Thanked by 2melofluent CHGiffen
  • Richard R.
    Posts: 774
    You will take a significant stride forward, and save trees, by using an annual, rather than a quarterly, publication. I have two in front of me, and if I may dissent from colleagues who advocate WLP, I would favor GIA's, if only to avoid that newsprint-quality paper, which screams cheap and is thoroughly unpleasant to handle.
    Thanked by 1CHGiffen
  • noel jones, aagonoel jones, aago
    Posts: 6,605
    http://www.pewmissal.com is also annual, and red and black print. Good suggestion, Richard R.
  • Felipe Gasper
    Posts: 804
    I am generally happy with the Ignatius Pew Missal (pewmissal.com) and recommend it to anyone looking for a disposable resource. The paper quality and typeface are very nice. It’s also reasonably priced. I’m looking forward to seeing next year’s edition!
    Thanked by 1janetgorbitz
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