I didn't find it until a week later, right where I'd looked before . . . and after I'd ordered a shoulder-length Spanish lace veil for my daughter and for myself (hers is white, mine steel-gray).
But nobody looked at us funny, not even the family of six behind us with the wife and all the little girls in beautiful lace veils . . . in fact, they seemed glad to see us!
And the service was nice -- it was LONG, but that was mostly because the Cathedral was jammed to the rafters and it took the celebrant and his altar boys nearly 40 minutes to administer Communion to everybody who wanted to receive. And before and after there were six priests hearing Confessions non-stop!
P.S. . . . I think kneelers are indicated at the altar rail, that was mighty hard marble! NEXT time, I am wearing my gardening kneepads under my dress!!!!!!
AmericanMother, let me ask you something about kneeling. (BTW, that grey lace sounds lovely!) In my parish, many people cannot kneel; the elderly, some people have knee or hip problems, one fairly young woman looks perfectly healthy but has had back surgery and can’t kneel. All are very devout. How is this handled at TLM masses? If a person presents herself for communion, but is standing, what will the priest do? I am beginning to worry that some people might be afraid to attend the extraordinary Mass if they feel they are going to be stared at or judged for not being with the program, so to speak.
This sort of thing is happening to me more and more often.
When I encounter that, I offer it up.
NEXT time, I am wearing my gardening kneepads under my dress!!!!!!
LOL!