What is a genflection?
Genuflection means literally, to bend the knee. When we enter a Catholic Church we genuflect, putting the right knee to ground, before we enter the pew.
Why do we genuflect?
We genuflect as an act of adoration to Jesus, who is present in the Eucharist in the tabernacle. Philippians 2:10 says that every knee will bend at the name of Jesus. We bend our knee to the ground out of reverence and love to Jesus.
We do not genuflect to the cross or any statue.
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