Compared to Eating a 2000-year-old Man
Since my last column was one of vexation, I thought I must say a word of admiration as well. I thought this was the cutest thing I have come across in quite a while, and surprisingly profound.
This is from the pen of one Laura McAlister, who described herself as a Catholic, writer, tea-drinker, evangelist, Austenite, feminist and aspiring countess.
http://www.lauramcalister.com/2013/07/16/should-i-veil-a-debate-between-me-my-brain/
Should I Veil? A Debate Between Me & My BrainThe following is a completely accurate transcript of the conversation between me and my brain…
Brain: Hey Laura
Me: Hey there brain, what’s up? You come to trouble me about something again?
B: I was just wondering, do you veil for Mass? Like, do cover your head before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament?
M: Um, I wear like a berety/beanie thingy… sometimes, mostly when I go to the Latin Mass. That counts right?
B: Totally, but do you wear it out of reverence for Christ or because it’s the middle of winter and you’re so cold you’d wear a balaclava if you could?
M: … Mainly because it’s cold? I don’t know… Honestly, I haven’t decided…
B: Well, I think you should wear a veil at Mass. It’s a beautiful, traditional Catholic devotion for women that expresses reverence for God, specifically in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. What’s not to love?
M: Me wear a veil? You have got to be kidding me.
B: Nope, entirely serious.
M: But I can’t wear one of those. It’s just so weird!
B: Laura, you’re at Mass…. You’re already eating a 2,000 year old man who is also fully God under the form of a thin wheaten wafer… On the weirdness scale of 1 to Eucharist, veiling is averaging – at most – a 2½. Plus, it’s so pretty!
The rest is here: http://www.lauramcalister.com/2013/07/16/should-i-veil-a-debate-between-me-my-brain/
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