Head covering

[MoNiCa4316]

Interesting...I guess it really depends on the parish

I go to an EO church and I wear a scarf, it's really big LOL and it actually helps me concentrate more...maybe because in it I feel like I'm in my own world and it's just me and God ..LOL...j/k
It looks kinda Biblical in a way
all the women there wear scarves (and skirts).

But I'm fine with not wearing a head covering too. I find it also depends on the style of worship...I go to "praise and worship" sometimes and I'd never wear my scarf there lol, it would be a big distraction for me and would probably get a few looks too so while it fits Liturgy, it might not be useful in other contexts. When I pray/worship at home I don't wear a head covering.

I think with Mass, it's really your choice...

 

[Fantine]

Really?

A woman who is traditional (following the traditions of the Church that have been handed down to her by the saints, Fathers and Mothers) and praying quietly (being still and listening for the still, small voice of God) is possibly less oriented to God's will? That sentiment surprises me...

M.

There are times for praying quietly, and times for joining enthusiastically into communal prayer.

I was 12 or 13 when Vatican II took place, so I grew up in an era where Mass was a place to pray quietly. People read along with their missals (there were never any in the pews) or prayed the rosary.

I don't look at Mass as a place to pray quietly anymore, except after Communion. As a church musician, I have even been told that it's fine to play an instrumental piece during the Offertory, but never during Communion. Communion hymns should always be sung by the congregation.

I have noticed parallels between wearing headgarb and quiet praying during Mass--call it my own unscientific, unquantified observations.

And I would assert that someone who was not wearing headgarb and praying and singing aloud with the community would be celebrating Mass as it is intended to be celebrated more than someone wearing headgarb and praying quietly.

I would add that if someone were wearing headgarb and singing and praying with the congregation, they would be as reverent, no more, no less, than someone behaving similarly whose head was uncovered.

 

[Peaceful Dove]

It is funny, the older I get, the less I worry about outside appearances.
I am not a quiet worshiper either, except after Communion. I sing and sorry folks, I raise my hands in prayer.
If I choose to wear a hat, it is because I choose to wear a hat. Has nothing at all to do with how I look to the other folks around me. I notice their smiles and their happy eyes and rarely notice what they are wearing.
I am there to go with the Body of Christ and with Jesus to worship the Father. Thats it!

 

[Dominus Fidelis]

There are times for praying quietly, and times for joining enthusiastically into communal prayer.

Sure. Mass just isn't one of them.

 

[AMDG]

Somehow, I feel that Fantine's post just borders on not being charitable toward fellow members of the congregation. Use of the word "headgarb" instead of the word "headcovering", "hat", "scarf" or even "mantilla" just seems to be disparageing. (Not even sure it is a word, can't find it in my dictionary.)

Sorry, Fantine, this fellow member of the Body of Christ, wears a mantilla because I promised Him that I would and my priest has never said that it was wrong--nor has he tried to disparage the optional practice.

And BTW, you might want to take a look at the women choir members on the televised EWTN Mass. Most of them wear mantillas too.

 

[Catholic Wife]

Wow... I can't believe you would say that. I wear a veil, and I still sing and participate in the mass. And, even if someone's charism is more towards a quiet prayerful spirit doesn't mean they are hiding behind a veil or not following God's will.

I agree. I sing with my whole voice, listen intently to all the readings, and otherwise participate fully in the Mass. But I tend to be more "quiet" and enjoy more "traditional" music and am not into the hand-holding, hand-clapping, "praise and worship" style of worship that many parishes have gone to.