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GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL<br />

In carrying this out, to <strong>the</strong> greatest<br />

extent possible <strong>the</strong> Lord’s Day is to be<br />

preserved and safeguarded, as <strong>the</strong><br />

primordial holy day, and hence o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

celebrations, unless <strong>the</strong>y be truly <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

greatest importance, should not have<br />

precedence over it. 154 Care should<br />

likewise be taken that <strong>the</strong> liturgical year<br />

as revised by decree <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Second<br />

Vatican Council not be obscured by<br />

secondary elements.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> drawing up <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> calendar <strong>of</strong> a<br />

nation, <strong>the</strong> Rogation and Ember Days<br />

should be indicated (cf. no.373), as well<br />

as <strong>the</strong> forms and texts for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

155<br />

celebration, and o<strong>the</strong>r special<br />

measures should also be taken into<br />

consideration.<br />

It is appropriate that in publishing <strong>the</strong><br />

Missal, celebrations proper to an entire<br />

nation or territory be inserted at <strong>the</strong><br />

correct place among <strong>the</strong> celebrations <strong>of</strong><br />

154 Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council,<br />

Constitution on <strong>the</strong> Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum<br />

Concilium, no. 106.<br />

155 Cf. General Norms for <strong>the</strong> Liturgical Year and <strong>the</strong><br />

Calendar, nos. 48-51, p.99; Sacred Congregation for<br />

Divine Worship, Instruction Calendaria particularia,<br />

24 June 1970, nos. 38: AAS 62 (1970), pp. 660.<br />

225

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