Should I wear a veil to Mass...and during prayer?

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Oh goodness me, I go out of town for one day and it turns into a online boxing match hehe. just kidding!!! now that it has been mentioned though, im thinking about starting to receive the Eucharist by mouth. I think when I made my First Communion I was completely terriffied by the whole situation and I don’t know why. I only started receiving the Sacred Blood like last year I think…and I’m 20 for pete’s sake! Anywho, now that it has been mentioned I’m just questioning my whole Mass experience lol. I’m usually terriffied of change because of my anxiety/depression/and OCD, but I’m sort of looking forward to making some changes!!!
YAY! 😃
 
megangamble said:
Oh goodness me, I go out of town for one day and it turns into a online boxing match hehe. just kidding!!! now that it has been mentioned though, im thinking about starting to receive the Eucharist by mouth. I think when I made my First Communion I was completely terriffied by the whole situation and I don’t know why. I only started receiving the Sacred Blood like last year I think…and I’m 20 for pete’s sake! Anywho, now that it has been mentioned I’m just questioning my whole Mass experience lol. I’m usually terriffied of change because of my anxiety/depression/and OCD, but I’m sort of looking forward to making some changes!!!
YAY! 😃
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You made me smile from ear to ear. God bless you.

(Psst - anxiety, depression, OCD - go visit Jesus in the Tabernacle. Leave it all with him. I’ve been leaving mine just a little at a time, mind you, but He’s been taking it.)
 
daughterofmary said:
I wear the veil. I started wearing it about five or six weeks ago. No one at my parish wears the veil. No one, except an elderly woman, covers their head at the parish I am at for the summer.

I wear it mostly because I felt called to by God in prayer and even when I wasn’t actually praying. It was something that kept on coming to my mind no matter how much I pushed it away. Jesus just kind of bugged me about it for a couple years. Finally I gave in this summer. It is humbling, especially when no one else is wearing it. It keeps me focused at Mass. It reminds me of who and what I am and who I am before: God.

Scripture calls for it. Many saints have spoken on it. Many Doctors of the Church have even mandated it. Many popes have encouraged it. Mary wore a headcovering. All my favorite female saints wore headcoverings. All Catholic women in the history of the church were called to cover their heads up until sixty or so years ago. If you feel called to cover your head then I say do it.

I wear the veil while in church and/or when Jesus is present. Many women I know who do wear the headcovering wear it only if in church and/or when Jesus is present.

I know a couple women (not many) who wear some sort of headcovering constantly. To wear a headcovering everytime one prays would mean that you would probably have to wear a headcovering all the time while awake. If your feeling called to do it… go for it. There is nothing saying you can’t.

God bless!

In Jesus and Mary,
Marie
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May God bless you daughterofmary. 👍
 
megangamble said:
Oh goodness me, I go out of town for one day and it turns into a online boxing match hehe. just kidding!!! now that it has been mentioned though, im thinking about starting to receive the Eucharist by mouth. I think when I made my First Communion I was completely terriffied by the whole situation and I don’t know why. I only started receiving the Sacred Blood like last year I think…and I’m 20 for pete’s sake! Anywho, now that it has been mentioned I’m just questioning my whole Mass experience lol. I’m usually terriffied of change because of my anxiety/depression/and OCD, but I’m sort of looking forward to making some changes!!!
YAY! 😃
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That’s right; boy, I never thought I’d be scourged and crucified by a fellow Catholic. Oh well. I hope the numerous opinions encouraged you. I had a friend/boyfriend who has OCD, and family members who suffer with depression, so I have an idea of how difficult making changes can be. I myself don’t care for unnecessary change. Keep praying that God give you the courage to do what you know is right. When I first started to wear a veil in the church I felt so awkward that I stopped in less than a month. I continued to pray for the strength and courage to do what I knew God wanted and He gave me those graces, in His time. Until you feel “comfortable” (bad choice of words, I know) wearing the veil, just ask your Guardian Angel to cover your head. He knows your heart. God Bless.
 
latinmasslover said:
Keep praying that God give you the courage to do what you know is right. When I first started to wear a veil in the church I felt so awkward that I stopped in less than a month. I continued to pray for the strength and courage to do what I knew God wanted and He gave me those graces, in His time. Until you feel “comfortable” (bad choice of words, I know) wearing the veil, just ask your Guardian Angel to cover your head. He knows your heart. God Bless.
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I agree with this! God did a fantastic job of putting certain people in my path who were very supportive and encouraging. Just one example: A very dear priest friend of mine, who passed away a couple of years ago - the last conversation I had with him a day or so before he died was about my wearing the veil. I had only just begun wearing it the month before, and that was the first time he’d seen me in it.

Also, once you take the step, the more you wear it, the less conscious of it you become. 👍
 
latinmasslover said:
That’s right; boy, I never thought I’d be scourged and crucified by a fellow Catholic. God Bless.
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“Scourged and crucified”??? Just a little extreme, perhaps?

I had to calm down a while before responding to this one in a manner that doesn’t seem an attack on an individual, but rather a response to an idea or mindset.

I’ve been around since before Vatican II and have pretty much seen it all from the perspective of a very conservative Irish-Catholic family, and 16 years of excellent, thoroughly Catholic education. Upon rereading the entire thread, it is clear that several posters are quite young (my younger daughter’s age) and either apparently new to Catholicism, or at least new to the enthusiastic practice of “traditional” Catholicism. Their fervor is touching and understandable as they realize the great gift we have in the Eucharist. In this fervor they have embraced an outward sign that most others, including myself, find outdated.

I am not about to snatch the veil off anyone’s head (couldn’t find anyone wearing one here, anyway.) If wearing a veil truly makes a difference for you in your worship, go for it! However, (and I will state this carefully) the suggestion - and it is there, no matter how one tries to parse sentences - that those of us who actually find the practice outdated are naively being duped by the devil is truly uncharitable and, yes, quite offensive to me. (I am put in mind of the often irritating enthusiasm of recent ex-smokers!)

Enthusiastically support the practice should you choose, but, especially at such a tender age, please do not categorize others. I think this has got to be my last word on this particular topic.

Peace!
 
dixieagle said:
Enthusiastically support the practice should you choose, but, especially at such a tender age, please do not categorize others. I think this has got to be my last word on this particular topic.
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Exactly!
I brought this up in a thread in Traditional Catholicism!
I said that I hoped the MP would bring about a resurrgence in respect for the Real Presence. In that, I mentioned that perhaps women will begin to veil more because of this resurrgence, but we must be careful to respect the devotions of other. We cannot force devotions on others. You can’t make someone say the Rosary, wear the Miraculous Medal, the Scapular, or a veil
 
dixieagle said:
…outward sign that most others, including myself, find outdated.
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That is really quite sad that you feel that way. Every single person who has ever said anything to me about it - to me personally - has been nothing but impressed and a bit awed by a woman choosing to cover her head. Case in point, the man this week at the funeral (see my post earlier in this thread) who was just blown away by it, and was so happy to see someone doing such a thing.

Just because you feel it is outdated does not mean you have to dig your heels in and wag your finger at the younger members here who choose to express their Faith in such a beautiful and outward way. Being older than others does not mean anything in this instance. To suggest it does is to say that they are just young and don’t know any better.

I’m 42 - and *I *was a bit miffed at your comments. I can imagine how our teen members may have felt. :rolleyes:

You may consider the practice for yourself - you may actually like it. 😉

~Liza
 
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