Veiling challenge

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That hat is cute and doesn’t scream for attention at all.
 
somecanadian said:
My hat, however, gets people constantly commenting on my bad hair days so it’s like a double humbling. LOL. And I’m too chicken to tell them it’s a devotional hat so I just let them think I’m lazy.
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Seems it’s working for you! 🙂
 
By your own admission, your statement is based on your personal experience. This does not warrant your statement at all that “Women did it because the law said you did, and it was expected.” You did not say some women, or a few, or women I know, but you just said “women”. That is a over generalization. Your personal experience does not speak for the whole of women at that time in this country. Furthermore, you base your statement on a small fraction of time, to a specific region, and pay no relevance to the history of the tradition for over two millennia. I kindly ask for you to stop speaking for all women, and inserting your small limited experience as the de facto sentiment for all women in this country and in past history.
 
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Um, if you had read through the thread, you would see that there are others, presumably from other locales, that seem to have the same experiences.
 
SMHW said:
That is what I think most people mean when they talk about “veiling”: the head covering that arose out of a specific cultural minority.
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That’s what I think of. Believe it or not, I actually had one. We had a family friend, a priest from Italy, who gave me one. I actually wore it to mass a few times, but I felt so self-conscious, I stopped. I didn’t like having it on my hair, either. I’m not a very pious person.

RIP Father Mario. You were a wonderful priest and family friend. We miss you.
 
And if you read through the thread, you would see there others who did not experience what you did, but the opposite. Again, you are basing your generalization on your personal experience (and I would add bias) alone, and that is disingenuous.
 
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somecanadian said:
My hat, however, gets people constantly commenting on my bad hair days so it’s like a double humbling. LOL. And I’m too chicken to tell them it’s a devotional hat so I just let them think I’m lazy.
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I’m too vain to let anyone think I have a bad hair day! (I don’t have them! Not yet!)
 
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Anglicans, Covering, Hats and Tradition

Anglican women used to cover their heads in church. It wasn’t that long ago. My Baptist mother and her friends wore plain hats or scarves in church until the mid 1960s; many Anglican and Epis…
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This poor Anglican woman…what a minority she must be!
 
FollowChrist34 said:
I am a little rattled by it too. Do you hear mercy in this commentary, love of neighbor? Stick with the veil is my advice - seems to be working if you catch my drift.
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Oh, veils always get everyone all fired up, pro and con. That little piece of lace turns neighbor against neighbor and brings out the worst in us.
 
CilladeRoma said:
Now, while not required, one if free to cover if they want, just stop with the romatic notions that it has always been a “spiritual practice”. Women did it because the law said you did, and it was expected.
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If people stopped with the romantic notions about it being a “spiritual practice” I think I could even accept it without problems. I really don’t care who covers their head or who doesn’t. I don’t hate the head coverings, I hate the romanticization of them.

Thank you for enlightening me.
 
How is something that someone considers “spiritual” romanticizing it? And does this mean that every women who considers it a “spiritual” thing is romanticizing it? Are you referring only to some? And what exactly is wrong with ‘romanticizing’ a spiritual act? As far as I know, women who cover themselves are not forcing other women to do so also. I see that the greater offense comes by people who just don’t like how certain women choose to act devout. That is not a matter of difference in opinion, but borders animosity, or disgust out of spite, or resentment of some kind.
 
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Because we’re talking about a mere veil on a woman’s head at a church service. Of all the things that can cause an offense, disputation and the priest to demand the person to desist from such an act in the house of God, this is it?
 
Nevertheless, the parish priest still has the authority to require certain standards for those that participate in liturgical ministries.

We may disagree with his rationale but we must acknowledge his authority.

If the priest told me I must wear long skirts to be a lector then I will wear long skirts.
 
Sarcelle said:
If the priest told me I must wear long skirts to be a lector then I will wear long skirts.
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I would, however, seriously object to wearing a long skirt to be a lector and would probably have to turn down the role.

Unless it was a kilt.

I’m a guy 😃

Just thought I’d inject some levity into a thread that is getting far too serious…
 
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I agree. Uniformity and rules are greatly important. But as I’ve said in other posts above, to some women, covering their head is not a mere clothing choice, but something they feel intimately about.

If the OP is still reading this thread, I would love to know what finally was decided upon, and the outcome of it, if it’s not too much to ask. Regardless, I pray that all parties involve show love, grace and ask for discernment in this matter.
 
Sarcelle said:
We may disagree with his rationale but we must acknowledge his authority.
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The church I go to has a 26-page book of rules. Even what doors we can use and when. No one objects. Of course, I do go to the MC.
 
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I would, however, seriously object to wearing a long skirt to be a lector and would probably have to turn down the role.
Unless it was a kilt.
I’m a guy 😃
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Haha 😃
 
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