How many women here wear a headcovering to Novus Ordo Mass?

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Today I went to Ash Wednesday mass and there were probably 5 women (in my eye range) that were wearing some type of head covering. This was including myself I wore a hat the women in front of me wore a scarf.
When I first started wearing a hat I had a hard time wondering what people were thinking about me. I have come to terms that it is none of my business what people think, and I am here to show my love, devotion, and respect to the Lord. It does not matter what people think.
My philosophy is if you believe that it is respectful to cover your head, than cover your head. If anywhere it is certainly appropriate in church to say “live and let live”.

Maryelizabeth

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
-Mother Theresa of Calcutta
 
Why stop at a head covering. Why not a full burka? Is there any difference?
 
no, the last head covering I wore to church was my veil at my wedding in 1981…and prior to that my first communion in 1966. Wearing a veil to mass makes you no more a Catholic than going into a garage makes you a car. If you want to wear one…have at it, if you don’t same deal.
 
I agree with those who say it is a matter of personal piety.

A question: does anyone have suggestions for a head covering that doesn’t look like a chapel veil? I would like to cover my hair, but I don’t want to stand out.

Hats? I’ve never worn a hat in my life (er, except baseball caps and ski hats). I’m not sure how to wear a dressy hat…

A scarf?

I’d love a picture link, too. Thanks if you can help.
 
starling said:
Why stop at a head covering. Why not a full burka? Is there any difference?
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Now starling, I don’t wear a veil either but can you really have that much of a problem with people choosing a personal act of piety to follow? It certainly isn’t forbidden and if one feels that God has called them to wear one, can you really have a problem with it? I think it a nice custom even though I am not called to wear one.

BTW, apples to oranges on the bikini comparison too. It is not in any way akin to wearing a bikini not to wear a head covering.
 
bear06 said:
Now starling, I don’t wear a veil either but can you really have that much of a problem with people choosing a personal act of piety to follow? It certainly isn’t forbidden and if one feels that God has called them to wear one, can you really have a problem with it? I think it a nice custom even though I am not called to wear one.

BTW, apples to oranges on the bikini comparison too. It is not in any way akin to wearing a bikini not to wear a head covering.
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Hmm. Depends on the culture. There are some where a naked woman would cover her head first if she saw someone look at her.

And then you have Novus Ordo Masses where the readers are shirtless and braless, forget the headcovering.

Now that would be in poor taste if the Mass were televised all over the world, no?
 
BobP123 said:
Hmm. Depends on the culture. There are some where a naked woman would cover her head first if she saw someone look at her.

And then you have Novus Ordo Masses where the readers are shirtless and braless, forget the headcovering.

Now that would be in poor taste if the Mass were televised all over the world, no?
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Silly of me to assume we were talking about Western culture instead of well computerized native culture.:rolleyes:
 
I would only notice perhaps if it was a halo
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Actually maggieodae…don’t laugh. .I did see what I assume was a halo one time at Mass a few years ago…but it wasn’t on a woman it was on a deacon a few weeks before he was to be ordained to the priesthood.

He was kneeling at the altar during the consecration when I noticed that around his head and shoulders he seemed to have light emanating off him about several inches out…I almost collapsed when I saw it.

Later I speculated that others may have seen something like this years ago around holy people…and that that is why so many painters show halos around them.

Has anyone else ever seen this?
 
I wear a mantilla. I just felt called to do so. At first, and still sometimes you can tell people kinda look. But now, actually I get nice comments. I don’t care either way. It is what I felt called to do in my heart. I will have my baby girl, when a bit older, wear one, as well. It is a beautiful, reverant, and humble gesture. I have even had a priest after confession, once, tell me it was nice to see me wearing one. I guess I would be considered younger and you really only see lots of the older Filipina and Latina women wearing them.
 
I do and no one has said anything about it, at least not to my
face. Sometimes a person will do a double-take, but that’s ok. I also wear a scarf during Adoration. Sometimes if I forget ask our Mother to cover me with hers.
:dts: I don’t wear a mantilla though. Mostly rectangle scarves / shawls, I have several in different colors. I’ve noticed since I’ve started covering my head that I am dressing nicer than I did before. I’m a convert, and I feel like I missed out on a lot. 😉
 
I have attended the Latin Mass since before I can remember. At every Mass, ALL women have worn veils or hats (at least as far as I can remember). For me, it is a sign of piety and reverence. As a fellow Catholic, it reminds ME to be pious and humble before our Lord.

