The Sacred Veil: Uncovering the Mystique of Catholic Veiling
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- In this captivating episode, we delve into the tradition of veiling within the Catholic Church. Discover the rich history, deep spiritual significance, and the personal stories of those who embrace this sacred practice. Join us as we unveil the beauty and mystery behind the tradition of Catholic veiling. Tune in to learn more about how this ancient custom continues to inspire and transform lives today.
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I started veiling about a year ago (I’m 71) because I felt prompted by Mother Mary to return to the practice. Although I was self conscious at first, I offered it up to God as an atonement for all of my previous lack of reverence in my younger days. I love veiling now - it is a reverence and and outward sign that I believe in the True Presence of my Lord on the Altar.
I had the same experience! Mary politely asked me to start veiling one day when I was saying the Rosary about four years ago. It's been a process, but now I would never go into Mass without a head covering. I'm not a lace person (trial and error) so now I just use a simple scarf like the Orthodox women do. At first I was self conscious too, but I would say to myself, it's OK if it's just you and Mary and wearing a veil. More and more women are veiling at my church now :)
Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing! 🙏🏼
@@blaiseaimee7098 looks like a movement is happening! Amen!
I wear a hoodie, it's important that we don't all look monolithic so that it is modesty, decorum and focus and choice is the option for more women.
@@veronica_._._._ that is a FANTASTIC idea. A hoodie is a subtle and modern way to continue an ancient practice. For those of us that are struggling veiling for the first time, maybe because we are the only ones in our parish to do so, it can be a way to subtly transition to the practice. That’s a brilliant compromise and suggestion. Thank you so much for sharing!
I’ve been veiling for 5 years. My converted friend mentioned she veiled and it started a little spark in me. I do it because it helps me focus at mass. I also honor Christ and Our Mother by doing it.
I remembered my grandmother and her sisters veiling after it was relaxed and how beautiful and prayerful they looked.
After I started veiling I visited mom and when she saw me veiling she took her old veils out, showed me the one dad gifted her when they were engaged late 50s and decide to also veil.
I don’t care what people think about me and I have seen how many more women veil. The first day I was one of two, in my new parish I’m one out of a third of the women in the church and all the girls continue use their first communion veil after making their first communion.
How beautiful!! I’m so glad to see more and more people doing it again. Let’s hope it really spreads!
as did my mom
@@FaithFocusNetwork me too. It encourages more devotion in church. We have a very active parish with young people involved. Lots of babies and little ones as well as teens. It feels like back when I was little, late 1960s, 70s and early 80s. Mom showing me a 1950s veil was so cool!
1950s? Where was that? Women in the 1950s wore hats, some with mini veils in the region we lived in. Hats of all types were popular. None of the girls continued to wear their first communion veils except once more during the May procession.
As a Catholic man I truly appreciate seeing women veiling during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. I think it is so reverential. It is a true sign of humility towards our lord. I also think it adds to the God given beauty of those that wear them. What a wonderful sign of respect for God.
You sound like a Trump supporter.
@@Malachor8091 You sound like you need to give politics and social media a long break. Both are toxic to the soul.
The topic being discussed is women choosing to veil at Mass.
Donald Trump has nothing to do with that whatsoever.
God bless you. ✝️
@XoScottXo In the old days, the veils covered up black eyes their husbands delivered to them. Course the priests knew just like they knew about pedophiles.
@@XoScottXo You think veils are great, then you wear one.
@@Malachor8091You're very juvenile. Grow up.
I love wearing my veil at Mass. It makes me feel so loved and protected by Christ. I wear it as a personal devotion and out of reverence for the holiness of the Mass.
Fantastic! What kind of veil do you have? Long? Short? Thank you for sharing! 🙏🏼
@@FaithFocusNetwork I have several chapel veils an a couple of infinity veils. I'm a widow and I've researched whether or not I should wear black or white. The conclusion I've reached is that a widow can wear whatever she wants. I have a white chapel veil from Fatima that I enjoy. I also have a few black veils I like. My favorites are shades of blue (for Mary) and a brown infinity veil. I have a purple one for Lent and Advent. I also have a champagne one I really enjoy.
