You're searching for a hymnal that matches the musical needs of your parish.
And you think you may have discovered the "perfect hymnal" until you discover the propers and readings aren’t in our hymnal.
There’s a good reason our hymnal doesn’t include the propers and readings. For centuries, the Mass texts—the priest’s prayers and Scripture passages—were contained in a Missal, while the congregation’s music sat in a separate hymnal.
That arrangement worked perfectly—until Vatican II introduced vernacular translations without making them permanent. In the 1970s, my parish experimented with a “Worship Book,” a single volume combining missal and hymnal. Although the young priests voted it down, our pastor ordered it to save on printing two books.
But here’s the catch: every time the Church issued a new English translation (not once but twice since then), parishes had to discard and repurchase the entire Worship Book—even though hymn texts and tunes hadn’t changed. In effect, churches paid twice for the exact same music.
Now, in 2025, we’re on the brink of yet another revised translation and paying for the hymns once again. Déjà vu, right? Paying a thrid time.
By purchasing a traditional Hymnal , only the Missal needs replacing—saving parishes real money every time the text changes.
Here’s the Simple Solution - go back in time.
Split the roles into a permanent hymnal and a missal and save money.
Take a good look at A Catholic Book of Hymns with the option of Gregorian chants - a permanent hymnal
Then:
Explore the Source & Summit Annual Companion Missal
- Mass Settings
- Complete propers for every Mass (Entrance, Offertory, Communion)
- Daily readings and rubrics right at your fingertips
- Cost savings - great as not having hymns reduces the number of pages
- Right now it protects you from being stuck with a new outdated worship book
- Sing the congregational hymns
- Order it with Gregorian Chants as a preferred option if you wish
- Cost Savings - As a permanent hymnal it will never affected by translations
- Seamlessly turn to the Companion Missal for the Mass and readings
Take Action Today
Go to: www.sourceandsummit.com and select COMPANION MISSAL.
Discover how the Companion Missal can serve your parish in these changing times. This paperback missal is the affordable choice until the new translation is in place.
Imagine the Difference
No more last‑minute handouts. No more page‑flipping chaos. Your liturgies flow smoothly, your congregation engages fully, and every element—song, chant, reading—feels united in worship.
Let the Source & Summit Companion Missal work hand in hand with our hymnals and enrich every Mass.