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CMZS
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I’ve seen some people genuflect during the procession of a mass. It seems they are showing reverence to the holy cross. Is this statement true?
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neitsab
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I,m not sure if I’m reading you correctly. Do you mean during the mass itself or literally during the procession when the Priest and the Altar servers enter the church and proceed toward the altar?
If you are refering to the former, it is done during The Creed after "Who for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven (genuflect) and was made Flesh etc.
When it comes to the latter, I think you are correct, although I know of no ruling by the Church that this should be done.
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eelpis
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I don’t know, I’m not a priest but if I were I’d be on my knees all day long, perhaps I’d even be on my face.
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eelpis
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Maybe they are and maybe not. Who would be in the place when aren’t?
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EasterJoy
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Are you saying that they are genuflecting to reverence the processional crucifix as it passes by? I have never seen that. 
What diocese is this in?
What diocese is this in?
Isn’t that only at Christmas and the Feast of the Incarnation? I thought it was a profound bow during the part of Creed that covered the Incarnation, otherwise.
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eelpis
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Maybe they are. But if they aren’t, who would you say they are?
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Rawb
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In the Tridentine, the Incarnation is respected this way at every Sunday Mass.
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MikeDunphy
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We were taught to genuflect as the crucifix passed by in the Joliet, Illinois diocese in the late 60’s and early 70’s. The custom has since been lost.Are you saying that they are genuflecting to reverence the processional crucifix as it passes by? I have never seen that.
What diocese is this in?
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Geremia
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Yes, at the Gregorian Rite mass (“Tridentine mass” or “Latin mass”) that I attend, we genuflect at the cross as it passes us during the procession in toward the altar and as it passes us during the procession out from the altar at the end of mass.
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bpbasilphx
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The usage I’ve seen is a simple bow.
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EasterJoy
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I’ve seen many different kinds of reverence done on Good Friday, when the tabernacle is empty and the altar has been stripped. Of course, the reverence of kissing the crucifix on a rosary is common, too. I just haven’t seen that kind of reverence done during the processional at Mass, when the tabernacle is occupied and the altar of sacrifice is being approached. I am not saying it is wrong, only that the crucifix is the symbol, while the tabernacle and altar hold the Reality in its true fullness. I just mean that it is also not wrong that the sacramental would take a sort of a second place, it seems to me, when one is so squarely in the presence of the Sacrament.
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bpbasilphx
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The usage I’ve seen is a simple bow.
I should have been more clear. I meant to say during the procession and recession, one bows to the Processional Cross, and a lesser bow to the Celebrant.
I should have been more clear. I meant to say during the procession and recession, one bows to the Processional Cross, and a lesser bow to the Celebrant.
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nor336
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Are you saying that they are genuflecting to reverence the processional crucifix as it passes by? I have never seen that.
What diocese is this in?
Isn’t that only at Christmas and the Feast of the Incarnation? I thought it was a profound bow during the part of Creed that covered the Incarnation, otherwise.
I think he meant in the TLM.
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SomeCatholicGuy
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Like most of the posters before me said, I have not seen this, either. I genuflect only when I first enter the pew and when I leave the pew after Mass has ended. The bowing during the Creed is not genuflection, as far as I know. Maybe that’s something that someone added for him/herself, but I do not believe it is part of the Mass. Now we can go into whole another discussion whether that’s appropriate, but I’ll leave that to the more knowledgeable.
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