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Institutio generalis Missalis Romani

IGMR · Congregatio de Cultu Divino · 2003 · LA · 399 paragraphi · vatican.va ↗

The concluding rites consist of Brief announcements, if they are necessary; The priest’s greeting and blessing, which on certain days and occasions is enriched and expressed in the prayer over the People or another more solemn formula; The dismissal of the people by the deacon or the priest, so that each may go out to do good works, praising and blessing God; The kissing of the altar by the priest and the deacon, followed by a profound bow to the altar by the priest, the deacon, and the other ministers.