Can laity wear monks’ habits?

[Patorikku85]

I haven’t been able to find a proper answer for this question. I’ve seen some say never, some say yes, with permissions, and others say yes. Those that say yes say it helps them as a reminder of the rule of their order, and warn about wearing a habit to make you feel holier (that should be obvious but clearly there are people that think clothes and types of sacramentals make them holier). What is the verdict on this?

*I tried posting this in Catholic Living and it wouldn’t pop up, so I apologize if this is a second posting.

 

[TechieGuy]

Well, there probably aren’t any laws against it, so - yeah - this is something you can do.

As to why you’d want to wear something that would tend to make other people think you hold a status that you really don’t — maybe you ought to think on that for a bit.

 

[Irishmom2]

OP, there are 18 responses to your other thread about the same topic.

Is it that you just don’t like the answers you received?

 

[Patorikku85]

No, no, no. I posted it once and it never popped up on the boards, as did nothing else on that’s specific board, so I assumed it was an deactivated board. In the second posting, I said something in that regard in the post. Sorry for any confusion.

 

[angel12]

I haven’t been able to find a proper answer for this question. I’ve seen some say never, some say yes, with permissions, and others say yes. Those that say yes say it helps them as a reminder of the rule of their order, and warn about wearing a habit to make you feel holier (that should be obvious but clearly there are people that think clothes and types of sacramentals make them holier). What is the verdict on this?

*I tried posting this in Catholic Living and it wouldn’t pop up, so I apologize if this is a second posting.

You had an excellent response from CRM_Brother on the other thread. Since he actually belongs to a religious order, and wears a habit, he would have better advice than those of us who don’t.