Vatican II Catechesis: What the Mass Asks You to Bow Before
Pope Leo XIV concluded a May-August 2026 catechesis series on Sacrosanctum Concilium, Vatican II's constitution on the liturgy, aimed at reminding clergy and laity alike to respect liturgical boundaries. This June, as the Church approached Corpus Christi, the sessions focused on how the physical actions of the Mass -- kneeling, the sign of peace, being sprinkled with holy water -- are meant to shape the worshipper's inner spiritual life, days before Leo himself knelt before the Host at the close of Rome's Corpus Christi Eucharistic procession. A comparison of the Mass with the actual Lord's Supper of Scripture (John 19:30; Hebrews 7:27, 9:12, 10:18), and a direct, Scripture-based answer to whether kneeling before the Host is something a Christian should do.