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GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL
fuelled by oil or wax, should be kept
alight to indicate and honour the
presence of Christ. 130
317. In no way should all the other things
prescribed by law concerning the
reservation of the Most Holy Eucharist
be forgotten. 131
Sacred Images
318. In the earthly Liturgy, the Church
participates, by a foretaste, in that
heavenly Liturgy which is celebrated in
the holy city of Jerusalem toward which
she journeys as a pilgrim, and where
Christ is sitting at the right hand of God;
and by venerating the memory of the
Saints, she hopes one day to have
some part and fellowship with them. 132
130 Cf. Codex Iuris Canonici, can. 940; Sacred
Congregation of Rites, Instruction Eucharisticum
mysterium, On the worship of the Eucharist, 25 May
1967, no. 57: AAS 59 (1967), p.569; The Roman
Ritual, Holy Communion and Worship of the
Eucharist outside Mass, editio typica, 1973, no.11.
131 Cf. particularly in Sacred Congregation for the
Sacraments, Instruction Nullo umquam tempore, 28
May 1938; AAS 30 (1938), pp. 198-207; Codex Iuris
Canonici, cann. 934-944.
132 Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Constitution
on the Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, no.8.
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