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Code: ZE05102523
Date: 2005-10-25
Proper Posture After Communion
And More on Bowing from Answered by Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University.
“What is the proper posture after Communion?” and further “Follow-up: When to Bow Before Communion ??A couple of questions arose related to our comments (Oct. 11) on the sign of reverence before receiving Communion. ??A religious from Boston, Massachusetts, asks: “Some people make the sign of the cross after receiving holy Communion. Some even go to the side and genuflect. Why is this? This person was taught that the sign of the cross and genuflection after Communion is unnecessary because the Lord is in the person already. But what about when we receive the Lord in two species: We make a sign of reverence (a deep bow) before receiving his Body, and again a deep bow before receiving his Blood. Is the second bow all right/proper to do even though the Lord is already within the person? At that point the Lord is before the person and within the person, or rather the person is in God.” ?
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Date: 2005-10-25
Proper Posture After Communion
And More on Bowing from Answered by Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University.
“What is the proper posture after Communion?” and further “Follow-up: When to Bow Before Communion ??A couple of questions arose related to our comments (Oct. 11) on the sign of reverence before receiving Communion. ??A religious from Boston, Massachusetts, asks: “Some people make the sign of the cross after receiving holy Communion. Some even go to the side and genuflect. Why is this? This person was taught that the sign of the cross and genuflection after Communion is unnecessary because the Lord is in the person already. But what about when we receive the Lord in two species: We make a sign of reverence (a deep bow) before receiving his Body, and again a deep bow before receiving his Blood. Is the second bow all right/proper to do even though the Lord is already within the person? At that point the Lord is before the person and within the person, or rather the person is in God.” ?
zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=78909