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"For every knee shall be bowed to Me" (Isaiah 45:24)

Richard Black, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, refused Holy Communion for genuflecting…

"My children, kneel before your God in the Eucharist. Do not stand like you stand in meeting halls, but kneel and give Him a just love and observance of honor." - Our Lady, July 14, 1979

In a letter posted on the Roman Catholic Faithful website, Joseph A. Strada has written a letter to the Most Rev. Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, protesting the following:

Your Excellency,

I am writing to most strongly protest the despicable treatment of the Honorable Richard Black, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, by your Cathedral's Rector, Fr. Dominic Irace, at the 9:30 Mass on Sunday, 22 September. During Delegate Black's first visit to the Cathedral for Mass, he dropped to one knee to receive Holy Communion, as he regularly does in his home parish and elsewhere; Fr. Irace, however, told him that he must stand to receive. Delegate Black chose, instead, to move on, since Fr. Irace would only administer the Sacred Host under his (Irace's) "terms." (Read more…)

Apparently, the Vatican has heard of similar cases where priests and deacons have refused people Holy Communion, simply because they knelt. The Vatican has recently had to admonish the American bishops about this problem. On October 25, 2001, Jorge Cardinal Medina Estevez (Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments) admonished the American bishops: ". . . 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. . ." (letter of October 25, 2001). Also, the 1980 instruction Inaestimabile Donum, approved by Pope John Paul II, states: "When the faithful communicate kneeling, no other sign of reverence towards the Blessed Sacrament is required, since kneeling itself is a sign of adoration." (#11)

“The United States of America heads fast to a schism. Fight, My children; do not give in to the forces of evil. Fight the enemy with prayer.” - Our Lady, May 29, 1976

The amazing Bayside prophecies…

YOUR KING
"Why must you insult My Son? Can you not bend your knees? Is He not your King?" - Our Lady, November 21, 1970

BOW YOUR KNEES
"Remember, My child, shout it from the roof. My Son is with you until the end of your time. It is truly His Presence, His Real Presence, His divine Presence, His Body and His Blood. Do not treat Him with disrespect! Bow your knees; cover your head! Do not chew Him!" - Our Lady, June 8, 1974

REAL PRESENCE
"You violate your sacred trust. You have taken the Body of your Creator, the Son of your God in the Trinity, and violated Him. You must do your eating at home! When you come to the great Sacrifice, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, you come in reverence. You must go down upon your knees and do penance now for the offenses to your God! ...
"As in the past, cannot you recognize the mystery of Heaven and earth? Did not the staff of Moses turn into a serpent in the will of God? Did not the river in Egypt turn into blood in the will of God? And cannot God, in His will, come to you changing the bread and wine into the actual Presence, the real Presence, the factual Presence of His Body and Blood?" - St. Michael, February 1, 1977

HONOR
"All honor must be given to My Son in the Eucharist. Man must kneel. My Son's House is the House of God and a house of prayer, and it must not be turned into a meeting hall." - Our Lady, July 25, 1979

RESTORE HOLINESS
"In the beginning I gave to you, through your prophets, the establishment of My Church upon earth. The rules were simple but now have become changed and defiled to please the carnal nature of mankind. You must restore the holiness to My House! You must bend your knees in humility and penance." - Jesus, December 31, 1975

RESTORE ALTAR RAILINGS
"I have asked you to get down on your knees. Clergy in My Son's House, His Church, restore the altar railings, that man may be on his knees. For many shall crawl on their knees in desperation seeking to flee, but nowhere shall they escape the flames. Restore My Son's Church while there is time. Return the railings! Have the people make atonement upon their knees to their God!" - Our Lady, May 30, 1981

Directives…
D146 - Honor the Eucharist, Part 1
D147 - Honor the Eucharist, Part 2
D161 - The Great Apostasy
D163 – Schism

Articles…
Kneel before your God in the Eucharist

Links…
October 25, 2001 letter of Jorge Cardinal Medina Estevez (Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments) http://www.adoremus.org/1201-0102AmAdaptations.html

Letter of Joseph Strada to Bishop Loverde

Letter on the posture of the people during Mass, Cardinal Medina Estévez, November 7, 2000
Kneeling and Faith in the Eucharist, by Fr. Regis Scanlon
Standing or Kneeling during the Liturgy?, by Fr. Joseph Fessio, S. J.
Standing Up for Kneeling (Catholic Insight - December 1997)
Kneeling (EWTN Library - Winter 1991)
Kneeling after the Lamb of God (EWTN Library)

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