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GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL<br />

responses, <strong>the</strong> litanies <strong>of</strong> supplication,<br />

and so on.<br />

It should be borne in mind that <strong>the</strong><br />

primary purpose <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> translation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

texts is not with a view to meditation, but<br />

ra<strong>the</strong>r that <strong>the</strong>y be proclaimed or sung<br />

during an actual celebration.<br />

Language should be used that is<br />

accommodated to <strong>the</strong> faithful <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

region, but is noble and marked by<br />

literary quality, and <strong>the</strong>re will always<br />

remain <strong>the</strong> need for some catechesis on<br />

<strong>the</strong> biblical and Christian meaning <strong>of</strong><br />

certain words and expressions.<br />

It is, indeed, <strong>of</strong> advantage that in<br />

regions using <strong>the</strong> same language, <strong>the</strong><br />

same translation be used whenever<br />

possible for liturgical texts, especially for<br />

biblical texts and for <strong>the</strong> Order <strong>of</strong><br />

Mass. 151<br />

393. Bearing in mind <strong>the</strong> important place that<br />

singing has in a celebration as a<br />

necessary or integral part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

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

on <strong>the</strong> Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, no.<br />

36 § 3.<br />

223

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