1.Postures: Standing, Sitting, Kneeling
2.Symbolic Gestures: Making the Sign of the Cross, Shaking hands, receiving Communion
3.Actions: Genuflecting, Bowing
4.Processions: Entrance, Gospel, Gifts, Communion, Recessional
5.Gathering
6.Leave-taking
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Our Liturgy-Movement
At this point, we want to talk about our Liturgy not in chronological order but put together according to type.

We have Kinetic experiences – movement: postures, gestures, actions, processions.
We have Acoustic experiences- words, sung and spoken, and silence.

Most people seem to focus on the verbal parts of the Mass (words) but let’s take a few moments to look at the non-verbal ways we pray our Liturgy that helps us to broaden our understanding of the nature and ritual of worship.

1.Postures: Standing (Honor; Readiness); Sitting (Listening; meditating) Kneeling (Adoration, lowliness, repentance)
2.Symbolic Gestures: Making the Sign of the Cross (marks us as followers of Christ); Shaking Hands = (Peace, communion, charity)
3.Actions: Genuflecting (Reverence/Adoration); Bowing (Sign of Honor/Respect);
4.Processions: Entrance, Gospel, Gifts, Communion, Recessional. Very important during Holy Week: Palms, Chrism Mass, Transfer of Eucharist, Cross, Easter Candle
5.Gathering: We begin to shift focus – Why have we come (to give glory to God and to learn how to grow in holiness
6.Leaving-taking: Leave with a mission to do good works, praising and blessing God