Contact: Ben Peterson, PR Specialist, OCP, 503-460-5363
PORTLAND, Oregon, July 29 /Standard Newswire/ -- OCP has released an expanded version of the popular Today's Missal program, offering complete Lectionary readings for Sundays, holy days AND weekdays throughout the year.
"Most parishes have weekday Masses--and a dedicated group attending them," says OCP Publisher John Limb. "We're proud to provide a missal that supports those communities."
Started in 1934 as My Sunday Missal--one of the first "pamphlet-missals" to be printed in English--Today's Missal is now the most widely used missal program in the United States.
Features of the new Today's Missal with Daily Readings include:
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Daily Mass section with complete Lectionary readings, psalm refrain and verses, antiphons, all three presidential prayers, and hymn suggestions
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Content for optional memorials: Scripture citations, entrance antiphon, opening prayer, psalm response and Communion antiphon
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All the great features of Today's Missal--seasonal music and everything you need for Sundays and holy days for the entire year
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Three seasonal issues, plus the annual Music Issue (included with subscription)
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Excellent second missal--get 50 for your daily Mass chapel
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Large-print size book--fits OCP's large missal covers
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Devotional resource for individual, at-home Scripture study
Daily Readings Section Format
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Suggested hymn for the day (appropriate to the day or season)
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Entrance antiphon
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Opening prayer
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Complete first reading, plus second reading for holy days
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Responsorial psalm (refrain and all verses)
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Gospel acclamation (verse and response)
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Complete Gospel reading
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Prayer over the gifts
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Communion antiphon
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Prayer after Communion
For more information on Today's Missal with Daily Readings or any of OCP's other products, services and artists, visit OCP.org or call 1-800-548-8749.
About OCP
OCP, a not-for-profit publisher of liturgical music and worship resources based in Portland, Oregon, has been in operation for more than 80 years. Worship materials produced by OCP are used in two-thirds of Catholic churches in the United States and are distributed worldwide.