Transcription of General Instruction of the Roman Missal
1 1 Copyright 2003, United States Catholic Conference, Inc., Washington, All rightsreserved. General Instruction of the Roman MissalIncluding Adaptations for the Dioceses of the United States of AmericaConcordat cum originali:Msgr. James Patrick MoroneyExecutive Director, Secretariat for the LiturgyUnited States Conference of Catholic BishopsThe English translation of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (Third Typical Edition) 2002, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of thisdocument may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic ormechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrievalsystem, without permission in writing from the copyright text is confirmed for use in the Dioceses of the United States of America.
2 Persons fromother nations should consult the local Episcopal Conference regarding the appropriate text fortheir TO THIS EDITIONDECREE OF CONFIRMATIONDECREE OF PUBLICATIONTHE General Instruction OF THE Roman MISSALPREAMBLEA Witness to Unchanged FaithA Witness to Unbroken TraditionAccommodation to New ConditionsCHAPTER ITHE IMPORTANCE AND DIGNITY OF THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONCHAPTER IITHE STRUCTURE OF THE MASS, ITS ELEMENTS AND ITS PARTSI. THE General STRUCTURE OF THE MASSII. THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE MASSR eading and Explaining the Word of GodThe Prayers and Other Parts Pertaining to the PriestThe Other Formulas in the CelebrationThe Vocal Expression of the Different TextsThe Importance of SingingMovements and PostureSilenceIII. THE INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF THE MASSA.
3 THE INTRODUCTORY RITESThe EntranceGreeting of the Altar and of the People Gathered TogetherThe Act of PenitenceThe Kyrie EleisonThe GloriaThe CollectB. THE LITURGY OF THE WORDS ilenceThe Biblical ReadingsThe Responsorial PsalmThe HomilyThe Profession of FaithThe Prayer of the FaithfulC. THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARISTThe Preparation of the GiftsThe Prayer over the OfferingsThe Eucharistic PrayerThe Communion RiteThe Lord s PrayerThe Rite of PeaceThe FractionCommunionD. THE CONCLUDING RITESCHAPTER IIITHE DUTIES AND MINISTRIES IN THE MASSI. THE DUTIES OF THOSE IN HOLY ORDERS3II. THE DUTIES OF THE PEOPLE OF GODIII. PARTICULAR MINISTRIESThe Ministry of the Instituted Acolyte and LectorOther MinistriesIV. THE DISTRIBUTION OF DUTIES AND THE PREPARATION OF THE CELEBRATIONCHAPTER IVTHE DIFFERENT FORMS OF CELEBRATING MASSI.
4 MASS WITH A CONGREGATIONThe Articles to Be PreparedA. MASS WITHOUT A DEACONThe Introductory RitesThe Liturgy of the WordThe Liturgy of the EucharistThe Concluding RitesB. MASS WITH A DEACONThe Introductory RitesThe Liturgy of the WordThe Liturgy of the EucharistThe Concluding RitesC. THE DUTIES OF THE ACOLYTEThe Introductory RitesThe Liturgy of the EucharistD. THE DUTIES OF THE LECTORI ntroductory RitesThe Liturgy of the WordII. CONCELEBRATED MASSThe Introductory RitesThe Liturgy of the WordThe Liturgy of the EucharistThe Manner of Speaking the Eucharistic PrayerEucharistic Prayer I, that is, The Roman CanonEucharistic Prayer IIEucharistic Prayer IIIE ucharistic Prayer IVThe Communion RiteThe Concluding RitesIII. MASS AT WHICH ONLY ONE MINISTER PARTICIPATESThe Introductory RitesThe Liturgy of the WordThe Liturgy of the EucharistThe Concluding RitesIV.
5 SOME General NORMS FOR ALL FORMS OF MASSV eneration of the Altar and the Book of the GospelsGenuflections and BowsIncensationThe PurificationCommunion under Both KindsCHAPTER VTHE ARRANGEMENT AND FURNISHING OF CHURCHES FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THEEUCHARISTI. General PRINCIPLESII. ARRANGEMENT OF THE SANCTUARY FOR THE SACRED SYNAXIS (EUCHARISTIC ASSEMBLY)The Altar and Its AppointmentsThe Ambo4 The Chair for the Priest Celebrant and Other SeatsIII. THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE CHURCHThe Places for the FaithfulThe Place for the Choir and the Musical InstrumentsThe Place for the Reservation of the Most Holy EucharistSacred ImagesCHAPTER VITHE REQUISITES FOR THE CELEBRATION OF MASSI. THE BREAD AND WINE FOR CELEBRATING THE EUCHARISTII. SACRED FURNISHINGS IN GENERAIII. SACRED VESSELSIV.
