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Q: Why do you genuflect on the right knee?
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When passing in front of the tabernacle, the proper reverence is to genuflect ( kneel on the right knee momentarilty). This does not occur in procession, but would apply othewise. If the tabernacle is at the sanctuary center, behind the altar, people should genuflect before entering pew; otherwise, they bow.


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What is genuflecting?

In the Medieval and Renaissance periods it was the practice to "genuflect" before the "Monarch". To genuflect before the king was to kneel with your left knee touching the ground. As Catholics of that time, and the present, belive that Jesus is "really present" [ question on what "Real Presence" means would be another question ].It was necessary to distinguish between obesience to the King and the "King of Kings", therefore the practice of genuflecting, wth the right knee touching the floor, came into being, as the Monarch, himself, was obliged to give obesience to the "King of Kings" present in the "Blessed Sacrament" [ the 'hosts' reserved in the tabernacle behind the altar ].


How would you use genuflect in a sentence?

Billy would genuflect whenever he went to church.


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When asking someone to marry you it does not matter if the male kneels on his left or right knee. Generally it is the right knee.


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How can you make a sentence with the word genuflect in it?

It was always the habit of Mr Jones to genuflect when enterning the church.


Do you genuflect when you go into a church that is not Catholic?

Catholics genuflect to honor the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle. Protestants generally do not have the Blessed Sacrament present in the church so there would be no need to genuflect.


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