Crucifix in Bedroom Ettiquette

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If you have a freestanding crucifix in your bedroom, should you kneel or bow before it when entering?
 
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St.Curious:
If you have a freestanding crucifix in your bedroom, should you kneel or bow before it when entering?
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We should always bow, body and soul before crucifix!
 
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If you have a freestanding crucifix in your bedroom, should you kneel or bow before it when entering?
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I really think to kneel or bow everytime you enter your bedroom,is not at all necessary. I think it is great that you have it in your bedroom, you may if you wish in your prayers in the morning and at night acknowledge it’s presence in some reverent way.

Trick
 
Thanks.

But does anyone know if there is actual liturgical information on this (as handed down by Rome)?
 
You know I never thought of this, wow thanks for the enlightenment!
 
How is it “freestanding”? Ours are all hung on the walls. Just curious…Never thought there were any other type for home use.
 
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Trick:
I really think to kneel or bow everytime you enter your bedroom,is not at all necessary. I think it is great that you have it in your bedroom, you may if you wish in your prayers in the morning and at night acknowledge it’s presence in some reverent way.

Trick
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I agree with the above said. I have a Crucifix above my front door, above the door leading to the hallway, in the kitchen and one above my bed in my bedroom. If I knelt everytime I came across a Crucifix in my house I wouldn’t get anywhere quickly and my knees would be a wreck.

As Trick said, saying prayers at night and in the morning acknowledging its presence seems to be fine (and is what I do).
 
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How is it “freestanding”? Ours are all hung on the walls. Just curious…Never thought there were any other type for home use.
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I’m thinking there are two different ways to do this. #1 being not hanging the Crucifix on the wall (just laying it down on your nightstand next to the bed) or this type:

ewtn.com/vcatalogue/index.asp?category=crucifix

Follow the link and click on “Table Top”
 
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Trick:
I really think to kneel or bow everytime you enter your bedroom,is not at all necessary. I think it is great that you have it in your bedroom, you may if you wish in your prayers in the morning and at night acknowledge it’s presence in some reverent way.

Trick
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Yes, exactly. :yup:
 
Hello,
We all grow up receiving our parents instructions about good manners (well in theory), yet their teachings only cover their respectable domains – the dining room, church, etc. But I’m willing to bet you were not taught basic bedroom etiquette at the dinner table. Communication about sex is by default neither easy nor common for parents, so excuse their embarrassment and take it upon yourself to be learn how to be polite.

Thanks
Fireplace Render
 
I have never really thought about it as I have a Crucifix in every room of my house I would be bowing and genuflecting my self to death. I have to beleive at some point it become worship of the object and no one wants that.
 
I only bow to the crucifix I use “liturgically”. FWIW, I have two in our bedroom (one above the door and one above a chair I used to use to recite the LOTH from time to time), and I have two in my office/cell: one is directly above the my bed (I sleep there during the week due to a different schedule than my wife, so as to not disturb her by getting up early), and one in the small oratory I now use for the LOTH. I bow to that one when entering and leaving the oratory.

Seems like a reasonable approach to me, one that combines respect with avoidance of scrupulosity.
 
St.Curious said:
Thanks.

But does anyone know if there is actual liturgical information on this (as handed down by Rome)?
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probably not since we are not conducting liturgy in our bedrooms, unless we pray LOTH there, and that book is silent on your topic.

we don’t bow or genuflect to the crucifix in church so why would we do it at home?
 
Right on, Puzzleanne. I have a crucifix is almost every room in the house plus a “shrine” in the room adjoining the bedroom, which looks exactly like and is set up exactly like a TLM altar (minus the relic and a tabernacle). So, no, I don’t bow or genuflect every time I enter the room.

When I say my morning and evening prayers there is a Prie Deux that I use.
 
St.Curious said:
Thanks.

But does anyone know if there is actual liturgical information on this (as handed down by Rome)?
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“Rome” doesn’t tell us how to conduct every single last second of our movements and being outside of living a holy life. You are not going to get an instruction “handed down by Rome” on how to behave before a crucifix in your bedroom.
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Hello,
We all grow up receiving our parents instructions about good manners (well in theory), yet their teachings only cover their respectable domains – the dining room, church, etc. But I’m willing to bet you were not taught basic bedroom etiquette at the dinner table. Communication about sex is by default neither easy nor common for parents, so excuse their embarrassment and take it upon yourself to be learn how to be polite.

Thanks
Fireplace Render
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What in heaven’s name does this have to do with the topic of this thread??!! :eek: Did you even bother to read the opening post at all?

To the OP - the answer is the same for every holy object in the home, be respectful, reverent, and treat the object with the respect it should be given. The crucifix in the house is a reminder of Christ’s sacrifice. Unless there is a private Mass taking place or formal prayers such as Liturgy of the Hours, then prayerful acknowledgement when passing the crucifix should be sufficient at a minimum, even if it’s just a quick and heartfelt “thank you Jesus”.

~Liza
 
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