6 SACRED VESTMENTSV. OTHER THINGS INTENDED FOR CHURCH USECHAPTER VIITHE CHOICE OF THE MASS AND ITS PARTSI. THE CHOICE OF MASSII. THE CHOICE OF MASS TEXTSThe ReadingsThe OrationsThe Eucharistic PrayerThe ChantsCHAPTER VIIIMASSES AND PRAYERS FOR VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND MASSES FOR THE DEADI. MASSES AND PRAYERS FOR VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCESII. MASSES FOR THE DEADCHAPTER IXADAPTATIONS WITHIN THE COMPETENCE OF BISHOPS AND BISHOPS CONFERENCESNOTESINDEX TO THIS EDITION5 Foreword to this EditionThe liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council have enjoyed great success in bringing manyCatholics closer to the perfect sacrifice of praise that Christ the Lord offered from the wood ofthe Cross. Perhaps most of all, the reforms of the Missale Romanum, which regulates thecelebration of the Eucharist as the source and summit of the Christian life (SacrosanctumConcilium, no.)
7 47), have been the cause and witness of this great first stages of the postconciliar reform of the Mass were marked by Pope Paul VI sapostolic constitution Missale Romanum (1969), which was quickly followed by the revisedOrdo Missae (l970), including the first edition of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani (1970).This last document, which described the form for the new Order of Mass, was further revised in1972 and yet more definitively as a part of the editio typica altera of the Missale Romanum inMarch 27, many years of preparation, the publication of an editio typica tertia of the MissaleRomanum was authorized by Pope John Paul II in the course of the Jubilee Year of ourRedemption and was published in spring 2001. This long-awaited revision includes a new editionof the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani.
8 On November 12, 2002, the Latin Church membersof the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a translation of the InstitutioGeneralis Missalis Romani prepared by the International Commission on English in the translation was confirmed by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of theSacraments on March 17, 2003 (Prot. N. 2235/02/L).The translation is published in this volume as a revision of the Bishops Committee on theLiturgy s Liturgy Documentary Series 2, which first appeared in 1970 and was intended to aid acommon understanding of the first edition of the Missale Romanum. With the publication of thethird edition of the Missale Romanum, the Bishops Committee on the Liturgy hopes that thisedition will assist in that same goal in our present revised Institutio Generalis possesses a unique role among all the documents on the its preceding editions, it has been published in order to give life to a dream.
9 It was the dreamof reformers such as St. Hippolytus, St. Gregory, and St. Leo. It was the dream of Pope Paul VIand clearly remains the vision of Pope John Paul II, who calls us to an ever deeper grasp of theliturgy of the Church, celebrated according to the current books and lived above all as a reality inthe spiritual order (Vicesimus Quintus Annus, 1988, no. 14). Likewise, this dream is shared bythe Bishops Committee on the Liturgy and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishopsthat it serves. Finally, it is the vision of the Church itself: the dream of God s people joined toChrist in Baptism and made ever more holy by conscious, active, and fruitful participation inthe mystery of the Eucharist ( General Instruction of the Roman Missal , no. 5).Msgr. James P.
10 MoroneyExecutive DirectorUSCCB Secretariat for the Liturgy6 CONGREGATION FOR DIVINE WORSHIPAND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SACRAMENTSProt. N. 2235/02/LTHE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAAt the request of His Excellency, the Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory, Bishop of Belleville,President of the Conference of Bishops of the United States of America, in a letter of November13, 2002, and in virtue of the faculties granted to this Congregation by the Supreme PontiffJOHN PAUL II, we gladly confirm and approve the English translation of the Institutio GeneralisMissalis Romani, excerpted from the third typical edition of the same Missal , as in the copies of the printed text should be forwarded to this things to the contrary the offices of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments,March 17, 2003.
