brandelynmarie Posted December 31, 2013 Author Posted December 31, 2013 I bought one of those for a family member! He wasn't fond of it,lol....but then again, he wadn't fond of alot of things ;)...I think it is easier to get up from a kneeler...I think Nikita is on to something :)
OnlySunshine Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) I bought one of those for a family member! He wasn't fond of it,lol....but then again, he wadn't fond of alot of things ;)...I think it is easier to get up from a kneeler...I think Nikita is on to something :) LOL, we have a recliner with one of those mechanisms only it's much more easier on the person since it's electric and has a switch. My grandmother gave it to us to use after my great-grandmother passed away at 100 years old. She had bad arthritis and never sat in it so it was brand new. It's a great and comfortable chair. The mechanism made me laugh when I tried it out! :hehe2: The chair looks like this: Edited December 31, 2013 by MaterMisericordiae
Golden Years Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 To heck with a prayer stool. I want a choir stall! Carved and everything. Maybe I can find me one of these on ebay!
AnneLine Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) Maybe you need one of those spring loaded "launch pad" type prayer stools! You know those contraptions where you are lifted out of your seat by a mechanism? :hehe2: That's too funny. Part of me would LOVE an ejecta-stool, but with my ability to have 'interesting' things happen to me, the danged thing would shoot me across the room! It would give 'join Christ on the cross' a whole new meaning!!!!! Our parish kind of put them in in reverse... they rejuvenated all the kneelers (which were 70+ years old and REALLLY needed it!) but they put in a spring-load to keep them UP and CLOSED. Now you have the interesting sight of people pawing at them like animals when it is time to kneel... they try to subtly move it to 'open' with a foot... and then make a deep prostration from the waist as they open the thing... and try to thump down on it before it closes. It's really funny seeing about 100 people doing this in tandem! BUT they are very conducive to prayer... Something you might want to explore, Brandelyn and others, is this gardening stool... because it can be used as a seat and works wonderfully as a prayer bench! AND you can use the arms to get UP, too!!!!! Best of all possible worlds! And I have the yellow and green one, but it does come in other colors -- apparently some made better than others.. and a range of prices, too. BUT this is the one I have: Search for 'garden kneeler' and you will find them! Edited January 1, 2014 by AnneLine
maximillion Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 I now have an unholy vision in my head........the spring-loaded choir stall!!!!!! :hehe2: :bounce: :winner:
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 I understand that the prayer stools are comfortable while on them... and I love the concept. But....these days I hsve such problems getting up off the floor once I am down! How does one DO this? Certainly one can't use them to crawl up! or push off from! Sadly, I think my days of using something like that are over.... AnneLine is old.... I was thinking the same thing as I read this thread. "Wow! You guys can still kneel!" I sure hope that God hears prayers when the person is lying down propped up on a pillow at sort of a 45 degree angle. I can't even sit upright in a chair for an hour without being in severe pain. I have to keep moving. I could probably handle it if the pain lasted only while I was sitting, but the pain of sitting upright for longer than 10-15 minutes lasts for days, sometimes weeks. (Yes, I have tried everything known to medicine, and many other things, as well.) When I see pictures of nuns/Sisters who are 20 or 30 years older than I am still kneeling, I am envious. I'm getting older by the minute, but I'm not THAT old (yet). Everyone else my age can at least sit. <sigh> Note: Old is relative. I live across the street from a retirement home/nursing home for Religious Sisters. The youngest Sister there has been in religious life at least 40-50 years, and several Sisters have celebrated their 80th Jubilees--and made it to the party!!
Feankie Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 To heck with a prayer stool. I want a choir stall! Carved and everything. Maybe I can find me one of these on ebay! Yes you can! EBay has EVERYTHING one needs to set up a chapel/church. Monstrances, ciboria, statues, crosses, relics, vestments - you name it, it's there!!! As for prayer stools, if my mind serves me right, didn't we have a rather lengthy discussion/photos about them before Sr. Faith entered Carmel? Ok all of you hot-shot VS sleuths - find that thread!
Antigonos Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 I sure hope that God hears prayers when the person is lying down propped up on a pillow at sort of a 45 degree angle. I am absolutely convinced that God hears you even when you are standing on your head!
nikita92 Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 http://bearswoodshop.net He will even make the smaller stool/chair/seat if you wish! check out his website! It is American made!!
brandelynmarie Posted January 11, 2014 Author Posted January 11, 2014 The French style one is unusual....I've never seen one like that before...thank you :) & yes, I'm still researching ;)
AnneLine Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 Did you see this one from the site Nikita suggested? It's a BARE FOOT!!!! Certainly should be for a discalced Carmelite? ROTFL
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 Did you see this one from the site Nikita suggested? It's a BARE FOOT!!!! Certainly should be for a discalced Carmelite? rotfl Well, if I was being picky, I'd say it was for a Poor Claire since discalced Carmelites wear sandals......but whatever. It's, uh, different. Although, from this angle, it looks more like a wooden magazine rack to me than a prayer stool. I can't figure out how it works. :think2: Clearly a sign that I do not have a vocation. :paperbag:
cmaD2006 Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 Did you see this one from the site Nikita suggested? It's a BARE FOOT!!!! Certainly should be for a discalced Carmelite? rotfl Heh, heh. Sorry it won't work I think. It's a quilt rack .... :D
brandelynmarie Posted January 11, 2014 Author Posted January 11, 2014 Ah! A quilt rack for Poor Clares & Discalced Carmelites! :hehe:
AnneLine Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Oh. Too bad! It was SO perfect! I could just see an entire choir filled with those..... he he he
nikita92 Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 It is funny!! Have you ever had a foot cramp while kneeling ??? I did! It started coming on shortly after I got into position! I couldn't excuse myself either, because the pew was shoulder to shoulder!! It was painful!!! I feel for you Ignatiusofloyola!!! If I sit for any length of time and then get up... I am stiff and sore!! I would love to live across from any kind of convent!!! My city has none!!!;(
Indwelling Trinity Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 http://www.therosaryshop.com I have one of their unupholstered Taize style wooden prayer benches and thay are wonderful to sit back on as if you were sittinf back on your heals. They are very solid. I have had mine for about ten years and on my better days when i can get out of bed to my little prayer corner, my nurse can help me and i can still sit back on it to pray but not as long. good luck.
brandelynmarie Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 *waves* :wave: hi IT! Thank you & happy to see you!
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