@@willacather986correct , married ,widow or single can wear whatever color , they used to only have white so the whole thing about married and widows wear black is false lol I wear black about 98% of the time but on certain feasts I'll wear white. Condolences to you my Catholic sister in Christ, God bless 🤙🏻✝️🙏🏻🕊️♀️❤️
I returned to the faith in 2021 and even when praying at home I kept hearing reverence, reverence. Then one day, whilst praying the rosary, I heard my paternal Grandmother say, 'where is my veil? Get my veil, cover your head'. I had inherited it when my Grandfather passed, because as a child I had loved to wear it, thinking I was Jackie Kennedy or some 1960s movie star. But as soon as I began wearing it in mass, it opened the flood gates of repentance, forgiveness and respect for the traditions of the Catholic faith, (makes me tear up just thinking about it). Thank you immaculate heart of Mary, Queen of heaven for your loving hand of guidance in my journey to your son, for all honour and glory to the Father, the son and the Holy Spirit. Blessed be God forever 🙏✝️🕊
Wow! Wow! Wow! Such a beautiful comment! The Catholic Church is truly our "home" no matter how many times we leave and come back.
What a beautiful testimony! Thank you so much for sharing 🙏🏼
The new religion and church that was born out of the 2nd Vatican council with its new mass,new theology,new sacraments ,new cathecism,new rite of ordination, new Rosary new code of law, new morals etc etc, seems to be the much prophesied false ape of the true Catholic Church. The veil is another Tradition, thrown out the window . The true Church is indefectible and infallible.
This is a beautiful comment. What is the ethnic background and the area of the country? I'm wondering if that played a role. I recall women wearing kerchiefs tied under the chin or in the back of the neck or hats. That would be the 1940s-1950s.
Ladies, I was recently in Spain. Many shops sell the most beautiful lace mantillas, especially in Seville. Thanks to faithful women for wearing the veil at Mass as a sign of modesty.
How I would love a mantilla from Spain! ❤
My only question would be modesty doesn't relate well to wearing expensive veils. Simple ones of course.
That thumbnail is MESMERIZINGLY BEAUTIFUL.
I converted to Catholic in my 30’s, so veiling was not something I had ever done. Being in Formation for Carmelite Sec, I decided to veil-since we don’t wear a habit, I decided that was appropriate. I absolutely love wearing them! A few years ago at daily Mass, only 2-3, now 10-15 are wearing them. More are starting to at Sunday Mass as well!
Such a beautiful way to honor our Lord!
I still have my mother's veil which was made in a convent in Spain. My father worked on cargo ships and brought back for my mom.
That is so beautiful. A different world. Beautiful gift from your Father for your mother.
How beautiful!
Oooh! From Spain! How fortunate! ❤
@@felicitygrace5113 welcome! 🙏🏼
veiling is so beautiful.
I started wearing a veil when going through Rcia, started out wearing a hat for Mass, but when the weather got warmer it was too hot (wool beret). It just seemed wrong having my head bare in church, so after learning about chapel veils I bought one. Now even if I am just popping into church, I make sure I've always got my veil in my bag. It's something little I can do to show reverence and love for God
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I love the return to head covering. However, I remember when I was a child in the 50s and 60s we were required to cover our heads bot “veiling” specifically. Most of us had a chapel veil but we also wore scarfs and hats. My mom almost always wore a hat and we got a new”easter bonnet” every year
A true loveliness. What joy.
Hats are allowed and appropriate to wear during Mass for woman and yes so true ! Hat , veil or scarf they are all allowed and lovely 💜
Its decline was at the same time as Vatican 2. Everyone had a veil or a chapel cap you could slip in your own personal Latin-English Missal.
@@janpetsch620 I’ve been telling my sisters they can use hats or scarves instead of veils but no luck with them.
Yes, that's more like what I recall except that I never saw chapel veils until the 1960s.
I have worn my veil since 2011, an added reverence to our dear Lord.
The SSPX explains that women veil in church for the same reason the Tabernacle is veiled, because of their inherent holiness Women share in a special way with God in the creation of life. This is a holy mystery and as such deserves a special veiling, which places women in a special, more reverent and reverence-inspiring role within the church.
I love that!!!
I started wearing a veil twenty-five years ago. I was the only one to do so, aka, a freak. We moved to a rural area twenty years ago. Again, I was the only one, wearing a chapel cap (smaller than a chapel veil). I’m a convert so I’d made it my business to understand our faith. A few years ago, i upgraded to a mantilla (pronounced mon-TEE-ah). To your point on resurgence,there are now about twenty or so women, young and old who cover their heads. I’m so happy that people are embracing our beautiful traditions, sacraments and sacramentals.
@@k.r.murphy4301 we had someone new come to church on Sunday. She and her daughter were both wearing chapel veils and it was so beautiful and I noticed everyone was admiring them. It’s time to bring it back, I agree with you! thank you for inspiring us with your brave testimony being the only one willing to wear it, it is what has held me back. You are very inspiring.
Why thank you. That is so very kind. I think it’s our beautiful Blessed Mother and our Triune God who inspire. I’m only their child who does as she’s told. Your kind words amaze and encourage for sure.
