Latin Mass Resources


Mass and Sacraments

Explanation of the Prayers and Ceremonies of Holy Mass – Dom Prosper Guéranger, O.S.B. (Read Online) (PDF)
The Holy Mass – St. Alphonsus Liguori (PDF)
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass – Rev. Dr. Nicholas Gihr (Read Online)

 

 

 

 

Other Liturgy

Summorum Pontificum (English) (Latin) – the Apostolic Letter of Pope Benedict XVI, issued “motu proprio” (i.e. on his own initiative) specifying the rules, for the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, for celebrating Mass according to the “Missal promulgated by John XXIII in 1962” (the form known as the Tridentine Mass), and for administering most of the sacraments in the form they had before the liturgical reforms following the Second Vatican Council
Liber Usualis (PDF) – Gregorian Chant for every mass of the year
The Roman Martyrology  – 1916 Edition (Read Online) (PDF)
DivinumOfficium.com – Online version of 1962 Divine Office, as well as the Ordo of the Mass
The Divine Office: Explanation of the Psalms and Canticles – St. Alphonsus Liguori (PDF)

 

Holy Scriptures and Scripture Commentary

DRBO.org – Douay Rheims Bible
Knox Bible
Catena Aurea – The Golden Chain is a commentary on of the Gospels by the Early Church Fathers compiled together by St. Thomas Aquinas
Haydock Commentary 
The Great Biblical Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
Clerus Bible Commentary (The Holy See – Congregation for the Clergy)

 

Catholic Classic Books

Available as Public Domain (copyright-free) for download, or available to read online

Imitation of Christ – Thomas a Kempis (Read Online) (PDF)
Introduction to the Devout Life – St. Francis de Sales (Read Online) (PDF)
Story of a Soul – St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Read Online) (PDF)
Uniformity with God’s Will – St. Alphonsus Liguori (Read Online) (PDF)
The Baltimore Catechism #1 (PDF)
The Baltimore Catechism #2 (PDF)
The Baltimore Catechism #3 (PDF)

 

Online libraries of Catholic classics

Catholic Ebook Library

 

Smartphone and Tablet Apps

iPieta (iPhone/iPad, Android) – Ordo for Extraordinary Form mass plus daily readings, Douay-Rheims Bible with linked Haydock Commentary and Cantena Aurea, HUGE library of Catholic books, prayers and chaplets
Breviarium Meum (iPhone/iPad only) – Breviarium Meum allows you to pray the traditional (1962) Latin breviary of the Catholic Church wherever you go
Liber Pro (iPhone/iPad only) – The 1961 Liber Usualis, a book of over 2,300 pages of Gregorian Chant for use throughout the liturgical year, in an electronic searchable app
iMass (iPhone/iPad only) – View Holy Mass each day directly on your iPhone, celebrated in the Extraordinary Form by FSSP priests at Christ the King Catholic Church in Sarasota, FL. The app also provides the text of the Mass of the day according to the 1962 Missal.

 

Websites of Interest

Extraordinary Form Latin Mass Locations – Includes Mass locations, times and related information of Masses celebrated in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite for both the US and Canada
Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey – Traditional Benedictine Monks in Oklahoma
Adoration, Reparation, and Spiritual Motherhood for Priests (PDF) – The vocation to be a spiritual mother for priests is largely unknown, scarcely understood and, consequently, rarely lived, notwithstanding its fundamental importance. It is a vocation that is frequently hidden, invisible to the naked eye, but meant to transmit spiritual life.
(Listen to a homily about Spiritual Motherhood for Priests on the Sensus Fidelium YouTube channel: (Spiritual Motherhood for Priests)
Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland – Blog featuring links to daily readings and orthodox Catholic news.