Holy Scripture
Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision
The Bible reader follows the Douay-Rheims tradition in the Challoner revision. Its text is checked verse by verse against the 1899 American Edition published by John Murphy Company of Baltimore.
Novena Regina standards
Sources and editorial method
Prayer deserves honest sourcing. This page explains what Novena Regina uses, what has been checked, and where a reader can examine the underlying material.
We do not treat every devotional text as equally old or equally documented. Clear source footing comes first, and later witnesses are named as such.
Quick answers
Source questions
What sources are used for prayers on Novena Regina?
Each area lists source traditions and references, including biblical editions, Missal and liturgical data, Stations companions, and traditional devotional witnesses.
How are uncertain traditions handled?
When evidence is older, clearer, and stronger it is used first. If a text is a later witness, that footing is named plainly as such.
Can I suggest a source correction or improvement?
Yes. Use the correction link on this page to send a source note. Useful requests are reviewed before changing the public library.
Traditional Latin Mass
1962 Roman Missal
The Mass reader uses the 1962 Roman Missal calendar, Ordinary, and Propers from the openly licensed Missale Meum and Divinum Officium source data. The app and website keep a pinned source record and audit the bundled text against it.
Way of the Cross
Stations of the Cross
The Stations companion follows the traditional fourteen-station form and St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori’s Way of the Cross. The shorter meditations are a faithful, plainly identified arrangement for this reader, not a claim of a newly discovered historical text.
Saints and novenas
Historical footing before promotion
Novena Regina gives priority to older devotional books, manuals, archival collections, and clear feast connections. When a prayer depends on a later devotional witness or has weaker evidence, that footing should be named plainly rather than presented as an ancient source.
A correction is a service to prayer
If you have a better primary source, a correction, or a clear historical note, please send it. Each useful submission is reviewed before it changes the public library.
Submit a source or correction