Need GIRM References

[dmm2000]

Can you help me with providing the GIRM references relating to the following issues:

1. 
   *]Using glass / crystal cups for distrubution of Precious Blood.
   *]Pouring the Precious Blood after the Concecration.
   *]Singing of the Lamb of God (Have Mercy on Us) repaetedly until the Priest has prepared all the vessels for Communion.
   *]Psalms using “Lord” or “God” instead of “him” or other masculine pronouns.
   *]When a baptism during Mass, the baptism takes place in the vestibule where the font is, and people leaving the Church to gather around the service out in the vestibule.
   
   I have been invited by the litugist to share concerns I have, and I would like to provide her with references, as she attempts to follow the GIRM.
   
   Thank you

 

[Marauder]

Several of the things you list are addressed in *Redemptionis Sacramentum and GIRM.
*Redemptionis

1. 
   *]Using glass / crystal cups for distrubution of Precious Blood.

1. 
   Glass is not permitted, there are debates over whether strong, expensive, crystal meets the minimum requirements.
   GIRM:
   

   1. Sacred vessels are to be made from precious metal. If they are made from metal that rusts or from a metal less precious than gold, then ordinarily they should be gilded on the inside.
   2. In the Dioceses of the United States of America, sacred vessels may also be made from other solid materials that, according to the common estimation in each region, are precious, for example, ebony or other hard woods, provided that such materials are suited to sacred use and do not easily break or deteriorate. This applies to all vessels which hold the hosts, such as the paten, the ciborium, the pyx, the monstrance, and other things of this kind.
   3. As regards chalices and other vessels that are intended to serve as receptacles for the Blood of the Lord, they are to have bowls of nonabsorbent material. The base, on the other hand, may be made of other solid and worthy materials.

   Pouring the Precious Blood after the Concecration.

   This is currently being discussed between the USCCB and the Vatican due to some complicated issues in canon law. No matter what the Precious Blood should never be poured by an EMHC.
   RS:
   

   106. However, the pouring of the Blood of Christ after the consecration from one vessel to another is completely to be avoided, lest anything should happen that would be to the detriment of so great a mystery. Never to be used for containing the Blood of the Lord are flagons, bowls, or other vessels that are not fully in accord with the established norms.

 

[kmktexas]

Numbers 1 & 2 are covered in Redemptionis Sacramentum.

#1

1. Sacred vessels for containing the Body and Blood of the Lord must be made in strict conformity with the norms of tradition and of the liturgical books. The Bishops’ Conferences have the faculty to decide whether it is appropriate, once their decisions have been given the recognitio by the Apostolic See, for sacred vessels to be made of other solid materials as well. It is strictly required, however, that such materials be truly noble in the common estimation within a given region, so that honour will be given to the Lord by their use, and all risk of diminishing the doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharistic species in the eyes of the faithful will be avoided. Reprobated, therefore, is any practice of using for the celebration of Mass common vessels, or others lacking in quality, or devoid of all artistic merit or which are mere containers, as also other vessels made from glass, earthenware, clay, or other materials that break easily. This norm is to be applied even as regards metals and other materials that easily rust or deteriorate.
2. 1. However, the pouring of the Blood of Christ after the consecration from one vessel to another is completely to be avoided, lest anything should happen that would be to the detriment of so great a mystery. Never to be used for containing the Blood of the Lord are flagons, bowls, or other vessels that are not fully in accord with the established norms.

I think that #3 is in the rubrics. Hopefully someone else can find the rest.

 

[kmktexas]

Here’s the GIRM reference for #3

The Fraction

1. The priest breaks the Eucharistic Bread, assisted, if the case calls for it, by the deacon or a concelebrant. Christ’s gesture of breaking bread at the Last Supper, which gave the entire Eucharistic Action its name in apostolic times, signifies that the many faithful are made one body (1 Cor 10:17) by receiving Communion from the one Bread of Life which is Christ, who died and rose for the salvation of the world. The fraction or breaking of bread is begun after the sign of peace and is carried out with proper reverence, though it should not be unnecessarily prolonged, nor should it be accorded undue importance. This rite is reserved to the priest and the deacon.

The priest breaks the Bread and puts a piece of the host into the chalice to signify the unity of the Body and Blood of the Lord in the work of salvation, namely, of the living and glorious Body of Jesus Christ. 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. This invocation accompanies the fraction and, for this reason, may be repeated as many times as necessary until the rite has reached its conclusion, the last time ending with the words dona nobis pacem (grant us peace).