Started going to Mass later than you (mid 70s) and our very post-VII church had no pews (we used chairs) or kneelers. I have a memory of attending my first Stations of the Cross and trying to do all the kneeling without kneelers and it was a bit tough on the knees...:-) We also knelt in a group for Confirmation (still got a gentle slap back then when the bishop went down the row) and I don't see that at all anymore. As a deacon, I'll say that there isn't a lot of "uniformity" when folks come up for communion. Some smile, some frown,some hold their hands up high while some have them so low I have to bend over to give them the host. A few receive on the tongue and a couple kneel. All part of the wonderful diversity of the People of God...:-)
Started going to Mass later than you (mid 70s) and our very post-VII church had no pews (we used chairs) or kneelers. I have a memory of attending my first Stations of the Cross and trying to do all the kneeling without kneelers and it was a bit tough on the knees...:-) We also knelt in a group for Confirmation (still got a gentle slap back then when the bishop went down the row) and I don't see that at all anymore. As a deacon, I'll say that there isn't a lot of "uniformity" when folks come up for communion. Some smile, some frown,some hold their hands up high while some have them so low I have to bend over to give them the host. A few receive on the tongue and a couple kneel. All part of the wonderful diversity of the People of God...:-)