Let Your Missal Be Your Guide

Now that Pope Benedict XVI has removed the restrictions from the "old Mass" (the so called "Latin Mass") I suggest that people get together with a publishing house to reprint Missals such as my "Saint Joseph Daily Missal." It is fantastic for children of reading age or adults because not only is the Mass presented in easy to follow side-by-side Latin and English, there are beautiful drawings of what the priests and servers are doing at key parts of the Mass. Here's just a random quick sample from my copy:

Left Page:

Making the Sign of the Cross, the Priest says:

(Imagine here a drawing of a Priest making the Sign of the Cross with an altar server standing next to him.)

Indulgentiam, + absolutionem, et remissionem peccatorum nostrorum, tribuat nobis omnipotens et misericors Dominus. S. Amen.
P. Deus, tu conversus vivificabis nos.
S. Et plebs tua laetabitur in te.
P. Ostende nobis, Domine, misericordiam tuam.
S. Et salutare tuum da nobis.
P. Domine, exaudi orationem meam.
S. Et clamor meau ad te veniat.
P. Dominus vobiscum.
S. Et cum spiritu tuo. P. Oremus.

Right Page:

Our Petition for Remission of Sins

May the Almighty and Merciful Lord grant us pardon, + absolution, and remission of our sins. S. Amen.
P. Will You not, O God, give us life?
S. And shall not Your people rejoice in You?
P. Show us, O Lord, Your kindness.
S. And grant us Your salvation.
P. O Lord hear my prayer.
S. And let my cry come to You.
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with your spirit.
P. Let us pray.

So there is a line by line matching of the Latin to English, with even pictures to illustrate and symbols (for example, where to make the Sign of the Cross) which is easy for even a child who is of reading age to follow. And what more can I say about the words and devotion in the old Mass? Sorry to think that it's more suitable to the solemnity of the celebration of the Mass... after all, why choose this when you can have performing wind chimes and banjo singing We Are the World....

Hope you could visualize it from my typing above. No fancy graphics or photo abilities on my blog, no siree. I vaguely remember what it was like to have coworkers and friends (say nothing of a paycheck, but that's another story) who actually did computer things for me. Now I invest my time in the bare bones straight text.