What’s Special About CTS Missals?

What makes CTS missals so special?

• Beauty is very important in the creation of a CTS missal. A missal should never just be something functional; in addition to containing the Word of God, it is used for the Mass, which is the highest form of worship. God deserves all the beauty we can give Him, while beauty also stirs our hearts and directs them higher towards heaven. Just as Catholic Churches are traditionally some of the most beautiful buildings ever created, missals should likewise be beautiful. All our hardback missals are carefully crafted in Italy, created by the same company that produced the new Lectionary and every CTS liturgical book.
• Ease of use is also important in a CTS missal. Our missals offer clear directions and take the guesswork out of finding the right page. Our missals are simple enough to be used by First Communion-age children.
• Every CTS hardback missal includes Latin and English on facing pages, enabling you to participate in Masses where the Mass parts are said or sung in Latin, or where the entire Novus Ordo Mass is celebrated in Latin. Since the two languages are on facing pages, you won’t get lost when the Mass switches from English to Latin and vice versa, and you’ll know the meaning of the Latin even if you’re unfamiliar with it.
• When the Mass parts are sung, CTS missals help you to sing along with the music included in the Order of Mass, for both Latin and English.
• Major feasts and seasons are introduced with inspiring words from recent Popes.
• Prayers before and after Mass, and before and after Communion, will deepen your experience of the Mass. Preparing for Mass and Holy Communion is very important for helping you to come closer to the Lord during Mass, while prayers of thanksgiving afterwards help you to truly appreciate the gift the Lord offers you in the Mass and the Eucharist.
• Is your soul ready to receive the Lord in Holy Communion? CTS missals also include a guide to Confession, an Examination of Conscience, and penitential prayers.
• Deepen your belief and understanding of the Eucharist as Jesus’ body, blood, soul and divinity, with the Church’s teaching on the Eucharist included in CTS missals.
• When you’re unable to get to Mass, CTS missals include an Act of Spiritual Communion. St Thomas Aquinas said that the effects of the Eucharist “can be received by desire… nevertheless the actual reception of the sacrament itself brings with it fuller effect than receiving it through desire alone”.
• To help you to pray throughout the week and not just on Sundays, CTS missals also include the Rite of Exposition and Benediction, Stations of the Cross by St John Henry Newman, and Rosary meditations.

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