General Instruction of the Roman Missal

With Hearts and Minds

Introduction

With Hearts and Minds is a resource for small groups, intended to assist participants to a deeper appreciation of the nature and role of the Liturgy in the life of the Christian community; to participate more deeply in the Liturgy.

It presents in a more accessible form the teaching about parish celebration of the liturgy that is in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and in Celebrating the Mass, a document of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.

Through reflection on the scriptures, the teaching of the Church and on their own experience group members will be helped to develop both their understanding of the Mass and a liturgical spirituality.

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor has written: ‘With Hearts and Minds provides an opportunity to consider how we pray the Mass, and how what we experience in the Mass might be carried into our lives, helping us to become a still more authentically Eucharistic people.’

• Information Sheet (pdf)

With Hearts and Minds can be in conjunction with In Communion with Christ.

Downloads

1. Introduction (pdf)
2. Gathering — Introductory Rites (pdf)
3. Word — Liturgy of the Word (pdf)
4. Thanksgiving — Liturgy of the Eucharist: Eucharistic Prayer (pdf)
5. Communion — Communion Rite (pdf)
6. Mission — Concluding Rite (pdf)