Covering hair at Mass

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With all respect, no.
First, in german we don’t see this single verb veiling as a clear differentiation to lay people in our language. You would also say in german that muslim women “veil”.
Second, even a nun may choose to attend uncovered if her veil isn’t on place. My mum grew up with habit wearing ursuline sisters and they didn’t freaked out when praying uncovered in certain situations.
A veil doesn’t make a nun.
 
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The person who is seriously distracted by a woman’s natural beauty during Mass should learn to practice custody of the eyes.
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Nope. Not one sided. Responsibility is placed on both parties.
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Great! I recommended that you wear a monastic-style hood and sit in the front, so that you can better maintain custody of your eyes and focus on the reason you are sitting in the church in the first place.
 
I believe that the practices commonly found when celebrating Mass according to the EF are becoming more common at celebrations according to the OF. You not only see more head-covering at the OF Mass but more kneeling and receiving Holy Communion on the tongue, even where there are no altar rails or kneelers for doing so.
 
Right, I will probably get suspended or banned,
Threads about covering the female head in Mass, should only be open to women!
 
Mi_Rose said:
I think hijabs make women look beautiful by the way.
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I agree about hijabs making women look beautiful. And it is a bit distracting as well.

From my conversations with Muslim women, they often wear a hijab neither because they are required to nor out of modesty, but as a symbol of Muslim identity.
 
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I see veils sometimes at OF Mass. The majority of women do not, but there are some that do.
 
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…a scrap of lace says look at me I cover my head.
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That’s a judgement on your part. You don’t know what her interior disposition is.

We also cannot discount that lace chapel veils have historical provenance within the Latin rite. Additionally, wearing an opaque veil might get you confused with a woman religious
 
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I said that was my opinion. I know I am nowhere near saintly perfection.
 
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My french grandma wore lacy veils and I don’t thing it was out of the idea to be a point of attention, it was simply part of french tradition.
I wear lace sometimes because it’s light in the summer, don’t slip and was a cheap buy.
We wouldn’t discuss like this about a dress. Covering my head is part of my dress, and it can be beautiful without growing out of vain.
 
Thank you!

I think in all these discussions people forget that there are long traditions of wearing lace veils within the Latin Rite.

Whether we are talking about France or Spain or Mexico. A woman today who is thinking about covering her head will look around and see examples of women wearing lace chapel veils. If she then goes out to buy a lace chapel veil, one can hardly say she is doing it for “vanity”. She is following the example set for her.

I was watching a solemn profession of vows the other day. The girls who were about to make their first vows all had lace veils on. White lace at first and then black lace before receiving their habits. I don’t think anyone was accusing them of being vain.
 
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Lace veils are more comfortable than scarves. The lace has little holes where you can pass a bobby pin so it doesn’t move around. It’s light so you don’t get hot. Both of these things prevent being distracted at Mass. I’ve tried wearing a scarf (actually because it was something different and a fashion accessory, unlike a boring veil, which is opposite of what some of you believe), but it was too hot and distracting.

Anyone who gets distracted by other women’s veils should sit in the front and practice custody of the eyes. It goes both ways guys. 😏
 
Margaret_Ann said:
Reason: Traditionally, the men sit on the side of Our Lord and the women sit on the side of the Theotokos.
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As Willie Wonka said, “Strike that. Reverse it.”

Wehen I commented on the hat clips on the right side of the Lithuanian RC church back in DuBois, a deacon explained to me that “Women sat on the side of Mary, the ideal mother, and men on the side of Joseph, the ideal husband.”

It’s the side that drove seating, rather than vice versa.

Also, with those icons, note that Mary wears earthly red, cloaked in blue divinity, while the colors are opposite for Christ. (save when the iconographer makes error, as in my parish . . .)

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Ryan1 said:
I believe that the practices commonly found when celebrating Mass according to the EF are becoming more common at celebrations according to the OF. You not only see more head-covering at the OF Mass but more kneeling and receiving Holy Communion on the tongue, even where there are no altar rails or kneelers for doing so.
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That may be the case in your parish, but it certainly isn’t in mine.

I think you are making a bit of a sweeping statement.
 
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