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From: Francine Nicholson <[log in to unmask]>
> > From: Dr. Karen Jolly [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >
> > 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?
> >
> You'll see Franciscans doing this, too. I'm not sure of the origin,
> but it's considered liturgically "cool" nowadays. During the Gloria Patri
> one begins to incline the upper body forward at "Glory be to the Father,
and
> to the Son, and to the Holy spirit" then one gradually straightens up
during
> "as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be."
I suppose it should be comforting to learn that such an ancient practice is
'liturgically "cool" nowadays.' IIRC, the custom of ending psalms in the
office with the lesser doxology is usually dated somewhere around the late
4c. Bowing during this doxology is also a most venerable custom, but I
cannot recall seeing a definite date given for its origins. No DACL in hoc
exilium meum, but suspect there may be a reference buried in one of its
volumes. (Infallible or not, Cabrol and Leclerque didn't leave many opinions
unpublished.)
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