Comments on: Why I Won’t Wear a Mantilla

By: GeekLady

GeekLady — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:16:21 +0000

I don’t think they’re only for looks at all, and I don’t mind other women wearing them a whit. But like most devotions, they originate in part from culture, and such things do not necessarily transplant well. In fact I think the issue of to veil or not to veil only has such prevalence in the United States because we’re accustomed to being a cultural hodgepodge. My intention was only to display that a woman might have excellent reasons not to wear one, and do I grow rather weary of those that are uncharitably pushy about it.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:56:29 +0000

I know this post was meant to be very humorous, but I hope that you don’t really think mantillas are only for looks. It’s a Church Tradition and a deep part of our Catholic culture (whether people recognize it or not), and I don’t think that’s anything to scoff at. Nor do I think that it would have carried through the centuries as it did if it was only to look pretty. It it was good enough for hundreds of years of saints who saw the beauty of it’s symbolism. That makes it good enough for me!

http://www.fisheaters.com/theveil.html

By: nancyo

nancyo — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:09:56 +0000

4a is really my favorite part, and only partly because you numbered it “4a”! My sunglasses are on top of my head perhaps more than they are in front of my eyes.