In addition to Francine's remarks on genuflecting toward the altar,
I also noted in my viist at St. John's in Collegeville that the monks
bowed (head or upper body) for the response "In nomine etc" (in ICEL
English, but they never forgot the Son!), keeping head down for the
Trinity but raising up for the "as it was..." Is this common?
For a left hander, signing is sometimes tricky. I keep wanting to
use my left instead of my right hand, and then get the direction
confused (to the left first, end on the right?).
All of this reminds me of a friend's story from her childhood,
attending Episcopal (eg Anglican) church. One day her mother
absentmindedly entered the pew looking back and genuflecting to the rear
of the church instead of toward the altar. In a bizarre twist, all
three of her daughters imitated her without thinking!
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Dr. Karen Jolly
Associate Professor, History
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
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