White veil at Novus Ordo Funeral?

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I am going to a Novus Ordo funeral next week, and I want to wear a veil. I have just gotten interested in veiling this year (I will eventually switch to Latin Mass, but I am going to the Novus Ordo for now). Anyway, I want to veil for Our Lord, but I only have a white chapel veil (I don’t have a mourning veil or even a black veil). I’m just afraid wearing it will be too cheery for a funeral. Will it be acceptable to wear a white veil? Thank you in advance.
 
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If it’s all you have, there is nothing wrong with wearing a white veil. Obviously black, mournful colors are more appropriate at funerals, but you’re clothing could show that, even with a white veil.
Although, the last Novus Ordo funeral I attended(and served) they had all white and and gold set out. Apparently that’s what is prescribed now according to the altar society lady. The priest is very traditional though, and had everything changed to black and silver, much to the woman’s dismay.
 
I wore a white veil to my own daughters funeral. I think it’s fine. Keep in mind some people don’t want the attendees at their funeral to necessarily be dressed in all black.
 
I honestly don’t recall women changing to darker coloured mantillas even in the mid 60s when “wearing mourning” was still a thing. Most that I knew only had one and it was an all-occasion head covering.

Wearing mourning clothes may still be a thing where you live, but here there is no longer such a convention and people, even close family, generally don’t dress differently for a funeral from how they would dress for weekly Mass.
 
There is no church requirement or convention for a particular type or color of women’s head covering at a funeral.

There may have been social conventions for what women in mourning wore back in previous decades or centuries, but these were set by the local etiquette norms of the area, not by the Church. Also, as Phemie said, a lot of women had only one or two head coverings and they would have worn whatever they had.
 
8 ladies wore veils at the Novus Ordo vigil I attended.

Do what you’re comfortable with.
 
I don’t know the etiquette in other countries but in England we tend to follow the family’s wishes.

Check with the family that they will not find you wearing a white veil as a mark of disrespect.

I do respect your choice to veil in church but please remember it is not mandatory and at the Ordinary Form it is not expected.

Some families often say please wear bright colours at a funeral. That would make your white veil perfect.

I am also aware of some now preferring what is considered the old practice of wearing black at funerals. This is a trend I support although I think I’m not going to explain it well. It is basically reclaiming the right to be sad at a funeral. False and forced jollity tends to go against how most people who have lost a loved one feel. It is both perfectly normal and totally acceptable to be sad and upset.

If the family would prefer you did not wear white have you a black or other dark hat you could wear or leave your head bear on this occasion.
 
Speaking as an immediate family member of 5 dead people, the last thing on my mind was what somebody was wearing to their funeral. I was just happy to see folks showing up. Many of the people who came were not well off and I sure wasn’t going to tell them they had to acquire better clothing to come help me grieve. They wore what they had in their closets.
 
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There is no church requirement or convention for a particular type or color of women’s head covering at a funeral.

There may have been social conventions for what women in mourning wore back in previous decades or centuries, but these were set by the local etiquette norms of the area, not by the Church. Also, as Phemie said, a lot of women had only one or two head coverings and they would have worn whatever they had.
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I remember Mom having her coat died black when her dad died. I remember the woman who rented from my parents asking my mom if, 6 months after her husband died, it was to early for her to wear lavender. That’s a far cry from what I see today.

I wore a black and white dress to Mom’s funeral 35 years ago. It had been lent to me by my godfather’s wife who suggested that that way I wouldn’t associate one of my own with that sad event. But I didn’t care one bit what anyone else wore to the funeral. In fact one cousin, who had been close to Mom, wore a red and white dress. I didn’t “wear mourning” after the funeral.

I’ve been to a lot of wakes and funeral in the last 20 years. I see less and less black clothes, even among the spouses and children of the deceased.
 
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I am not suggesting that anybody goes to the expense of buying anything new for a funeral, especially if they are unable to afford or may never wear the item again. Leaving off a veil is not buying anything new.
 
How old was your daughter? If she was under 7, things are somewhat different, as the Church canonizes baptized children who did not attain the use of reason. Regardless, the pall is always white to symbolize the hope of the Resurrection promised to the faithful departed in Baptism, so it’s always reasonable for Catholic funerals to be bittersweet rather than purely mournful.
 
Then if she was baptized, she went straight to Heaven without question, and her funeral doubles as a canonization Mass.
 
Um, no. I don’t believe that.
Canonization is not a process that is carried out by any priest at any Mass.

Now, the fact is that a child who died so soon after baptism, in a state of grace and with no personal sin, is most assuredly now in the arms of God and enjoying salvation. But that child is not a ‘canonized saint’. Not all saints are canonized. This is no way takes away the child’s (in this case) certain salvation and her presence in heaven, or makes her ‘less’ than say St. Teresa of Calcutta or St. Joan of Arc or whatever. She is as much a saint in the sense of saints being those in heaven as they are.

But she is not a canonized saint and the Funeral Mass is not a canonization Mass.
 
I wouldn’t ask the family of the deceased - they have enough on their minds. Just don’t dress like a party and you’re fine. A white veil with black slacks and a dress shirt - I wouldn’t overthink it.
 
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