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aTraditionalist
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I’m away from home, and the parish I’ve been attending has a statue of Our Lady with her hair down and uncovered. Does this strike anyone else as wrong?
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Della
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It’s probably a depiction of Mary as the Immaculate Conception. There are many depictions of Mary sans a veil in sacred art.
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aTraditionalist
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Correct me if I am off target but didn’t Jewish law mandate the veil for women? How about St. Paul’s comments in 1 Corinthians 11?
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curlycool89
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Is the statute depicting her as being in the Temple/a Synagogue/a Church?
Because I don’t believe that any law required women to wear a veil 24/7.
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Walking_Home
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The Green Scapular – also shows our Lady – unveiled.
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LightBound
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In the Far East, they have images of Our Lady in traditional Asian apparel…long tunic over pants, but her hair is up and pulled off of her face. No head covering, though. Doesn’t strike me as wrong at all, nor does the statue the OP described.
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bsroufek
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In all of Our Lady’s appearances, as far as I know, she is veiled.
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Della
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Apparitions are not an indication of how Our Lady actually appears in heaven. She shows herself as blue-eyed in one apparition and brown-eyed in another. She wears varying gowns and colors. This is because the seer expects her to have certain appearances based on his/her culture. And Our Lady is gracious in appearing as they might expect. In some cases, such a Guadalupe, she wished to demonstrate who she is and Who sent her, through the symbolism of her dress, posture and ethnicity. Mary is not bound by any convention or culture. Nor did she always wear a veil, certainly not doing chores around the house. Besides, depictions are meant to teach us something about God, not so much about Mary herself. If she is depicted unveil, it is a depiction of her Immaculate Conception or her innocence as a young girl. There is nothing wrong with such depictions. Nothing at all.
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fred_conty
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Right on.
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agnes_therese
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Not me. I’ve never seen anything that said the Blessed Mother wore a veil 24/7.
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thistle
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We are Catholics and veils for women are not required.
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aTraditionalist
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What about veils being required for centuries? Just from my casual reading and talking with people, I look at it as something that is simply not enforced anymore but the requirement is scripturally based and thus still stands.
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LightBound
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Br JR posted this in response to a modesty thread a while back, but the content of his post addresses your concern about headcoverings, among other issues people seem to have about specific items women wear.
forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost.php?p=10499776&postcount=24
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severus68
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Thanks for this. I hope the OP accepts this and the thread can be closed.
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aTraditionalist
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I really appreciate the link. I hope I didn’t come off as contentious.
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Mike30
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I would think it was probably more of a Jewish cultural thing than a theological one during the very early days of the Church. Over the years it developed into a theological practice but I really don’t think it started out that way…
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Alfonsus
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There are several miraculous images of Mary and apparitions, without veil.
For examples:
Our Lady of Knock, shown with crown but without veil in the apparition.
The statue of Our Lady in the house of St. Teresa of Lisieux, which trough she received healing, also without veil.
The image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii, deemed miraculous, is without veil.
For examples:
Our Lady of Knock, shown with crown but without veil in the apparition.
The statue of Our Lady in the house of St. Teresa of Lisieux, which trough she received healing, also without veil.
The image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii, deemed miraculous, is without veil.
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severus68
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It was LightBound’s link but I appreciate your gracious response.
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Megan7
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Thanks for the link.
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