Sunday Missal

The official Order of Mass and full scripture readings for every Sunday, using the new ESV-CE Lectionary Translation - in use from Advent 2024

The Hodder Sunday Missal provides the Order of Mass, along with the full text of each Sunday's scripture readings for the 3-year liturgical cycle.

Short and thoughtful introductions to every Mass help you prepare each week, and take the Gospel teaching with you into daily life after Mass.

Extended reflections also introduce each season of the church year.

From Advent 2024 onwards, Roman Catholics in England & Wales and Scotland will hear a new translation of the scripture readings at Mass, so everybody will need a new missal with the new readings. Known as the ESV-CE (English Standard Version - Catholic Edition), this is a more accurate translation of the original biblical languages and easier to proclaim.

To mark this significant occasion in the life of the Church, the Hodder Sunday Missal is now available in a choice of elegant bindings, complete with four marker ribbons to match the colours of the liturgical seasons. This Missal has been created to help you participate more deeply in the sacred mysteries, to accompany you through the rhythm of the church year, and to be a spiritual companion not only for Sunday Mass, but also as you develop your own spiritual life during the year.

It is the perfect gift for Catholics ready to renew their commitment to faith as well as those newly received into the Church.

If you have never owned a Missal before, take the opportunity now to discover how using a missal can deepen your commitment to the Catholic faith; how it can help you shape your life more closely to the cadences of the church year; how it can draw you into a more profound experience of communion with Our Lord in the sacred mysteries.

Receive from the Church, the gift of her liturgy
Give thanks for the Real Presence of Jesus in the sacrament of the Eucharist
Re-commit to an authentically Christian way of life
Go out into the world, made new by Our Lord.

The Hodder Sunday Missal is your companion on this life-long quest, a quest to form your life in Christ.

KEY FEATURES:

• Follows the liturgical year:
  Start at Advent and move through the whole year in order.

• Easy to read:
  Clear layout with minimal rubrics and no Latin text or music on the page (both are provided in an appendix).

• Understand more:
  Brand new introductions to every season and every Sunday Mass, written by a range of Catholic voices -- men and women, lay and ordained.

• Devotional material includes:
  -- Stations of the Cross (for Lent) and Stations of the Resurrection (for Easter)
  -- An introduction to praying the Rosary
  -- A Pentecost Novena (nine days of prayer to the Holy Spirit)
  -- A simple Morning and Night Prayer to memorise
  -- A guide to Confession and an examination of conscience
  -- Traditional prayers to Our Lady
  -- An introduction to the Sacraments
  -- And much more!