Out of respect for the Holy Father.....

....women wear a mantilla or veil.....out of respect for Jesus Christ......?????

I know I'm really pushing my luck here, me a mere man banging on about how good it is for a woman to wear a mantilla or scarf at Mass.

But, I just can't resist it; it's the juvenile in me.
It's the same compulsion to shock those who oppose the veil that I had at the age of sixteen when I appeared in front of my parents wearing a paisley patterned kipper tie and a black shirt!

Two great world leaders and (and Barack and Michelle Obama) - not subjugation, just respect

A solemn vow: I promise that this is my last post on mantillas for at least the next two days!

If you've forgotten your mantilla.....

...you can always wear one of these.....

Just a single tissue, not the whole box you understand

...even Mgr Bugnini believed that it was correct for women to cover their heads at Mass

This post was prompted by several comments extolling the virtues of using a tissue as a head covering in an emergency, see the link that started the ball rolling HERE.

There is, of course, a precedent for adopting such headgear....any non Sikh male attending a Gudwara, is required to place a handkerchief on their head, as a mark of respect.

I don't think they feel subjugated though.

"Have you been........?"

H/T to Catholic Memes



The child that shows the beauty of wearing a mantilla

Loving Mantillas blog has encapsulated the debate in favour of women wearing mantillas at Holy Mass.

You may see and read it HERE

The wearing of mantillas.....so unfair

                                             

I mean, we men have no such easy means of assuming an aura of humility and dedication of self to God.

Women may carry a mantilla with them in their pocket or handbag and, hey presto, within a few seconds transform themselves from the worldly to the angelic.

Whenever I attend Mass with my daughters, my heart misses a beat when I turn and catch sight of them, head bent in prayer and a mantilla gracefully hiding the glory of their hair from the sight of man, but not from God.

In that instant I realise that they belong not to me but to Almighty God and that I am just the part time caretaker, the hired hand who only has a passing involvement in something much more intimate and beautiful, the relationship between them and Our Lord.

So, the mantilla has a transforming effect and that is why it is so unfair; we males have nothing remotely approaching this mantle of sanctity; we have to remove our cloth caps and go bareheaded into the House of the Lord, like schoolboys removing their caps while in the presence of the Head.

We stand there, dull and ordinary and zombie like while our wives and daughters positively glow.

It is good, therefore, to see another 'mantilla' blog appear, this time from Oxford's Amanda Lewin, please visit her blog 'Loving Mantillas' and add it to your bloglist.

This is Amanda's second blog (masochist) her first one being
 Catholic Home Education.

Why not visit both?  Why not add both?