{"id":1921,"date":"2009-04-23T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2009\/04\/mantilla-the-hon\/"},"modified":"2014-12-24T10:15:56","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T15:15:56","slug":"mantilla-the-hon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2009\/04\/mantilla-the-hon.html","title":{"rendered":"Mantilla the Hon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Famous ecclesiastical fashionista, Mantilla Amontillado comments on her particular headgear<\/span><\/p>\n


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OK hon. You asked me why I wear the mantilla. It\u2019s easy. I wear the mantilla first of all because it looks good and because it is ridiculous. You think hats are simply to keep your head warm? You\u2019re crazy, then everybody would just wear a woolen stretchy hat.<\/div>\n
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No a good hat is something, you know, slightly crazy. A good hat stands the world upside down. A really good hat is totally useless and reminds everyone that not everything has to be useful and that useful is usually another word for ugly.<\/div>\n
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Still. This is not ugly. No. This mantilla is to look good. So what\u2019s wrong with looking good? Also, it is for something else. The Bible says women should cover their heads in church. When I wear the mantilla I\u2019m saying, \u201cLook here. I believe the Bible.\u201d In this day and age, that\u2019s ridiculous too. You see, it is the way I fly the flag. It is my way of saying, \u201cI\u2019m a Christian, and what are you going to do about it?\u201d<\/div>\n
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Third reason I wear the mantilla is because it is Catholic. Do you think you\u2019ll ever see one of those Protestant gals at the mega church wearing a mantilla? I don\u2019t think so. They\u2019re dressed in sloppy jeans, flip flops and slurping a latte. You call that church? I call it slouch. My mantilla is my Catholic badge of courage.<\/div>\n
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Fourth reason: I met this Amish girl once. She was wearing one of those little bonnets that look like the thing you collect strawberries in, but it was white and upside down on her head.<\/div>\n
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I say, \u201cWhy are you wearing that crazy thing on your head?\u201d<\/div>\n
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She looks me in the eye and says \u201cIt is the sign that I am submissive to God and to men.\u201d<\/div>\n
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I nearly punched her in the eye. \u201cAre you crazy? You want to be submissive to God and men? What\u2019s wrong with you? I think I\u2019m going to slap you girl!\u201d<\/div>\n
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She says, \u201cWell, you got to be submissive to something. Everybody\u2019s got to take orders from someone. Who you going to take orders from? Yourself? Who do you think you are? God? Get over it.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Whew! talk about radical statements? That one knocked me for a loop. Then I start to think about it, and I think maybe she\u2019s right. So I got my own version of the Amish bonnet which is my mantilla, and I\u2019m happy about the submissive to God thing, but I want to argue with her about the submission to man thing because so many of the boys are beasts.<\/div>\n
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But never mind that. Another reason: I wear it because it annoys liberal Catholics, and that is always fun, you know?<\/div>\n
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Finally there is this: I wear it to remind the men in my life that I am submissive to God, and I\u2019ll tell you a secret, I\u2019d like to find one of them I could be submissive to as well, but they better watch out because if they take advantage of that they\u2019re going to be sorry, because if they think \u2018submissive\u2019 means I\u2019m going to be some kind of Minnie Mouse doormat they\u2019d better think again.<\/div>\n
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UPDATE: There is a blog dedicated to head coverings <\/a>with a whole Catholic section.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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