The Mass of the Second Vatican Council

The 1965 Missale Romanum in English

If you are a lover of liturgical history like me, you will find this interesting. The 1965 Roman Missal was published at the close of the Second Vatican Council and was apparently in use from 1965 until 1969/1970. It was superceded by the new missal of Pope Paul VI. According to the link, the 1965 missal reflects the intended fruit of Sacrosanctum Concilium. As I read through it, I could definitely see similarities to both the previously used 1962 Tridentine missal and the Novus Ordo. The link notes the following:

an option for use of the vernacular exists in the 1965. Furthermore, as in the Novus Ordo, it is at the discretion of the celebrant to either face the East ("ad orientem") or the people ("versus ad populum"). An option for concelebration was also introduced in the 1965 (this was formerly restricted to Ordination Masses). The required Mass vestments were also simplified (e.g., optionality of the maniple). In 1967, the cope was supressed in the Asperges (rite of aspersion at High Mass). The chasuble was worn in its stead. The Canon was still required to be read in Latin until 1967, when it was permitted in the vernacular. In the 1965 Missal, the priest, when administering Communion, says "the Body of Christ" (or "Corpus Christi") instead of "Corpus + Domini nostri Jesu Christi custodiat animam tuam ad vitam aeternam" (that is, "May the Body + of our Lord Jesus Christ bring thy soul unto life everlasting").

Options for congregational singing also exist in the 1965, exactly as they do in the Novus Ordo -- with places for processional, offertory, communion, and recessional hymns. The 1965 also allows for the Prayer of the Faithful after the Creed. The prayers at the foot of the altar, in addition to being made entirely optional, were shortened (as they would previously be prayed at Requiem Masses). The Last Gospel was suppressed. The calendar follows the Tridentine Ordo, consistent with that of the previous Missal (Missale Romanum 1962). Ironically enough, the New St. Joseph's Missal ends the Liturgical Calendar in 1970.

(Andrew, was this the missal that you were telling me you owned?)

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