Are we supposed to Stand During the Eucharistic Prayer?

[Pro_Iesu]

Recently I have heard that we are to stand during the Eucharistic Prayer and make Profound bows after the prayers of consecration as a sign of respect. We are to kneel after the Lamb of God.

I think it was stated in the new Roman Missal or Curia notsure here so any help?

 

[Marauder]

No in the United States you are supposed to be kneeling during the Eucharistic prayer, unless there is a real good reason not too. From the GIRM:

In the dioceses of the United States of America, they should kneel beginning after the singing or recitation of the Sanctus until after the Amen of the Eucharistic Prayer, except when prevented on occasion by reasons of health, lack of space, the large number of people present, or some other good reason. Those who do not kneel ought to make a profound bow when the priest genuflects after the consecration. The faithful kneel after the Agnus Dei unless the Diocesan Bishop determines otherwise.

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[Bobby_Jim]

Is there a new Roman Missal??? That would be strange so soon after they revised the General Instruction to the Roman Missal (i.e. the GIRM).

My understanding from the 2003 revision of the GIRM is that in the US we are to kneel from the “Sanctus” through the Great Amen. If for some reason you can’t kneel (like if you have arthritic knees or something) then you stand through the Eucharistic Prayer and make a profound bow as the priest genuflects. Kneeling all the way until the “Amen” is a U.S. adaptation - in many other parts of the world people kneel from the “Sanctus” through the end of the consecration, or the mystery of faith.

After the Agnus Dei, I think there are a couple of possibilities. Either everyone remains standing throughout Communion, until the end of the Communion procession, at which point you then can kneel. Or else you kneel after the Agnus Dei, get up to receive Communion, and then kneel again when you get back to your seat. I think the Revised GIRM says that you stand until the end of the Communion procession, but since that’s a change from the previous common practice in the U.S. it seems to be implemented differently by each diocese (and sometimes by each parish). Don’t quote me on that though - I don’t have the GIRM in front of me.

 

[Joan_M]

Bobby Jim:

Is there a new Roman Missal??? That would be strange so soon after they revised the General Instruction to the Roman Missal (i.e. the GIRM)…

Yes - the revised GIRM is for the new Roman Missal - they are a pair. What I mean is - usually the GIRM is printed in the front of the Sacramentary. The new one will be printed in the front of the Sacramentary developed for the new Roman Missal - now available in Latin, and eventually, in the vernacular.
Bobby Jim:

Kneeling all the way until the “Amen” is a U.S. adaptation - in many other parts of the world people kneel from the “Sanctus” through the end of the consecration, or the mystery of faith.

You know, I keep hearing this - that kneeling all the way until the :Amen" is a U.S. adaption. I live in Trinidad, and this is what we do here too. I have been to Mass in Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Ireland, Italy and Canada, and the only place that did not kneel until the “Amen” was Canada! It seems to me that many English speaking and Spanish speaking countries also kneel right until the “Amen.”

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Pro Iesu:

Recently I have heard that we are to stand during the Eucharistic Prayer and make Profound bows after the prayers of consecration as a sign of respect. We are to kneel after the Lamb of God.

I think it was stated in the new Roman Missal or Curia notsure here so any help?

In the new GIRM in the US we kneel, we MAY stand from the Lamb of God to Communion and we MAY kneel, stand or sit after Communion.