I veiled since I clearly understood that I was in front of The Holy of Holies. Reverence, respect and the upmost love requires it. In the Jewish Temple of Solomon, the Priest would enter this area only once a year. It was a privilege. The Showbread/Bread of the Presence was there. He Is the same Lord. Love Him.
I remember my Mother and older sister wearing their veils back in the days! I started wearing them in the late nineties, but none of the women were wearing them, except the older ones! I stopped for awhile! But started using them a few years ago! They are beautiful and sacred!
They can also be crocheted or knit.
I wear a veil in Mass. I have been asked why I wear it. It is an internal calling. I heard this from somewhere else but it is my best answer....I wear it not because I am holy, but because He is holy.
I love that! ‘Not because I’m holy, but because He is holy’ thank you for sharing!
I am not against veiling in fact I advocate veiling but therebis also beauty in going to Mass unveiled. Its being Natural. Being who we are, sinners and poor infront of our God. Revealing our weakness before him not covering it up.
Thank you for an explanation!
My grandmother, mother, and myself grew up in the Catholic Church, and the women wore HATS-and gloves. The veil was common for all women in the Middle East in the time of Christ. Veils were a part of women’s formal clothing-whenever they left home-from ancient times until the 18th or 19th Century. Fashions changed, and women started wearing hats in those centuries. My family has pictures of weddings for more than a hundred years. The only woman wearing a veil was the bride, though sometimes her attendants wore a mini-veil. All the other women wore hats-and gloves. A properly dressed woman didn’t leave her home without them. In the 1960’s, we were starting to give up hats-as well as gloves-in public. At Mass, we were told to make sure we still wore something on our heads to show respect-in the same way that men removed their hats when entering a church. The only reason the chapel veil became popular was because of Jackie Kennedy. I started Catholic school in 1960, the same year that Kennedy became president, and that’s when the shoulder-length mantilla became popular. We also had little pancake-shaped veils that some of the girls wore. If we forgot to bring either type of veil to school on a Mass day, we were told to bobby-pin a tissue on our head, because we HAD to wear something. Think of how stupid and disrespectful that looked! Vatican II began in 1963, shortly before Kennedy was assassinated. He had been the first president in history not to wear his top hat-which he had at the Inauguration-for the inaugural parade. That’s when hats and gloves were going out of fashion, and Vatican II followed suite. Mrs. Kennedy “brought back” the custom of wearing a fingertip-length widow’s veil-along with her black pill-box hat-as a fashion statement and a remembrance of Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral, along with the caisson and riderless horse. The funeral veil had gone out of fashion by the 1940’s. Maybe you are thinking of all the religious sisters, who “took the veil” with their religious habit. They were the only women at Mass wearing “the sacred veil” in the 20th Century.
I am of Italian heritage, we wore veils but yes, hats was common in Canada at the time you speak of. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼
@@jerikaylesneski all the women in my family wore veils, Spanish heritage is why it only remained a Hispanic/Mexican thing after Vatican 2. I am born and raised Puerto Rican and only remember older women like my grandma and her sisters and Mexican abuelas, when Vatican declared it optional. It was not a fashion statement, it’s always been an act of respect in front of the Real Presence in the tabernacle. Maybe for Americans it was different but in Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico and most Hispanic places it remained a show of humility.
@@Fiona2254 , I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to be disrespectful. I know that the Hispanic People are much more devout-and humble- than most of us in the US. I meant that most of the women in this country took the mantilla up because of Jackie Kennedy wearing one. Your custom is beautiful. Que Dios bendiga!
@@FaithFocusNetwork Only widows wore veils, and those veils were always black. That was in the late 30s-50s. I lived in an ethnic neighborhood, Italian but bordered by Lithuanians on one side and Polish close by. None of them wore veils except the widows in black and the girls for communion and the May Procession (white of course).
What a quaint old custom.
I am 53 years old and born and raised Catholic and married in a Catholic Church, I really appreciate and love this video, I only have black veil to wear they said married ladies wear this color, I believe I heard this correct, I am going to start doing this new tradition, it's beautiful and it shows love and devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ and Holy Mother Mary ✝️🇺🇸😊❤️
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@@FaithFocusNetwork thank you for your comment back 🇺🇸✝️💕👍🏻
@@desireepeters7520 I have liturgical colors and will match for that day if it doesn’t clash with what I’m wearing. But my favorite is black and from Jerusalem.
@@Fiona2254 It's nice to hear from you and thank you for your comment, I hope things are getting better in Jerusalem, it makes me very sad that there's so much problems in the world we call home together, and there's nothing we can really do about it, except praying 🙏 and I will continue to pray for your country and please keep praying for us in the USA and the rest of the world.
