But Benedict XVI is on to them. On the Theology of Kneeling written before he was pope:
http://www.adoremus.org/1102TheologyKneel.html
Opening paragraph:
There are groups, of no small influence, who are trying to talk us out of kneeling. "It doesn't suit our culture", they say (which culture?) "It's not right for a grown man to do this -- he should face God on his feet". Or again: "It's not appropriate for redeemed man -- he has been set free by Christ and doesn't need to kneel any more".
Another good line:
It may well be that kneeling is alien to modern culture -- insofar as it is a culture, for this culture has turned away from the faith and no longer knows the one before whom kneeling is the right, indeed the intrinsically necessary gesture.
Click link above for more.
I would say we should be looking for some more comments or 'suggestions' on kneeling for those we are capable.
I was raised in a high-church Episcopal tradition, where it seemed we spent half the service on our knees. Now that I am older and wiser, I know that the discomfort of spending fifteen minutes kneeling, with the relief of standing to take communion, followed by the warm glow from a healthy slug of sweet red Port, is an allegory for how our suffering in this world will be replaced by joy in God's presence.
I still miss the 1928 Prayer Book liturgy and the old Episcopal hymnal, even though we have returned to Mother Rome. I wish there were an Anglican Use parish in our diocese.
-ccm