Reconsider the Chapel Veil

Over the summer my dear friend and roommate put together a gorgeous video about why many Catholic women are returning to the old custom of wearing a chapel veil to Mass.  I personally started wearing a veil in high school, and often thank the Lord that He lead me to do so.  I highly encourage those of you who wear a veil, are considering wearing a veil, or know someone who does to watch this video. It will help those who already wear a veil to remember why they do so, those who are considering to more fully understand the point of this lovely devotion, and those gentlemen who cannot wear a veil- but know women who do- to better appreciate the beauty behind the tradition.  Below her video is a quote that inspired me in my early days of wearing the veil, and which I have returned to and reflected on many times.  I hope you enjoy the video, and take time to prayerfully consider this devotion as a way to renew your prayer life and enhance your participation in the Mass, and encourage others who are looking for that “something different” in their practice of the faith to do the same.

 

“Woman, because she was created by being drawn from man’s side, is constantly trying to return to him. She desires the original unity of one flesh and one bone. The desire for unity between man and woman is a mirror of the relationship between Christ and the soul. As woman longs for union with man in human relationships, she is also drawn to unity with God. He calls her to become one with Him: to come under His side and become flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone. This occurs during reception of Eucharist. The covering of the head with a veil symbolizes the reality of woman sheltered in the side of her Source and becoming one with Him. She becomes covered and hidden in her Divine Spouse.”

-St. John Chrysostom

Abigail C. Reimel

Abigail C. Reimel

Abigail C. Reimel is a budding Catholic author in love with her faith. Though her more immediate dreams include successfully completing college and securing an editing position, she ultimately hopes to live in a little beach house with her future family while writing books that present "the good, the true, and the beautiful" to the young adult generation in an exciting way. She has been published in the St. Austin Review and hopes to be published many more times in the future. She adores living by the ocean, but traded salty winds for mountain air to attend Christendom College, where she is majoring in English.

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  3. Aikkarakanayil Augustine Jose

    Kudos to Abigail C. Reimel for sharing this nice and informative article alongwith a relevant video and quote from St.John Chrysostom. Best wishes.

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  5. I grew up wearing a veil. From someone who did it for 30 years, please take this piece of advice: only wear a veil if you want others to think you’re way more holy than they are.

  6. Just for the record, chapel veils are not exactly “an old custom.” Up until the 1960’s, most American Catholic women wore hats, scarves, or little doilies to Mass. Many credit Jackie Kennedy with introducing the chapel veil in the U.S., but after she was replaced as First Lady, and even secular styles changed, women stopped covering their hair at all, in or out of church. So the chapel veil arguably had not even gotten off the ground when it disappeared.

    Think about it: the wearing of a hat when one left the house was almost universal until the 1960’s; why would you take off your hat and replace it with a veil, then take off the veil and replace your hat before leaving church?

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