Editing Genuflection (section)

=== Episcopalian practice ===
In the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]], genuflection is an act of personal piety and is not required by the prayer book. In some parishes it is a customary gesture of reverence for Christ's real presence in the [[Anglican eucharistic theology|consecrated Eucharistic elements]] of bread and wine, particularly in parishes with an [[Anglo-Catholic]] tradition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/library/glossary/genuflection-or-genuflexion |website=The Episcopal Church |title=Genuflection, or Genuflexion |access-date=3 March 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114153225/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/library/glossary/genuflection-or-genuflexion |archive-date= Jan 14, 2019 }}</ref>

Generally, if the Blessed Sacrament is reserved in the church, it is customary to acknowledge the Lord's presence with a brief act of worship on entering or leaving the building&nbsp;– normally, a genuflection in the direction of the place of reservation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saintpaul.episcopaloklahoma.org/About%20US/the-sign-of-the-cross-bowing-and-genuflecting-what|title=The Sign of the Cross, bowing and genuflecting, what is it? |publisher= St. Paul's Episcopal Church |location=Holdenville, Oklahoma|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210613/http://saintpaul.episcopaloklahoma.org/About%20US/the-sign-of-the-cross-bowing-and-genuflecting-what|archive-date=18 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>