Following the letter that Pope John Paul II addressed on 24 February 1980 to the Bishops and, through them, to the Priests, and in which he again considered the priceless gift of the Holy Eucharist, the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship this great mystery. These indications are not a summary of everythingg already stated by the Holy See in the documents concerning the Eucharist promulgated since the Second Vatican Council and still in force, particularly in the Missale Romanum, the Ritual De sacra Communione et de cultu Mysterii eucharistici extra Missam and the Instruction Eucharisticum Mysterium, Memoriale Domini, Immensae Caritatis and Liturgicae Instaurations.