{"id":105604,"date":"2020-06-17T12:08:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T19:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=105604"},"modified":"2022-06-27T13:29:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:29:36","slug":"follow-the-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/follow-the-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow the Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">S<\/span>ince Archbishop Etienne declared <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/year-of-the-eucharist\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Year of the Eucharist<\/a>, it might be time to get back to our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/sacred-liturgy\/general-instruction-of-the-roman-missal\/\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing series of essays<\/a> on the <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/prayer-and-worship\/the-mass\/general-instruction-of-the-roman-missal\/\" target=\"_blank\">General Instruction of the Roman Missal<\/a><\/em>. It seems like a timely project, and the Archbishop&#8217;s observation that this is &#8220;an appropriate time for parishes to provide additional training for all liturgical ministers, as well as additional catechesis for all the faithful&#8221; is just what I needed to get myself back in gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to catch up, here&#8217;s what&#8217;s been published so far:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/follow-the-rubrics-an-introduction\/\">Follow the Rubrics: an Introduction<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-authority-of-the-general-instruction\/\">The Authority of the General Instruction<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/tradition-and-accommodation\/\">Tradition and Accommodation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/presence-and-participation\/\">Presence and Participation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/elements-of-the-mass\/\">Elements of the Mass;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/elements-of-the-mass\/\">or, You Might Be Doing that Wrong<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m hoping to have the next essay done early next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"100137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/follow-the-rubrics-an-introduction\/girm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GIRM.jpg?fit=1030%2C1548&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1030,1548\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"General Instruction of the Roman Missal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GIRM.jpg?fit=681%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GIRM.jpg?resize=681%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GIRM.jpg?resize=681%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 681w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GIRM.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GIRM.jpg?resize=240%2C361&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GIRM.jpg?resize=768%2C1154&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GIRM.jpg?w=1030&amp;ssl=1 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Archbishop Etienne declared The Year of the Eucharist, it might be time to get back to our ongoing series of essays on the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. It seems like a timely project, and the Archbishop&#8217;s observation that this is &#8220;an appropriate time for parishes to provide additional training for all liturgical ministers, as well as additional [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Follow the Instructions: Essays on the General Instruction of the Roman Missal #GIRM #sacredliturgy","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[91,13,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archbishop-paul-etienne","category-blog-ephemera","category-general-instruction-of-the-roman-missal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GIRM.jpg?fit=1030%2C1548&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-rti","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1061,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/sing-a-new-song\/","url_meta":{"origin":105604,"position":0},"title":"Sing a New Song","author":"Thom","date":"20 June 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I had meant to post something about this when I head it during the Bishops' conference, but Father's illness and a pile of work intervened. 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This is not really normal; one should attend what is essentially one long, if interrupted, liturgy at one's own parish church. 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