Genuflection during the Creed

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We always genuflected at the “Et Verbum caro factum est” in the old Latin Mass. Then the liturgists moved it to “And he was conceived by the Holy Spirit” and said to bow instead. My parish bows instead of genuflecting because of space restrictions. The pews are without kneelers and you really can’t genuflect in the space between pews. The Vatican will just have to suck it up.

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drafdog said:
We always genuflected at the “Et Verbum caro factum est” in the old Latin Mass. Then the liturgists moved it to “And he was conceived by the Holy Spirit” and said to bow instead. My parish bows instead of genuflecting because of space restrictions. The pews are without kneelers and you really can’t genuflect in the space between pews. The Vatican will just have to suck it up.

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Why would your parish not have kneelers? :eek: Also, you should be a little more respectful of the Vatican. It’s not the Holy See’s fault if your parish has no kneelers. I’m curious as to how you handle the Consecration, as you must kneel from after the Sanctus to the Great Amen.
 
I remebered but our priest also told us to before we started the creed.😃
 
Father reminded everyone beforehand (and it was written in the booklet/guide that was handed out). We chanted the Creed in latin, so we were led by the schola, who paused the congregation in order to genuflect.
 
At each Christmas Mass, the priest announced ahead of time that we were to genuflect at the words, “By the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man,” and we remained down for several seconds before resuming the Creed.
 
I forgot and I had also forgotten to tell my newly converted family so we just bowed. I didn’t do any kind of check on the people around me, so not sure wht the rest of the congregation was doing. Our pastor did genuflect, and that’s when I remembered–as he was rising up! LOL
 
Oh yes we all did…for several seconds. Our beloved priest Father Ed, reminded us before we began…but my family and I were also following along. One of the very first things Father Ed made sure we did when he came here several years ago was the deep bow during the creed…and I’m so grateful 👍
God Bless you Father Ed
 
My family were the only people that genuflected at Christmas Mass. I pointed it out to my children in our Sunday missle in the pews. It says it in the missles, check the Creed at your Church. It should also say to bow the rest of the year. Right after we say heaven. Check it out. Very few people bow. My family bows and I’m hoping people that do not will take notice and figure it out.
 
I always genuflect at that part.
No… wait… I usually kneel. 🤷
 
benedictgal said:
Why would your parish not have kneelers? :eek: Also, you should be a little more respectful of the Vatican. It’s not the Holy See’s fault if your parish has no kneelers. I’m curious as to how you handle the Consecration, as you must kneel from after the Sanctus to the Great Amen.
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Our parish also has NO kneelers. We stand thru the Consecration.

As for bowing during the OF - some give a little head bow. I had no idea it was to be profound (new convert) and also didn’t know about genuflecting at Christmas.
 
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Our parish also has NO kneelers. We stand thru the Consecration.

As for bowing during the OF - some give a little head bow. I had no idea it was to be profound (new convert) and also didn’t know about genuflecting at Christmas.
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The norm calls for Catholics in the United States to kneel from after the Sanctus all the way to the end of the Doxology (Great Amen). If you are physically able, you must kneel. The reason why I added “in the United States” is because in Mexico and other countries, the faithful stand at the Memorial Accclamation.

Furthermore, in the United States, the norm is to kneel after the Agnus Dei.

When I was a student at the University of Texas at Austin, I had gone to the Catholic Center for Mass on occasion. They had folding chairs, but, no kneelers. Everybody stood; however, I bucked the trend and knelt. The norm is the norm, as Cardinal Arinze noted in a quote that I posted early on in this thread.
 
GIRM:
137: The Creed is sung or recited by the priest together with the people with everyone standing. At the words et incarnatus est (by the power of the Holy Spirit . . . became man) all make a profound bow; but on the Solemnities of the Annunciation and of the
Nativity of the Lord, all genuflect.

If you didn’t do it, it is your parish priest’s fault for not explaining it before the Creed. He probably hasn’t looked at the GIRM since ordination many moons ago. It is right in the Ordo too, a little book with all the detailed instructions for each mass on each day of the year. You are not to blame!
 
I had no idea we were supposed to. I dont recall getting any clue from the celebrant. Those kinds of things really upset many in our congregation about our pastor. When the new GIRM came out, those of us lectors…etc…had to attend mandatory training. Some of it lasted awhile and some of it remained just as confused as before the training. An example : The day of the training I understood that no one was to approach past the bottom step. Well they continued making their way up to the top step. Recently they have made it closer to the side of the altar. And just this week we are back to allowing extra ordinary ministers to save the unconsumed body in the tabernacle. Forgive me if I used wrong terminology. Am I being anal about this or should there be a concern ? :confused:
 
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