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This page contains links to Church teachings, documents, pastoral reflections and notes on the Eucharist and Liturgy that might be helpful as a resource or reflection. There are other information avilable easily on the web; those below are just a small selection that have come to my attention.

The Roman Missal (Mass)

General Instruction on the Roman Missal (1975 edition)

Indult on the use of Extraordinary Ministers of Communion for pouring the Precious Blood into ancillary vessels

Introduction to the Book of the Gospels (2000 edition)

Other Roman Rituals

General Instruction on the Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass (1973)

Inaestimabile Donum (Instruction concerning the worship of the Eucharistic Mystery) from the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship, 1980)

On the Recitation of the Rosary in Eucharistic Expositions (1981)

Reflections and Church Teachings

Pastoral Letter on the Eucharist by Archbishop Theodore McCarrick (Newark, 1993)

Letter on the Authentic Celebration of the Eucharist by Bishop Joseph Adamec (Altoona Johnstown PA, 1998)

mysterium Fidel (On the Holy Eucharist) by Pope Paul VI (1965)

Dies Domini (On Keeping the Lord's Day Holy) by Pope John Paul II

The Collaboration of the Non-ordained Faihful in Sacred Ministry from the Roman Curia (1997)

Communion for Divorced and Remarried Persons from the Congregation for Legislative Texts (2000)

The Sacrifice of the Mass (from Catholic Answers)

More on the Mass (from Catholic Answers)

Church and Liturgy

Built of Living Stones: Art, Architecture, and Worship (2000 NCCB statement that replaces EACW)