Now, I know it is not anyone else’s responsibility to remind me to be humble, but I do appreciate it when someone does. Let me share what a veil does for me as a man:

When I see a woman wear a veil, I make a connection to Mary. When I was growing up, I found myself having lustful thoughts (due to hormones), even during Mass. If there was a girl there that caught my attention, I was reminded to have respect for her in seeing her veiled. She was a child of God, and she was practicing a visible act of piety. This would calm my wandering mind, and bring me back to the true vision of what she really was - a soul in prayer, and not an object of lustful thoughts.

Still today, as a grown man, seeing a woman in a veil touches my heart.

I believe we all understand, as Catholics, that we should be modestly dressed in the Presence of the Holy Eucharist. But as a fellow Catholic, I appreciate it when a woman wears a veil. It is kind of like seeing someone sign themselves with the Cross, or genuflecting, or doing any of the other sacramentals - it is a visual sign of respect and piety, and it does so much for your brother in Christ - me!

I appreciate ALL things my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ do to be Holy. Thank you for these. For I know that there are many women who are VERY Holy, but do not wear a veil.
 
women wearing head covering to a Novus Ordo Mass is as out of place as wearing a tuxedo to the beach; the two just don’t match. The Novus Ordo mentality/emphasis is on the gathering of the faithful together to share in a meal in love and support. Why would one wear a head covering for that? Go dressed in a manner to socialize, share, and support one another-- don’t dress to fall on one’s knees and worship in humility 😦
 
jabelltulsa:

Your post touched my heart… :crying: well, because…(according to your siggy) you are not some old fart, actually I’m only a year younger than you…and well…

I have all boys. Need I say more?

God bless you!
 
starling said:
Why stop at a head covering. Why not a full burka? Is there any difference?
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interesting notice in our travels this summer, in some parishes in towns where there are a lot of recent immigrants, we have seen obviously Catholic church-goers in saris, with veil over the head, and in the white shawled headcovering typical of some Middle Eastern women, who also wear long dresses or rather baggy trousers. (Houston and Detroit respectively). as well as, especially in the South, congregations where women dress very formally, dressy suits, including hats. Also women of African descent in “garb” derived from African styles and fabrics, which usually include a hat or cap, which has been seen for several years in some Detroit or Cleveland parishes.
 
I love reading what the men have to say. It touches my heart even more then when a woman tells me why she veils.

And yes I wear a headcovering to the Pauline Mass. I don’t wear one because I look good in it. I wear one because I feel personally called to ear one when at Mass or in prayer.
 
DJgang said:
jabelltulsa:

Your post touched my heart… :crying: well, because…(according to your siggy) you are not some old fart, actually I’m only a year younger than you…and well…

I have all boys. Need I say more?

God bless you!
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Thank you 😛
 
I wear one because of St Paul (I read it and said “Hmm” and asked a priest and he said “I think they’re a good idea”) and because I go to TLM when I can and read on Wikipedia “Traditional Catholic women cover their heads in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.” :rolleyes: Yeah, I know, Wikipedia, and I don’t self-identify as traditional with a capital T, but I thought, well, if it makes sense to wear one at TLM it makes sense to wear one at NO. It helped that there is one woman at my home parish who wears one, and a friend at my college parish who did then (I’ve seen three more do since then… though one doesn’t usually come to NO Mass). It makes my dad really uncomfortable so once I didn’t, but since then I found a kerchief that I can use.
 
It’s great that people find that veils and hats on women in church remind them to be devout and humble. But that’s not why it’s done.

It’s not because no Jewish woman would visit the Temple without her head covered, and it’s not because the tabernacle is veiled.

It’s because no decent woman of the ancient world – Jewish, Roman, or most other cultures – would go out in public without her head covered. They didn’t wear headcoverings indoors with friends and family, and so they started not wearing them indoors with the ecclesia, their brothers and sisters. St. Paul told them nope. His reasoning was that the angels are there in church, too, and they’re not so much our brothers and sisters; you’re still in public, so keep your stola on. You will note that the surrounding verses are also about decorum and formality being maintained in church.

So you can take it as a sign of humility and devotion, of course. But primarily, it’s a sign of formality, and that church is a public place.
 
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