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GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL<br />

CHAPTER V<br />

THE ARRANGEMENT AND FURNISHING OF<br />

CHURCHES FOR THE CELEBRATION OF<br />

THE EUCHARIST<br />

I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES<br />

288. For <strong>the</strong> celebration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Eucharist, <strong>the</strong><br />

People <strong>of</strong> God normally are ga<strong>the</strong>red<br />

toge<strong>the</strong>r in a church or, if <strong>the</strong>re is no<br />

church or if it is too small, <strong>the</strong>n in<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r respectable place that is<br />

none<strong>the</strong>less worthy <strong>of</strong> so great a<br />

mystery. Churches, <strong>the</strong>refore, and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

places should be suitable for carrying<br />

out <strong>the</strong> sacred action and for ensuring<br />

<strong>the</strong> active participation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> faithful.<br />

Sacred buildings and requisites for<br />

divine worship should, moreover, be<br />

truly worthy and beautiful and be signs<br />

and symbols <strong>of</strong> heavenly realities. 108<br />

108 Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Constitution<br />

on <strong>the</strong> Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, nos.<br />

122-124; Decree on <strong>the</strong> Ministry and Life <strong>of</strong> Priests,<br />

Presbyterorum ordinis, no.5; Sacred Congregation <strong>of</strong><br />

Rites, Instruction Inter Oecumenici, On <strong>the</strong> orderly<br />

carrying out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Constitution on <strong>the</strong> Sacred Liturgy,<br />

26 September 1964, no.90: AAS 56 (1964), p.897;<br />

Sacred Congregation <strong>of</strong> Rites, Instruction<br />

Eucharisticum mysterium, On <strong>the</strong> worship <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Eucharist, 25 May 1967, no. 24: AAS 59 (1967),<br />

p.554; Codex Iuris Canonici, can. 932 § 1.<br />

165

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