Designed for use by both choirs and assemblies, the Gregorian Missal is an excellent resource for introducing your parish to the church's rich and ancient tradition of Latin chant in the liturgy.
This comprehensive book contains the Latin and English texts for the Order of Mass, including the complete prayers, with Masses for all Sundays and solemnities, as well as for those feasts that take precedence over a Sunday. It includes lectionary reading citations for each Sunday and presents all chant melodies in the traditional Gregorian notation, with added rhythmical signs.
In the words of the Second Vatican Council, it is important to "take steps so that the faithful may also be able to say or sing together in Latin those parts of the Ordinary of the Mass which pertain to them" (Sacrosanctum concilium, no. 54). The Gregorian Missal is a good place to start.
Beautifully bound and printed on high-quality, ivory paper, the book includes a ribbon bookmark, an introduction in English and an extensive index.
Published by the monks of the Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes in France, an active Benedictine monastery founded in 1010.
ISBN 2-85274-133-4 [717 pp, 5 1/2 x 8 3/8, hardbound]