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… behind the altar, and the proper gesture of reverence for the Eucharist in the Tabernacle is genuflection. After the Council, the tabernacle has typically been moved away from the altar so that the focus will be on the action of the Mass and not on the tabernacle.
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Aug 18, 2009 ... Leaving aside those who physically cannot genuflect, or cannot do so without great ... and before leaving the church proper…genuflected! ...
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While we are safe in assuming the boy did not intend it, his backwards genuflection was at once symptomatic and symbolic of what has happened in catechesis over the past forty years. We’ve turned our ... I’ve started attending the old Latin Mass and it is so nice to see kneeling at the proper times and genuflections.
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I'm so confused on when it is proper to bow and when it is proper to genuflect. ... GIRM 274. A genuflection, made by bending the right knee to the ground, signifies adoration, and therefore it is reserved for the Most Blessed Sacrament, as well as for the Holy Cross from the solemn adoration during the liturgical...
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At all other times, genuflection is the proper and appropriate gesture of respect and adoration to be made whenever passing in front of the tabernacle, at least in the context of Western culture.
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You see what’s coming: If a genuflection is proper for the priest as he receives Communion, on what grounds could it be improper for lay people, given that nothing in the rubrics suggests that genuflection is a posture reserved for the clergy?
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-- GENUFLECTION is the action we take to honor the presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. The proper genuflection is done with the right knee touching the ground as we face the tabernacle. -- THE EASTER VIGIL, the most important sacramental celebration of the year MUST begin after nightfall.
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