THE GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL THE GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL THE GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL Latin text © Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City State, 2008. New English Translation 2010, granted recognitio by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, for the dioceses of the Bishops’ Conference of Canada (Prot. N. 1224/07/L, 18 June 2010). Excerpt from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010 International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Latin Typical Edition, 1970. Amended Latin Typical Edition, 1971. Second Latin Typical Edition, 1975. Third Latin Typical Edition, 2002. Amended Latin Third Typical Edition, 2008. Illustration by James Tissot (1836-1902), adapted for use in The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, copyright © Concacan Inc., 2011. All rights reserved. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, Canadian edition, copyright © Concacan Inc., 2011. All rights reserved. Edited by: Published by: National Liturgy Office Publications Service nlo.cccb.ca cccbpublications.ca Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops 2500 Don Reid Drive Ottawa, ON K1H 2J2 cccb.ca Code: 182-373 ISBN: 978-0-88997-655-9 Legal Deposit: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa Printed and Bound in Canada by St. Joseph Communications 6 THE GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN MISSAL CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFÉRENCE DES ÉVÊQUES CATHOLIQUES DU CANADA Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops DECREE OF PUBLICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION 1. 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In a letter dated 2 September 2010, the Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of Canada, approved by nostra ætate (27 January 1966), and the norms established by the Congregation for Divine canonical vote of the Bishops of Canada, was sent for confirmation by the President of this Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in its Instruction Liturgiam authenticam (28 Conference. On 9 February 2011, by Prot. N. 108/11/L, the same Congregation confirmed the ProperMarch Calendar 2001), thefor theEnglish-language Dioceses of Canada translation contained of inthe this third edition. typical edition of the Roman Missal for use in Canada will be published by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. 6. ThisThis present publication edition, hereby published becomes by the the authority sole English-language of the Canadian translationConference andof Catholic version Bishops, of the isRoman the sole Missal English approved translation for useand in version the dioceses of the Roman of Canada Missal whenever that is hereby the liturgy approved is celebrated for use in the dioceses of Canada, beginning with the First Sunday of Advent, 27 November 2011. in English, also to be effective the First Sunday of Advent, 27 November 2011. Given at the Secretariat of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ottawa, Ontario, on Given at the Secretariat of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ottawa, Ontario, on 19 March 2011, the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patron of the 15 AugustUniversal 2011, Church the Solemnity and Principal of the Patron Assumption of Canada. of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Pierre Morissette Bishop of Saint-Jérôme President Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops Rev. Msgr. Patrick Powers, P.H. General Secretary DECREE OF PUBLICATION 7 INTRODUCTION 1. As Christ the Lord was about to celebrate with the disciples the paschal supper in which he instituted the Sacrifice of his Body and Blood, he commanded that a large, furnished upper room be prepared (Luke 22.12). Indeed, the Church has always judged that this command also applied to herself whenever she decided about things related to the disposition of people’s minds, and of places, rites and texts for the Celebration of the Most Holy Eucharist. The present norms, too, prescribed in keeping with the will of the Second Vatican Council, together with the new Missal with which the Church of the Roman Rite will henceforth celebrate the Mass, are again a demonstration of this same solicitude of the Church, of her faith and her unaltered love for the supreme mystery of the Eucharist, and also attest to her continuous and consistent tradition, even though certain new elements have been introduced. Testimony of an Unaltered Faith 2. The sacrificial nature of the Mass, solemnly defended by the Council of Trent, because it accords with the universal tradition of the Church,1 was once more stated by the Second Vatican Council, which pronounced these clear words about the Mass: “At the Last Supper, Our Saviour instituted the Eucharistic Sacrifice of his Body and Blood, by which the Sacrifice of his Cross is perpetuated until he comes again; and till then he entrusts the memorial of his Death and Resurrection to his beloved spouse, the Church.”2 What is taught in this way by the Council is consistently expressed in the formulas of the Mass. Moreover, the doctrine which stands out in the following sentence, already notable and concisely expressed in the ancient Sacramentary commonly called the Leonine – “for whenever the memorial of this sacrifice is celebrated the work of our redemption is accomplished”3 – is aptly and exactly expounded in the Eucharistic Prayers; for as in these the Priest enacts the anamnesis, while turned toward God likewise in the name of all the people, he renders thanks and offers the living and holy sacrifice, that is, the Church’s oblation and the sacrificial Victim by whose death God himself willed to reconcile us to himself;4 and the Priest also prays that the Body and Blood of Christ may be a sacrifice which is acceptable to the Father and which brings salvation to the whole world.5 3. So, in the new Missal the rule of prayer (lex orandi) of the Church corresponds to her perennial rule of faith (lex credendi), by which we are truly taught that the sacrifice of his Cross and its sacramental renewal in the Mass, which Christ the Lord instituted at the Last Supper and commanded his Apostles to do in his memory, are one and the same, 1 Ecumenical Council of Trent, Session XXII, 17 September 1562: Denzinger-Schönmetzer, nos.