VATICAN ANNOUNCES INSTRUCTION ON THE EUCHARIST TO BE PRESENTED FRIDAY

Adoremus ^ | April 19, 2004 | Vatican News Service

[Desdemona]

VATICAN ANNOUNCES INSTRUCTION ON THE EUCHARIST TO BE PRESENTED FRIDAY

VATICAN CITY, APR 19, 2004 (VIS) - On Friday, April 23 at 11:30 in the Holy See Press Office there will be the presentation of the Instruction of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of Sacraments "' Redemptionis Sacramentum', on several things that must be observed and avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist."

Presenting the document will be Cardinal Francis Arinze, and Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino, respectively prefect and secretary of the congregation, and Archbishop Angelo Amato, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Also present will be Cardinal Julian Herranz, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative texts.

Vatican Information Service VIS 040419

[Desdemona]

ping

Could this be what was supposed to be presented Holy Thursday?

It'll be 4:30 in the morning here, but I might just get up and see if EWTN broadcasts it.

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

Ping me as soon as you become aware of what it entails. I want to know, in case I have to push for "implementation" or "fixin" anything at my Church.

[Desdemona]

I want to know, in case I have to push for "implementation" or "fixin" anything at my Church.

Me too. As of right now, I'm off Friday, so I'll keep my eyes open. I hope this is real "change", by that I mean good translations of the original.

[RockDoc]

Vatican to release document on Eucharist this Friday

Vatican, Apr. 19 (CWNews.com) - More than a full year after it was promised, the Vatican will unveil a document on "several things that must be observed and avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist" this Friday, April 23.

The Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum will be released under the auspices of the Congregation for Divine Worship. Cardinal Francis Arinze (bio - news), the president of that Congregation, will chair a press conference introducing the new document. He will be accompanied by officials of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts; those two dicasteries were also involved in preparation of the Instruction.

When he released his encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, on April 16 of last year, Pope John Paul said that it would soon be followed by another document in which the Holy See would set forth disciplinary norms to govern liturgical abuse. That document apparently became the subject of a heated controversy among Vatican officials, and repeated drafts were required before the final version won approval.

In September 2003, a draft of the document appeared in the Italian press, accompanied by the report that some Vatican officials found the text too "conservative," and had demanded changes. After that highly unusual public exposure of disagreements within the Roman Curia, the document became the subject of persistent rumors, with several premature predictions that it would soon be ready for publication.

Informed Vatican sources say that Redemptionis Sacramentum in its published form will contain no important new norms, and the liturgical instructions in the new document will simply reflect the norms already published in the General Instructions for the Roman Missal.

[NYer]

Freeper, 'Sartorius' sent me the following from CWNews

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Vatican to release document on Eucharist this Friday

Vatican, Apr. 19 (CWNews.com) - More than a full year after it was promised, the Vatican will unveil a document on "several things that must be observed and avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist" this Friday, April 23.

The Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum will be released under the auspices of the Congregation for Divine Worship. Cardinal Francis Arinze (bio - news), the president of that Congregation, will chair a press conference introducing the new document. He will be accompanied by officials of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts; those two dicasteries were also involved in preparation of the Instruction.

When he released his encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, on April 16 of last year, Pope John Paul said that it would soon be followed by another document in which the Holy See would set forth disciplinary norms to govern liturgical abuse. That document apparently became the subject of a heated controversy among Vatican officials, and repeated drafts were required before the final version won approval.

In September 2003, a draft of the document appeared in the Italian press, accompanied by the report that some Vatican officials found the text too "conservative," and had demanded changes. After that highly unusual public exposure of disagreements within the Roman Curia, the document became the subject of persistent rumors, with several premature predictions that it would soon be ready for publication.

Informed Vatican sources say that Redemptionis Sacramentum in its published form will contain no important new norms, and the liturgical instructions in the new document will simply reflect the norms already published in the General Instructions for the Roman Missal.

[sinkspur]

I'll be looking for something on Thursday from NCR's John Allen.

He usually gets a jump on these announcements from his sources.

[Desdemona]

Informed Vatican sources say that Redemptionis Sacramentum in its published form will contain no important new norms, and the liturgical instructions in the new document will simply reflect the norms already published in the General Instructions for the Roman Missal.

Well, that's no fun. I'll keep my eyes open Friday.

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

Darn, I wanted a complete re-translation. The current translation is horrible.

[Cap'n Crunch]

bump....eagerly awaiting this...

[Salvation]

**on several things that must be observed and avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist."**

This promises to be very interesting!

Cardinal Arinze is making the presentation, too! I don't know the other names.

Anyone else know anything about these names?

[Salvation]

**some Vatican officials found the text too "conservative," and had demanded changes.**

Too conservative??

I'm wondering exactly what was too conservative?

[dsc]

"I'm wondering exactly what was too conservative?"

Anything that upsets Satan, silly.

[B Knotts]

I'm wondering exactly what was too conservative?

There were rumors that they were going to do away with girl altar boys.

[netmilsmom]

Please ping me as well. We have our new dish that will get EWTN but dad has not installed it yet.
And this is dress rehersal week before my girls Polish Dance recital. I am so nervous!

Thanks!

[johnb2004]

"Informed Vatican sources say that Redemptionis Sacramentum in its published form will contain no important new norms, and the liturgical instructions in the new document will simply reflect the norms already published in the General Instructions for the Roman Missal."

If true, then why bother with it in the first place?

[B Knotts]

There are things that can be done to emphasize the reality of the Real Presence: abolish Communion in the paw, ban Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, revive ad Orientum, etc., etc.

I ain't holdin' my breath...

[Fast Ed97]

I am a recent convert to Catholicism through RCIA- I moved and attended a parish in the Belleville diocese and was shocked on the Saturday evening mass. During the Eucharistic prayer most kneeled while about 20 proudly remained standing for some reason- During the consecration about 12 EEM's went to the altar and a man took the bread (body) off the altar and handed it to the EEM's and after the visiting priest they consumed it at once- The precious blood was poured into glass water goblets- and at the end the organist (possibly a nun) stated that we are trying to make communion faster so everyone needs to go to their specific EEM station- that being said the mass lasted 45 minutes. Are any of these practices in violation?