Missal & Hymnal Detailed Comparison

With so many resources available, it can be difficult to know what makes one missal or hymnal different than all the others. This missal-hymnal comparison chart aims to highlight the main differences in all of OCP’s missals and hymnals, so that you can be sure you have the right resource for your assembly during the Catholic liturgy.

Find out how many complete Masses are included, or if a resources has complete readings for all Sundays, major feasts or holy days. Ensure you are selecting a Catholic hymn book containing everything your community needs to sing the Mass.

	Total songs	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Type	Mass settings	Psalter	Sunday & holy day Lectionary readings	Daily Mass readings	Daily Mass propers	Order of Mass	Binding	Digital subscription	eBooks	Accompaniments available
English resources
Breaking Bread	849	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Missal annual	12						Softcover			KAB, GAB,SIB
Breaking Bread with Daily Mass Propers	849	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Missal annual	12						Softcover			KAB, GAB, SIB
Breaking Bread with Readings	849	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Missal annual	12						Softcover			KAB, GAB, SIB
Glory & Praise, Third Edition	782	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Hymnal	9						Hardbound			KAB, GAB, SIB, Choir/Cantor
Glory & Praise, Third Edition with Readings	782	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Hymnal	9						Hardbound			KAB, GAB, SIB,Choir/Cantor
Heritage Missal	583	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Missal annual	8						Softcover			KAB, GAB
Journeysongs, Third Edition	857	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Hymnal	10						Hardbound			KAB, GAB, SIB, Choir/Cantor
Journeysongs, Third Edition with Readings	857	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Hymnal	10						Hardbound			KAB, GAB, SIB, Choir/Cantor
Never Too Young	287	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Hymnal	0						Softcover			KAB, GAB
Rise Up & Sing, Third Edition	333	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Hymnal	0						Softcover			KAB, GAB
Spirit & Song	374	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Hymnal	5						Hardbound			KAB, GAB
Today's Missal & Music Issue	849	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Missal seasonal	12						Softcover			KAB, GAB,SIB
Today's Missal with Daily Readings & Music Issue	849	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Missal seasonal	12						Softcover			KAB, GAB,SIB
Bilingual resources
Today's Missal with Spanish Insert & Music Issue	1204	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Missal seasonal	17				English only		Softcover	English only	English only	KAB, GAB,SIB
Unidos en Cristo / United in Christ & Music Resource	799	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Missal seasonal	10						Softcover			KAB, GAB
Spanish resources
Flor y Canto, Tercera Edición	750	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Hymnal	13						Hardbound			KAB, GAB, SIB, COT,Cantor
Flor y Canto, Tercera Edición text only	750	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Hymnal	13						Softcover			KAB, GAB, SIB, COT,Cantor
Misal del Día	361	% Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs	Missal annual	5						Softcover			KAB, GAB
Vietnamese resource
Thánh Ca Dân Chúa	480	-	Hymnal	2						Hardbound			n/a

= Contains seasonal and common psalm settings
KAB = Keyboard accompaniment book | GAB = Guitar accompaniment book | SIB = Solo Instrument accompaniment book | COT = Chords over text

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