What Posture Do You in Pray In?

[amarieme]

Kneeling…I realize how powerful whatever this new thing is happening within me. It’s something words cannot describe…it is love in every sense of the word love.
I’m on my knees and I’d stay that way all day if I could.
But there is the swim praying and the run praying and so on.

 

[Journey322]

What posture do you use to pray?

Kneeling
Standing
Sitting
Lying down

I tend to alternate depending on how tired I am.

How about you?

I just prayer wherever and whenever I feel the need. If the situation isn’t condusive to kneeling, then I just pray in whatever position seems appropriate.

 

[Lilsheep88]

I say my rosary while driving… would this be considered wrong?

 

[CatholicFireman]

I say my rosary while driving… would this be considered wrong?

If it is then we’re both wrong.

*It’s not wrong. *

 

[Gordon_Sims]

I pray in whatever posture is most convenient. When we say the Rosary as a family, we’re sitting together in the living room. Just before going to sleep, I pray while lying in bed, then again when I wake up (assuming I’m coherent enough when I wake up). Then, throughout the day, whenever the need/desire to pray arises, regardless of whether I’m sitting, standing, kneeling, whatever.

I was actually talking to my daughters about where and when to pray the other day. They gave various answers, from only at church, to kneeling beside their bed at night, etc. I told them they should pray whenever they feel the need, whether they’re happy, upset, angry or thankful for something.

 

[GoldenLight]

I even heard of a Filipino woman doing the Rosary while knee walking which is, I think, walking on your knees for the sole purpose of penance. I have never done that and, for now, do not intend to as my Confessor has never prescribed it.

I was in Fatima

 

[A_G]

I tend to alternate between kneeling, standing, and sitting, depending on where I am and what I am doing. When I can, I like kneeling the most.

I do this with my hands together but … Does anyone pray in the “orans” posture?

 

[LiseTravis]

Morning devotions- seated (I’m drinking my coffee)
Evening devotions- lying down (I’m in bed)
Occaisonally kneeling, like before my crucifix or Nativity
Occaisonally standing, like before my Advent wreath

 

[Oneofthewomen]

I tend to alternate between kneeling, standing, and sitting, depending on where I am and what I am doing. When I can, I like kneeling the most.

I do this with my hands together but … Does anyone pray in the “orans” posture?

When I pray in private, I always pray with my hands open.
I would not call it “orans” only because I do not hold them up, they lay in my lap, palms up.

I do this to remind me that prayer is both giving and receiving, and I cannot do either without opening up my hands.
It’s just a little thing I do to help me focus on what a gift my faith is.

 

[BVM_1221]

What posture do you use to pray?

Kneeling
Standing
Sitting
Lying down

I tend to alternate depending on how tired I am.

How about you?

Mostly sitting. I prefer to do the Liturgy Of The Hours. Sitting is easier on my knees (I am age 67 with arthritis). Also, sitting allows one or more of my cats to sit on my lap, or at a table to one side of my chair. I pet them, they purr, and I think God listens

 

[Lunasol]

Sitting on my knees