Looking for rubrics regarding Holy Mass/Eucharist

  • Thread starter Thread starter vitejose
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
V

vitejose

Guest
Howdy folks,

I am putting together a binder of documents for the campus ministry folks at the school where I work to aid in liturgical planning according to the guidelines of the Church. So far I have the GIRM and the instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum. Any other recommendations for good documents on the topic?

I’m also looking for a good book for training sacristans/servers. Hopefully it would contain things like the names of different sacred vessels, proper conduct on the altar, etc. Obviously, whoever is leading the training should know all this stuff, but it would be nice to have a book for reference.

Pax Christi vobiscum.
 
Last edited:
The GIRM is part of the Roman Missal. The rest of the Roman Missal is also important regarding rubrics. Another important liturgical book for rubrics is Ceremonial of Bishops, ISBN 0814618189, published by Liturgical Press in 1989. For training sacristans/servers there is “Ceremonies Explained for Servers: A Manual for Altar Servers, Acolytes, Sacristans, and Masters of Ceremonies” by Bishop Peter Elliott, ISBN 1621642992, published by Ignatius Press in 2019.

What ceremonies will there be? The Roman Missal is for Mass. There are other liturgical books for other ceremonies. Will there be the Liturgy of the Hours? Ceremonies in Book of Blessings? Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults? Baptism of Children? Funerals? Pastoral Care of the Sick? Ceremonies from the Martyrology, (which is only available in Latin)?
 
FAITH Catholic publishing company has a very good sacristan guide. Also check with your Diocese office of liturgy.
 
Thank you for the suggestions. They look excellent.

Sorry, should have been a bit more specific. I work at a Catholic high school. Holy Mass is the primary liturgical ceremony of the school (hence the title of the thread). No baptisms, weddings, funerals, etc. although we do have the appropriate books at hand. I’m mostly just looking to produce a binder that will help in the effort to prevent abuses and promote proper, reverent practices.
 
vitejose said:
promote proper, reverent practices
Click to expand...
Just be cautious here. What’s “proper” and “reverent” can be objective but is often times substituted with “my preference” (when there really isn’t something defined or not defined as my preferences would like to dictate).

An example: many think it’s “proper” or “reverent” to make the Sign of the Cross upon receiving the Eucharist; but that is neither the prescribed action nor should it be pushed on anyone as “the right/preferred way” they should receive (and I say this as someone who does make the SotC at communion). The rubrics only call for a bow of the head.
 
Yes, that’s a good point. I agree.

What I have more in mind are legitimate liturgical abuses. One of the other schools in the area made up their own Eucharistic Prayer once. Why the priest agreed to use it, I don’t know. On further reflection, maybe he was the one to write it—yikes!

My hope is to be able to have these documents as a guide to keep our staff from making those kinds of mistakes.
 
Cor_ad_Cor said:
Just be cautious here. What’s “proper” and “reverent” can be objective but is often times substituted with “my preference” (when there really isn’t something defined or not defined as my preferences would like to dictate).

An example: many think it’s “proper” or “reverent” to make the Sign of the Cross upon receiving the Eucharist; but that is neither the prescribed action nor should it be pushed on anyone as “the right/preferred way” they should receive (and I say this as someone who does make the SotC at communion). The rubrics only call for a bow of the head.
Click to expand...
Thank you for posting this. It’s especially strange when the SotC is reduced to a mere twiddle appearing as a reflex action.
 
paperwight said:
…

Thank you for posting this. It’s especially strange when the SotC is reduced to a mere twiddle appearing as a reflex action.
Click to expand...
From Vico.

Receiving the Holy Body and Blood of Christ has changed so much in the Latin Church. I remember receiving kneeling at the rail and the priest said:
Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi custodiat animam tuam in vitam aeternam. Amen.
Click to expand...
Similarly in the Byzantine Catholic Church, when one is receiving, standing, the priest says:
The servant of God N., partakes of the precious, most holy and most pure Body and Blood or our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ for the remission of his (her) sins and for life everlasting. Amen.
Click to expand...
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top