Tuesday, November 15, 2005

My Very Own American Altar Missal

A friend of mine just gave me an altar version of the American Missal. I will use when, Lord willing, I am ordained to the priesthood. The binding is really beat up, as it is a first edition from 1931. The inside, though, is in great shape! Hopefully it will not cost too much to get it rebound. The Anglican Parishes Association has not carried the American Missal for some time, though I think they own the copywrite for it. I believe it used to be the only place where you could get one. But it obviously sold out some time ago. They still carry the Anglican Missal, but it is so much harder to use than the American, so I have been wanting to find an American. It would be funny if it cost as much or more to get this rebound as it would be to buy a new Anglican Missal and just get used to using that.