tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post261414810557215550..comments2023-08-22T09:35:36.716-04:00Comments on True Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter: What I Love About the TLM: Wearing a Mantilla #CatholicMary Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04107504165449607702noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-2532328763489548962010-01-26T16:50:17.502-05:002010-01-26T16:50:17.502-05:00I am Orthodox, and sometimes wear my (Catholic, an...I am Orthodox, and sometimes wear my (Catholic, and now deceased) Grandmothers' mantilla, like you, I find that it helps me to focus, and I love the sense of connectness with her when I wear it.<br /><br />Other times, I wear other headcoverings, but I smile when I wear that one.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645484704486562810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-89245039965604699132010-01-26T15:58:35.002-05:002010-01-26T15:58:35.002-05:00I think the head covering is both us covering ours...I think the head covering is both us covering ourselves in the presence of a Holy God and a symbol of God's covering over us. I would like to wear a scarf or some sort of head covering for Church. I think if we dress up more then we can because a head covering does not always go with a pair of jeans and it is nice to dress up for God. But I don't want to look pretentious either!joannaB73https://www.blogger.com/profile/06375449214052411277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-2267664248046831722010-01-25T15:01:55.931-05:002010-01-25T15:01:55.931-05:00Mantillia's on the mind ...
Good post. Here&...Mantillia's on the mind ...<br /><br />Good post. Here's more info if anyone needs one . . . http://church-ladies.blogspot.com/2010/01/working-with-lace.htmlKMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732473057394666852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-839265876122988232010-01-25T12:44:22.813-05:002010-01-25T12:44:22.813-05:00I grew up going to Catholic school with the nuns, ...I grew up going to Catholic school with the nuns, as you did. Once considered going back, but didn't. <br /><br />Anyway, about the head coverings, I remember when we HAD to wear them (I am old enough, 57, to remember going to Latin mass and having the missals with Latin on one side and English on the other so we could follow along). Nobody ever explained to us why we wore head coverings, (to have asked would have been seen as rebellion), and then all of a sudden, when I was in Jr. High, the Vatican II swept through and we didn't have to wear hats any more (many was the time I went to mass with a smoothed-out dried used Kleenex perched on my head because I'd forgotten my hat at home!), and then we never knew why we DIDN'T have to wear them any more. People didn't explain much back then. You just did what you were told, unquestioningly. After Vatican II, many older folks stopped going to church, because they lost faith or couldn't stand the changes. I did think it was brave of the Catholic church to come out and admit some mistakes during Vatican II (like that some of the saints never really existed), even though it would net them much criticism.<br /><br />Still, I like the idea of the old ways coming back.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816096081381689162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-51893762175842572102010-01-24T20:44:06.530-05:002010-01-24T20:44:06.530-05:00I so, so, so agree with this post, though I can...I so, so, so agree with this post, though I can't say I'm very good at submitting! But everything in me longs to cover my head at Mass. When I first came back to the Church I did, but felt incredibly conspicuous (it was bad enough that I was actually kneeling at the consecration) so I stopped the covering. Recently, a brave priest started a Latin Mass in a tiny church outside our city, and joy of joys I was able to cover my head when I went there. But alas, the Latin Mass is only every alternate week but I love it when I can go. Though I don't know how long it will continue as the Bishop has already preached against 'people who cling to the 1962 Mass'!jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381500832114145578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781753636089506134.post-73965119456974908952010-01-24T20:04:34.965-05:002010-01-24T20:04:34.965-05:00That was a great post. I attend a protestant chur...That was a great post. I attend a protestant church, but have been thinking along these lines. I think we women have had a lot stolen from us.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816096081381689162noreply@blogger.com