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...probably after he demolishes any dissent on genuflecting during Holy Communion.

From the GIRM 2000, paragraph 160:

160 The priest then takes the paten or a vessel and goes to the communicants, who, as a rule, approach in a procession.

The faithful are not permitted to take up the consecrated bread or the sacred chalice themselves, and still less hand them on to one another. The faithful may communicate either standing or kneeling, as established by the Conference of Bishops. However, when they communicate standing, it is recommended that they make an appropriate gesture of reverence, to be laid down in the same norms, before receiving the Sacrament.

However, our pastor told us that we should bow our heads which is the "appropriate" sign of reverence before receiving Communion, instead of genuflecting (for the sake of unity).

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Notwithstanding the U.S. bishops' liturgy committee's edict this summer against genuflecting at receiving the Eucharist, Jorge Arturo Cardinal Medina Estevez, Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments wrote on October 25, 2001 that bishops are to: ". . . protect those faithful who will inevitably be led by their own sensibilities to kneel, from imprudent action by priests, deacons, or lay ministers in particular, or from being refused Holy Communion for such a reason. . ."

Our pastor has indicated that the bishops' liturgy committee's edit prohibits genuflecting even if done just before receiving communion, stating that it could cause people to trip. It's well known that communicants have dropped hosts, left them in pews, stomped on them on the floor, which has yet to cause any alarm to end receipt of the host in the hand. Never have seen any trip or fall as a result of genuflecting.