general instruction of the roman missal liturgy documentary series i

CONTENTS
PREAMBLE
A witness to Unchanged Faith …….…….. 1
A witness to Unbroken Tradition ………… 7
Accommodation to New Conditions …….. 10
CHAPTER I
THE IMPORTANCE AND DIGNITY OF
THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION ….. 18
CHAPTER II
THE STRUCTURE OF THE MASS,
ITS ELEMENTS AND ITS PARTS ………. 26
I. THE GENERAL STRUCTURE
OF THE MASS ………………………. 26
II.
THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS
OF THE MASS ………………………. 28
Reading and Explaining the
Word of God …………………………. 28
The Prayers and Other Parts
Pertaining to the Priest ……………… 29
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