Veiling challenge

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leocor said:
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?
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Oh, this creates a furor every time.
 
Don’t the Irish also wear kilts?

In the Pacific Islands and maritime Southeast Asia, men wear kilt like clothing too.
 
Right, well said. And I agree it is entirely acceptable to consider it a spiritual practice and a custom from Scripture and the early Church. Not unlike fasting for example.
 
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The problem I see is that for the women I know who wear a head covering, they see it as a pious devotion - similar to let’s say wearing a brown scapular. If the priest asked her to take off her brown scapular because the strings were visible and he didn’t want all parishioners thinking that they had to wear brown scapulars, I think her feeling would be similar. I feel sorry for her. I have never worn a head covering, but if my priest asked me to remove my scapular I would have a serious internal struggle. My whole point is that this is not a triviality to her and she therefore has my compassion. OP, phoage, I wrote you and your wife down in my prayer book.
 
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I did not read all the responses so perhaps she’s already made her decision.

I would say to not wear a veil and to offer it up as a mortification to the Lord in reparation for the sins against the Blessed Sacrament, and to ask for holy priests. This can be her offering when we say in the mass … May my sacrifice and yours be acceptable to God…

Personally, wearing a hat does not proclaim the mystery of our faith in the Eucharist like a veil does. I am sorry for the heart ache this must be causing both of you.
 
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Personally, wearing a hat does not proclaim the mystery of our faith in the Eucharist like a veil does. I am sorry for the heart ache this must be causing both of you.
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I think your key word here is personally.

This is why some of us are disturbed. We cannot understand how one kind of head-covering should be superior to another from a spiritual point of view, so long as the head covering is not morally objectionable.

Obviously women will have personal preferences but you seem to be saying that the object is more important than the act.
 
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Sarcelle said:
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.
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I wonder response would be if the priest insisted that all female EMHCs, lectors, members of the choir etc wore veils? Would that be acceptable?

Would those who insist that the priest’s wishes be adhered to still reccomend compliance?
 
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Lillypilly said:
I dont think non veil wearing female helpers will be hard to find.
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It wouldn’t strike me as being very inculsive though. It could create a division between parishioners. More traditionally-minded parishioners may feel that they are no longer welcome in the parish.
 
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If the priest insist we wear veils than we will wear veils.

I sometimes wear headcovering but not veils. Veils are headcovering but not all headcovering are veils. Veils are often worn by those of Spanish/Latino background. This wearing of veils is a practice of a specific subculture and is by no means universal among Catholic women around the world.

So your scenario about a priest asking us to dress like Hispanic women who go to mass may be a bit far fetched.
 
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The priest could very well request that women wear headcovering and those who are so inclined are free to wear veils while I wear a headscarf 🧕.

Veils like headscarves are headcovering.

Now if the priest request that headcovering is allowed but not veils, well you’ll have to ask him instead of jumping to the conclusion that he may be anti-Hispanic.
 
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I am holding to nothing, except for a little empathy for women who see being forced to cover their heads as something they never want to see come back.

I have said it 100 times, if a woman feels like she would like to follow the tradition, by all means go ahead. But this talk of “veiling” and all the romaticizing of the veil is a little to much for me.

What I want to know is why you are trying so hard to prove me wrong? I work for the Church, am studying theology and have talked about this very topic with many women. I am sorry if what my experience has taught me is not to your liking, but continuing to insult me is not going to change anything.
 
You seem to hold the idea that I am anti-veils. I am not.

I just prefer to wear head scarves which is more in line with my ethnicity.

What is wrong with that?
 
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In the US most women who wear them are of Hispanic background. Most other women wore hats and there is a smaller segment, myself included who wear scarves.
 
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From Catholic News Agency. Pretty cool video.

 
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