First Epistle Of Saint Paul To The Corinthians 11: 1- 10
Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ. Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me: and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you. But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered, disgraceth his head. But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered, disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head. The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman, but** the woman of the man**. For the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man. Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels.
Footnote:
10 “A power”… that is, a veil or covering, as a sign that she is under the power of her husband: and this, the apostle adds, because of the angels, who are present in the assemblies of the faithful.
The following is from another conversation I was a part of regarding veiling. If bits confuse you, let me know, and I will be glad to expound.
“For the angels” refers to the fact that the angels never go before God without covering their eyes and themselves with their wings. Because we are going before Jesus, in the form of the consecrated host in the tabernacle, we are to cover our heads, because the angels around us are covering themselves in reverence to Jesus.
When Jesus was on Earth, He was in His human form and not His Godly form. As the consecrated host, He is before us as God the Son. Therefore, it is appropriate to veil your head, as the angels do, in the Presence of God. The angels veil themselves in His presence, regardless of His physical state.
But when He was “wandering around Israel preaching and teaching” people didn’t know who He was, and He left it to those around Him to reveal and profess His nature.
So thus, in veiling ourselves, we are revealing and professing the nature of Jesus as Christ and God the Son.
But that’s just how I think of it.
And, additionally, we are veiling ourselves in response to our belief that the consecrated host IS God the Son before us, physically and spiritually, thus revealing and professing our belief in Transubstantiation.
We are veiling ourselves FOR the angels, beings I fully agree are below as being that we are made in the image of God.
However, being that we are higher beings than angels, we (women) veil ourselves for them, to keep from distracting them.
As I have described it to my daughter “Sometimes a woman does her hair so prettily that an angel would rather look at it, then adore Jesus” Thus, we veil ourselves for their sake.
Here are some lovely links regarding veiling, as well:
THE VEIL
Veiling
Headcovering for Catholic Women
