OCP missal comparison guide

Find the right missal for your parish community

This comparison chart gives you a quick overview of OCP's new missal line for the 2024 liturgical year. Arranged according to the liturgical calendar and providing content drawn from the ritual books, each missal supports the celebration of Mass for Sundays, holy days and more.

All missals have liturgical prayers and texts that accurately reflect the Missale Romanum and are approved for use in Catholic liturgy. Sound recordings are available for all songs featured, and they are all supported by the trusted planning resource Liturgy.com.

	Breaking Bread	Today's Missal with Daily Readings	Today's Missal	Heritage Missal	Unidos en Cristo United in Christ	Misal del Día
Language	English	English	English	English	Bilingual	Spanish
Books per year	1	3	3	1	3	1
Musical styles % Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs		No music (pairs with Today's Missal Music Issue)			No music (pairs with Unidos en Cristo/United in Christ Music Resource)
Readings	Sundays and holy days	Daily readings	Sundays and holy days	Sundays and holy days	Sundays and holy days	Sundays and holy days
Mass propers*	Daily	Daily	Daily	Daily	Daily	Sundays and holy days
Unique features	• OCP's most popular missal! • A large repertoire of over 860 songs featuring a mix of time-honored and contemporary Catholic music	• Both daily readings and Mass propers • Pairs with Today's Missal Music Issue which offers all the music you need for the year, including seasonal music	• Includes seasonal music and pairs with Today's Missal Music Issue	• Traditional focus • The only missal offering chant tones • Latin Responses for Holy Week	• Spanish and English presented side-by-side • Pairs with Unidos en Cristo/United in Christ Music Resource • Entrance and Communion Antiphons now included in their specific moment of the liturgy	• An expanded section of prayers and national feasts • Seasonal reflections for Sundays and holy days
Price per missal (valid with recurring subscription of two or more cases)	$6.58 (32 per case)	$6.99 (32 per case)	$6.00 (32 per case)	$5.95 (32 per case)	$6.63 (32 per case)	$3.97 (36 per case)
Value of free support materials (2+ case subscriptions)	Over $364	Over $364 with Today's Missal Music Issue	Over $364 with Today's Missal Music Issue	Over $257	Over $446 with Unidos en Cristo/United in Christ Music Resource	Over $274
Available extras	• Digital Music Library • eBook accompaniments • Choral Praise, Fourth Edition	• Today's Missal Music Issue	• Today's Missal Music Issue	• eBook accompaniments • Choral Praise, Fourth Edition	• Unidos en Cristo/United in Christ Music Resource	• eBook accompaniments • Alabanza Coral

*Mass propers include: reading citations, antiphons, response to the Psalm, citations for alternate readings for memorials

Music resources

	Today's Missal Music Issue	Unidos en Cristo/ United in Christ Music Resource
Language	English	Bilingual
Books per year	1	1 every 3 years
Musical styles % Traditional hymns % Mainstream liturgical music % Contemporary songs
Unique features	• Offers a balanced repertoire of more than 830 songs and a variety of Mass settings in different musical styles	• Features more than 820 Spanish, English and bilingual songs • Provides a balanced repertoire for every season and a variety of rites, as well as several English, Spanish, and bilingual Mass settings.
Price per missal (valid with recurring subscription of two or more cases)	$1.44* (32 per case) \| $5.99 (32 per case) *When paired with a missal subscription of 2 cases or more	$1.79* (32 per case) \| $9.94 (32 per case) *When paired with a missal subscription of 2 cases or more
Available extras	• eBook accompaniments • Digital Music Library • Choral Praise, Fourth Edition	• eBook accompaniments • Alabanza Coral