General Instruction of the Roman Missal

General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 1975 edition.

It is now worn hanging straight down (General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 340) at all times.

Permission to undertaken these roles can be found in The General Instruction of the Roman Missal.

The present General Instruction of the Roman Missal does not envisage the use of a burse.

The modern concept of the conventual Mass is laid out in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal.

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal lays down the following rules for genuflections during Mass:

The latest (2002) edition of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, however, reversed the order and places the sequence before the Alleluia.

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal allows for institution of Catechists should a particular Bishops' Conference feel that it is required.

According to the General Instruction of the Roman Missal ( 346d-e), violet, white, or black vestments may be worn at Offices and Masses for the dead.

The number of swings of the thurible to be used when incensing persons or objects is specified in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal:

(General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 120) When carried in procession, the Book of the Gospels is held slightly elevated, though not over the head.

In the 1970s, Bishop John L. May made modifications to the sanctuary in compliance with the 1970 General Instruction of the Roman Missal.

This Psalm, called the Responsorial Psalm, is usually sung or recited responsorially, although the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 61 permits direct recitation.

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal lays down rules for patens: It is clear that patens and chalices do not have to be made of precious metal.

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 147 states: "It is very appropriate that the priest sing those parts of the Eucharistic Prayer for which musical notation is provided."

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal lays down that, for memorials of saints, unless proper readings are given, the readings assigned for the weekday are customarily used.

Some of these are authorised by official Church documents (such as the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) and the Code of Canon Law), whereas other have not.

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 118 mentions a "Communion-plate for the Communion of the faithful", distinct from the paten, to prevent the Host or fragments of it falling on the ground.

No gesture is prescribed for the lay faithful in the Roman Missal; nor the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, therefore the extending or holding of hands by the faithful should not be performed."

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 83, states: "The supplication Agnus Dei, is, as a rule, sung by the choir or cantor with the congregation responding; or it is, at least, recited aloud.

"The vestment proper to the priest celebrant at Mass and other sacred actions directly connected with Mass is, unless otherwise indicated, the chasuble, worn over the alb and stole" (General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 337).

The observance of memorials is integrated into the celebration of the occurring weekday (the "feria") in accord with the norms set forth in the General Instructions of the Roman Missal and the Liturgy of the Hours.

If this modality is employed, however, hosts should be used which are neither too thin nor too small, and the communicant should receive the Sacrament from the Priest only on the tongue" (General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 285b and 287).

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal in the Catholic Church, for instance, states (in 316): "In accordance with traditional custom, near the tabernacle a special lamp, fueled by oil or wax, should be kept alight to indicate and honour the presence of Christ."

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal 321 recommends that "the eucharistic bread ... be made in such a way that the priest at Mass with a congregation is able in practice to break it into parts for distribution to at least some of the faithful.