tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124270278056680967.post2207343039508959986..comments2013-10-25T12:15:44.664-04:00Comments on Mascara and Prayer: Modifying the HabitSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12707418813291219514noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124270278056680967.post-72601608640690369752011-03-01T20:26:04.965-05:002011-03-01T20:26:04.965-05:00Thank you for your input! Good thoughts, things t...Thank you for your input! Good thoughts, things to ponder!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707418813291219514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124270278056680967.post-66749212703156462002011-02-24T13:18:53.465-05:002011-02-24T13:18:53.465-05:00Thorny issue...the habit. Some observe that the ha...Thorny issue...the habit. Some observe that the habit wearing orders are getting all the vocations. Getting awe and aproval for one's clothes is tempting I suppose.Many assumptions are made about how women religious dress- with or without a hhabit.<br /><br />The question that plagues me though is why don't men have this "dress" issue. It seems that they have retained the tradition without the tradition constraining them.<br /><br />Having worn habit and veil- which at the time I loved and for a not so holy reason (low stress dressing:)and having scrapped the veil but still retained the black (again- low stress)I find the habit issue has not left the collective consciousness of the laity, who stragely long for something many never experienced. <br /><br />I often think about Francis, how he chose the poor man's garb. How he encouraged his friars to have a patch on their habit. How does that translate for his followers today?<br /><br />What truly disconcerts me is that orders that truly are living the gospel, building the kingdom, forming genuine community and caring for the last and least, as Jesus taught, are overlooked for a set of clothes. <br />10 O'clock ScholarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com