Are You Considering Veiling at Mass?
For over 2000 years, the Catholic women have worn some kind of head covering in Church. Though the particular reasons for doing so have varied (for example, modesty in the time of St. Paul), this practice has always focused on the transcendence of the place - the Church, the very dwelling of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
Having been given this magnificent Gift by Jesus himself, every Catholic church holds something not found anywhere else: the true, living presence of our Bridegroom, hidden under the appearance of bread and wine.
We veil as a sign of loving submission before God, and we do it anytime we find ourselves inside the Catholic Church, where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved in the tabernacle. If you are thinking about beginning this beautiful devotion, remember that it is God before Whom you wish to humble yourself. Like a religious habit, your veil is a public proclamation of your desire to submit to the Will of God for your life, and of your commitment to answering the universal call to holiness and continual conversion. Your veil is also a sign of great dignity inherent to a woman, who has the potential to receive life within herself….both human life and the supernatural life of God. This is an important message the world needs to hear, now more than ever! ….We invite women to proclaim their faith in the Real Presence by making an external sign of their interior desire to humble themselves before God, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.