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GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL<br />

course <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> year, <strong>the</strong> mysteries <strong>of</strong><br />

redemption are recalled so as in some<br />

way to be made present. 24 Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore,<br />

<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r sacred actions and all <strong>the</strong><br />

activities <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Christian life are bound<br />

up with it, flow from it, and are ordered<br />

to it. 25<br />

17. It is <strong>the</strong>refore <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> greatest importance<br />

that <strong>the</strong> celebration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mass – that is,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Lord’s Supper - be so arranged that<br />

<strong>the</strong> sacred ministers and <strong>the</strong> faithful<br />

taking part in it, according to <strong>the</strong> proper<br />

state <strong>of</strong> each, may derive from it more<br />

abundantly 26 those fruits for <strong>the</strong> sake <strong>of</strong><br />

which Christ <strong>the</strong> Lord instituted <strong>the</strong><br />

Eucharistic Sacrifice <strong>of</strong> his Body and<br />

Blood and entrusted it to <strong>the</strong> Church, his<br />

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

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

no.102.<br />

25 Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Constitution on<br />

<strong>the</strong> Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, no.10; cf.<br />

Decree on <strong>the</strong> Ministry and Life <strong>of</strong> Priests,<br />

Presbyterorum ordinis, no.5.<br />

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

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

nos.14, 19, 26, 28, 30.<br />

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