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The script for the world's longest-running show, reprinted whenever the Pope changes the lines.
means A book containing the prayers, readings, and instructions needed to celebrate Mass throughout the liturgical year.
from From Latin 'missale,' tied to 'missa' — the Mass itself — which many trace to the dismissal formula 'Ite, missa est' ('Go, it is sent/dismissed') spoken at the service's end. So the book named for an ending is really the guide to the whole performance, start to finish.
- not a typo
- missal is not misspelled bible
- contains
- prayers, chants, and instructions for the entire Mass
- latin root
- missa, the word that also gave us mass
- revision drama
- 2011 English update sparked actual liturgical outrage