1962 Roman Daily Missal

Author's Edit: April 19, 2025: I was baptized, confirmed and received first communion in the Holy Catholic Church. For all my life I was an atheist, and within the last two years I found Christ and I am joined with the faithful. Glory to God! :) For context, I am writing this review as a discerning Catholic who has recently begun attending the Traditional Latin Mass at an FSSP parish. The Angelus Press 1962 Roman Catholic Missal seemed to be the most prevalent missal used by the laity at my parish, so I went ahead with ordering my own so start learning and following along with the Mass. Absolutely one of the best purchases I've made. The Angelus Press missal is beautiful, well laid out and contains so much information in it. Crucially, the book contains both english and latin translations of each step and motion of the mass, with some explanations. Also very valuable are the essential prayers to learn for Catholics, the calendar of movable feasts, and pages dedicated to the various saintly feasts and other recognizable events. The outer covering of the book is black imitation leather, but is very sturdy. The binding is very good, probably the best and surpasses the equally good Baronius missal. Five colored ribbons are provided in the missal, which are more than adequate for marking the important spots for the mass or other sections you might find relevant. The ribbons themselves are high quality and I recommend tying knots on the ends of them to prevent fraying and keep them looking nice. The gilding on the page edges is very nice and I suspect will hold up better to constant use than some other missals. The pages themselves are thin and crisp. Printing is large enough to be easily legible during Mass, even for a relatively small book. Text is printed in black, with red text used for describing specific motions of the priests and servers during the Mass, or for providing context. There aren't that many illustrations in the book, which I have no issue with. Overall this is a fantastic missal, probably THE missal to use for attending the TLM. Very sturdy layout and binding that I'm sure will last a very, very long time. Beautiful and easy to hold book to use during the Mass, and a pleasure to read at home when learning about the Saints, feasts or various traditional prayers. The Angelus Press missal is a solid investment, one you only need to purchase once and you can likely use it for a lifetime.

This missal (the Angelus) is better than the Baronius (these are the different publishers) on basically every count. It is a better size, it is cheaper, it doesn't have unnecessary prayers for England, Wales, Australia, etc. it has more prayers (especially for baptism, last rites, litany of humility, etc.) the format is way better (in fact, the Baronius format is quite horrendus and hard to follow at many points--the Angelus is the opposite and also has great commentary on the Orindary of the mass), and much much better indexes and tables of contents. This missal makes sense--it is good to use and not burdensome. However, the Baronius edition has Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat (official approval from bishops), while the Angelus does not. This is largely because Angelus is the publishing wing of the SSPX (order in the Catholic Church with irregular canonical status). This is not especially important, however, because almost everything is the same, and those things on which there are differences, the Angelus has the upper hand most of the time (ways Baronius is better below). Moreover, the things that the Angelus has that the Barionius does not are all approved by the Church and current Pope. That being said, the Barionius has some intrinsic benefits. First among these are the inclusion of Benedict XVI's Summorum Pontificum, but also things like the article "On the Liturgical Year" by Dom Gueranger, a few other prayers in e.g. the morning prayer section (the only place it seems to have more prayers than the Angelus), and "An Abridgement of Christian Doctrine" (though this is only on the website and not in the edition I got from Amazon...maybe it is a leter edition as mine is a 2011 printing and the website has 2014 for the most recent printing...not sure). I would certainly go with this missal for TLM over any other. Nontheless, these benefits do not outweigh the costs, and all of these additional readings can easily be found online and they aren't prayers that need to be carried around in a missal. In summary, the Angelus is better because it has more (crucial) prayers and is way more legible. It might not have official episcopal approval, but nothing in it is objectionable to non-sedevacantivists and the additional readings add no standing value. Buy this version, not Baronius

As Tridentine Mass is not widely available in India (except for SSPX seminaries in the South), I purchased this to use as a guide for online Masses during lockdown. I have been using this for the Masses that I follow on Youtube from ICKSP/FSSP channels. It also helped me quite a bit in learning some basic Bible verses in Latin as well as some of the hymns and prayers in Latin. The Holy Week is not pre-1955 and that is one complaint that I have. For pre-1955 Holy Week you need to get a St. Andrew's Missal imported directly from U.S. as it is not available anywhere here in Amazon India. Overall it is very useful and has helped me deeply in my spiritual life. We only hope that Tridentine masses will increase in the coming years in India.

Beautiful to look at and a joy to use. Not just a missal but with much devotional and catechitical content as well. Most importantly for me the English translation is beautiful not the usual crude simplistic language devoid of any poetic sense or reverence that degrades the Modernist Liturgy. I cannot commend this Missal with more enthusiasm, it is a joy to own a real treasure.

Este misal lo compré latin-ingles porque no había conseguido latin-español. Es muy bonito y contiene misal, oraciones y otros apartados. Me sirve para aprender el misal en inglés también.

Very good for Latin Mass.