Genuflection
glossary_termA reverence made by bending the knee, especially to express adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Catechism Passages
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§1378
CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
Worship of the Eucharist. In the liturgy of the Mass we express our faith in the real presence of Christ under the species of bread and wine by, among other ways, genuflecting or bowing deeply as a sign of adoration of the Lord. "The Catholic Church has always offered and still offers to the sacrament of the Eucharist the cult of adoration, not only during Mass, but also outside of it, reserving the consecrated hosts with the utmost care, exposing them to the solemn veneration of the faithful, and carrying them in procession." 206