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Genuflect |
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To touch the right knee to
the floor or ground in worship. The general rule should be
to reserve the most solemn reverence, i.e. genuflection, for the most solemn
times. Genuflection is particularly appropriate in the presence of God
Himself! If you are fortunate
enough to worship in a Church in which the Body of Christ (the Blessed
Sacrament) is reserved, it is right to acknowledge the Lord's Real Presence
with a brief act of worship on entering or leaving the building. Normally a
genuflection in the direction of the place of reservation, coupled with a
turning of the mind towards Him. If the Blessed Sacrament
is reserved in your church look for the tell-tale sign of a permanently lit lamp,
red or white, near to a wall-safe or box fitted to, near or suspended above
the altar. The wall-safe is called an AUMBRY; the box is called a TABERNACLE. During the Eucharist the
Body and Blood of the Lord certainly comes into your church. The Real Presence of the
Lord God Himself comes among us under the appearance of bread and wine as |