Much love to you and God bless you and your family, Jesus and Mary and Joseph pray for us sinners and keep us safe ✝️🇺🇸🙏💕😊❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗
I use to see this beautiful woman in mass wearing a veil. She was the only one wearing one. I saw how elegant she looked and so prayerful. In time she became my wife. She told me she loved wearing the veil. She use to be late getting to mass because her hair wouldn't corporate in her styling of it. So she said it hid a bad hair day and she wished all Catholic women would start the practice of it again. So now she has many veils. And she knows st. Micheal approve's as OUR LADY dose also!
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The hair is an important part of the fashion world. Depending on the hair you may be concieved as attractive or not. It is a kind of ornament, for men, but especially for women. The Veil covers the hair, because one doesn't go into the church to get attention by men, or other women. Veiling shows that the mass isn't about you, it is about that what is happening at the altar.
And also reading St. Alfonsus de Liguori I can understand why feminists would call veiling as a part of the "patriarchy".
Exactly!
No.
Using the vail, simply means.
God is above me
Very true. Also subservience to Him.
It’s man - tee - ah (mantilla) - not man - tilla (not pronounced like Godzilla).
Mantilla - like tortilla.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Play for me that l continue my veil again with humility.
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A great benefit is the time saved if one is having a bad hair day. Just a practical observation.
Great video. I love the Mantilla. Wish you could sell traditional Catholic Veils at your store 😊I would buy one ❤✝️
My heathen business partners would have a fit but I would love to!!
You can buy them in some Churches and Amazon
Amazon sell many different colours and lengths of Mantillas, always buy a spare. It's where I buy mine, it's lovely to see young women and Mothers veil, but also beautiful to see their tiny daughters with white veils at TLM , and how respectful to God 🙏
@@ShoJ369 yes, you are right. Amazon and Etsy both have an AWESOME collection
Can I say veils by Lily?
IMHO-It may go back further. To prevent the angels from falling in love. (See: The Watchers)
I dont like the Lace veils. They dont cover the hair at all, as they are see-through. I made my own that is proper fabric & appropriate design to actually covering full length of long hair.
Yeah, let's talk about Sacred Veils as Souls are lost... another good idea brought to you by the Roman System.
Is there a website where we can order the veil?
Amazon & Etsy
@@FaithFocusNetwork Thank you.
Lily's Veils in Missouri
@@lorettarobertson6705 thank you.
I have wanted to veil but i eould be the ONLY one in our non traditional Catholic church. And i dont own a dress.
Do it. Do for Our Lady ❤️ I made a promise to Our Lady during Covid closures. No one had been veiling, but to my surprise, when my church reopened, many returned with veils, with dress, or dress pants. I encourage you to take the step 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️
I am the only one who covers her head with a hoodie or a scarf when l daily attend a reverent NO Mass.
I've had comments "aren't you too hot" from men, but nothing from women.
I attend a TLM at the weekend so just keep it consistent.
@@veronica_._._._ you are so blessed to have a TLM mass!! Our parish seems allergic to them, it’s so sad!
Be the 1st in your parish to start the trend! 10 years ago I was the only one veiling. I made a commitment to our Lord out of respect & haven’t broken it. We have so many ladies who veil now! I’m thrilled to see the resurgence of a very old tradition. Additionally, I feel this pleases our Blessed Mother🙏
@@HeartlandPatriotWarrior awesome inspiration, thank you!
I absolutely love women who do this. I can tell they are devout in their relationship to God. The masculine, independent woman has become repulsive in my day to day experience. Grateful to God for feminine women.
Move towards love of God Focus on God...
Same as why we are moving towards Catholic as we seek God not Christian rock stars...
Yesssss!!
Barefoot, pregnant, and with a black eye is the women in the old Catholic Church.
@@Malachor8091 that is a very bigoted comment, and completely inaccurate
@FaithFocusNetwork I hate to break it to you, but American Catholic women are not going back to the situation they were in prior to Vatican 2.
@@FaithFocusNetwork inaccurate yes, but not completely: we also don't know where she lived during that time. inaccurate.
Veiling looks alot like Muslim veiling! Hmmm!
No it does not. It looks like women covering things they use to get attention, namely hair styles. We are here for God, not to see your hair do...which is subtle peacocking, as is makeup.
I remember as a child in the late 60s early 70s all women at mass were veiled. Now it’s a rare thing to see. Which is sad because it’s nothing to do with misogyny! Woman should be veiled and men should not have anything on their heads. Respect is all our lord asks 🙏