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GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL<br />

Trent had proposed as a matter <strong>of</strong> faith, 8<br />

is proclaimed in <strong>the</strong> celebration <strong>of</strong> Mass<br />

not only by means <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> very words <strong>of</strong><br />

consecration, by which Christ becomes<br />

present through transubstantiation, but<br />

also by that interior disposition and<br />

outward expression <strong>of</strong> supreme<br />

reverence and adoration in which <strong>the</strong><br />

Eucharistic Liturgy is carried out. For <strong>the</strong><br />

same reason <strong>the</strong> Christian people is<br />

drawn on Holy Thursday <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lord’s<br />

Supper, and on <strong>the</strong> Solemnity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Most Holy Body and Blood <strong>of</strong> Christ, to<br />

venerate this wonderful Sacrament by a<br />

special form <strong>of</strong> adoration.<br />

4. Fur<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>the</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ministerial<br />

priesthood proper to a bishop and a<br />

priest, who <strong>of</strong>fer <strong>the</strong> sacrifice in <strong>the</strong><br />

person <strong>of</strong> Christ and who preside over<br />

<strong>the</strong> ga<strong>the</strong>ring <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> holy people, is<br />

evident in <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rite itself, by<br />

reason <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> more prominent place and<br />

<strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> priest. The meaning <strong>of</strong> this<br />

<strong>of</strong>fice is enunciated and explained<br />

clearly and at greater length in <strong>the</strong><br />

Preface for <strong>the</strong> Chrism Mass on Holy<br />

Thursday, <strong>the</strong> day commemorating <strong>the</strong><br />

8 Cf. Council <strong>of</strong> Trent, session 13, Decretum de ss.<br />

Eucharistia, 11 October 1551: Denz-Schön,<br />

1635-1661.<br />

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