Question 60:
What is the proper posture for one after receiving Holy Communion? Some people
sit and others kneel.
Answer: Posture is optional at this time of the Mass.
Section 43 of the General Instruction on the Roman Missal (GIRM) states: "they
may sit or kneel while the period of sacred silence after Communion is
observed." Keep in mind that this time is to be spent in private prayer. "When
the distribution of Communion is finished, as circumstances suggest, the priest
and faithful spend some time praying privately" (GIRM §88).