[FourtySeven]

Just to be clear, I’m not “dickering” about kneeling or not kneeling for Communion, or whether a church should have a Communion rail. I was just wondering given the presence of a Communion rail, how does that work with the “Novus Ordo”.

Do the communicants kneel to receive Communion, to they all stand (those with and without health problems) do they still receive in a line or do they stand/kneel at the rail.

I was only asking these questions out of curiosity, not to argue about it, as the only time I’ve participated in a Mass where a Communion rail was present it was a Traditional Latin Mass, not the Novus Ordo.

[AnAmericanMother]

I'm probably qualified to answer that question, since I used to be an Episcopalian - they never stopped kneeling at the rail to receive, although they receive only in the hand. I've also attended the local FSSP parish (full dress EF Mass with the readings chanted in Latin, the works.)

If for some reason you can't kneel, you simply stand at the rail. The priest is quite close enough to administer communion to anyone who has to stand.

To turn it round the other way, if you're at an NO and you want to kneel, even if there is no rail, you can. It doesn't freak them out unless you're in a really goofy parish, and then I don't just out of being a good guest.