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to go up to communion or to leave after the service is over. The clergy and faithful also genuflect or bow when passing by the vessel in which the blessed sacrament is reserved. Another time to genuflect is at these words of the creed: 'Who for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.'
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Sacrament reserved in the
Tabernacle. "This venerable practice of genuflecting before the Blessed Sacrament, whether enclosed in the tabernacle or publicly exposed, as a sign of adoration, ...requires that it be performed in a recollected way. In order that the heart may bow before God in profound reverence, the genuflection must be neither hurried nor careless."
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or exposed for public adoration, is on one knee." "Since a genuflection is, per se, an act of adoration, the general liturgical norms no longer make any distinction between the mode of adoring Christ reserved in the tabernacle or exposed upon the altar. The simple single genuflection on one knee may
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Genuflection is a sign of reverence to the
Blessed Sacrament. Its purpose is to allow the worshipper to engage his whole person in acknowledging the presence of and to honor Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. It is customary to genuflect whenever one comes into or leaves the presence of the Blessed
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As a result of the custom of genuflecting to the sacrament, it is customary in some countries, Germany for example, for people attending mass to genuflect before entering their pew during mass and when leaving it. Though the sacrament in its tabernacle is the "recipient" of this sign of respect, it
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Only during the later Middle Ages, centuries after it had become customary to genuflect to persons in authority such as bishops, was genuflection to the
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The custom of genuflecting, as a sign of respect and even of service, arose out of the honor given to medieval kings. In modern times, when the folded flag of a fallen veteran is offered to the family, the presenting officer will go down on his left knee, if the recipient is seated.
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even senators were required to genuflect to the emperor. In medieval Europe, one demonstrated respect for a king or noble by going down on the left knee, often remaining there until told to rise. It is traditionally often performed in western cultures by a man making a
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If, however, the tabernacle with the Most
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Communion. Certain specific features to be observed in a concelebrated Mass are noted in their proper place
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Except for those people, genuflection is still today mandatory in some situations, such as (in the
Catholic Church) when passing in front of the Blessed Sacrament, or during the Consecration in the Mass.
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Those for whom the gesture is difficult, such as the aged or those in poor physical condition, are not expected to perform it. Bowing of the head or at the waist, if possible, are common substitutes.
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formal recognition in 1502. The raising of the consecrated Host and
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in the local church, and originally their social position as lords. Abbots and other senior monastics often received genuflection from their monks and often others.
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be used in all cases." However, in some countries the
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1094:"Tabernacles, Adoration and Double Genuflections"
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284:during Missa de Campanha,
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1065:The Catholic Encyclopedia
1059:Bergh, Frederick Thomas.
455:et procidens adoravit eum
422:et Verbum caro factum est
1279:The Catholic Answer Book
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509:Genuflecting to a bishop
487:Maronite Catholic Church
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2092:Nonverbal communication
1876:Thumb/index-finger ring
1798:Chinese number gestures
1500:Liberian snap handshake
336:Eastern Orthodox Church
1282:. Our Sunday Visitor.
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954:The Age of Justinian
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137:proposal of marriage
2190:Gestures of respect
1544:Gestures of respect
1160:on 18 February 2018
911:on 18 February 2018
881:on 25 February 2015
743:Warschauer Kniefall
644:Christianity portal
503:God the Holy Spirit
326:Other genuflections
120:Alexander the Great
1211:Holy Spirit Church
1040:Inaestimable donum
1019:on 17 October 2016
932:Alexander's Lovers
728:Squatting position
672:Middle Ages portal
470:Philippians 2:8–11
466:Philippians 2:5–11
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