iMissal Catholic

I've appreciated this app for years. As a director of Liturgy it helps me plan! Once in awhile there are issues, though: Last year there were no readings for the 4th Sunday of Advent, since it happened on December 24. I've noticed this sort of thing once or twice before. I can never depend on the app to be accurate for when the Gloria is to be sung at a Daily Mass. It used to be that the Gloria was included all through Lent and Advent. That's an obvious error, but should also be an easy fix--perhaps it has already been taken care of. Today I noticed that the entrance chant for the upcoming Mass for Advent II in December is incorrect--it ought to be "People of Sion...." It would be wonderful if the app developers could go through and get rid of these errors which keep the app from being a five star app.

With each change in Month, it appears that the “vocal recordings” of the Daily Readings of the day are not immediately available for listening. I am a Lector and I use these recordings as a basis to see how others inflect the readings to best present the Scriptual Message of the reading to the Faithful. There is a lag time at the beginning of each new month when those recordings are not immediately available. I have deleted and reloaded the App with the thought that it may have been affected by recent revisions to the latest IOS, but that did not fix the issue which thus must be a development bug of sorts or a lack of due diligence on the part of the moderators. It is a phenomenal resource and should not be victimized by Lag Time. Vivat Jesu

But not so much for special Masses and Feast days. The readings and the Gospels have been very accurate for years. This past Holy Week illustrates some short-comings. So many things are missing: the presentation of oils and the washing of feet on Thursday, the veneration of the cross and communion service on Friday (iMissal provided a complete Liturgy of the Eucharist), blessing of the fire, the Christ candle, the procession with “Christ Our Light”, the Exultet, etc., on Saturday night. iMissal does provide all 7 readings for Easter Vigil. Still, iMissal is an excellent resource for the daily Masses and those on Sunday. It also has a great collection of prayers. I use it quite a lot, actually. And because it does not require a constant connection to the internet, iMissal is very convenient and easy to use.