A "NEW" Liturgical Vestment for women?

I have often considered the Islamic faith as a very interesting phenomenon. Many Catholics don't realize that when Mohammed first came on the scene, St. John Chrysostom had already noted that the Islamic faith was a Christian heresy. How? Becuase St. John noted that Mohammed denied Jesus Christ had actually died. He denied that Jesus was the Son of God, rather Mohammed saw Jesus as only a prophet.

For all of that, it is quite interesting to consider the Muslim devotion. Many women and men are very devoted to living this faith with all that they are. Its quite sad to consider that, even though we have more freedom as Catholics, many Catholics pick and choose parts of the religion that has been handed down to them. For this reason, many Catholics will eventually leave their faith because they have not grappled with the teachings of the Church, but have only decided to blindly follow the Church's teachings.

No one of us should blindly follow the Catholic Faith. By that I mean, we should be obedient to all that the Church proposes for our belief because she is guided by the Holy Spirit. Nevertheless, we should constantly scrutinize the Church's teachings until we come to understand them as she proposes them. Our reason must come to comprehend all the Holy Mother Church wants to teach us for the sake of our salvation. And, like a good Mother, she wants us to understand why she proposes each doctrine, so that we can understand it and defend the family.

In light of all of this, I have been wondering quite a bit lately about some of the sacred traditions of the Catholic Church which have been lost after Vatican II. Some of which seem to have been rejected or lost or left by the wayside without reason. One of the most striking, which the Muslim faithful maintain, is the wearing of a veil for women. Now, in the Catholic Tradition, the prayer veil was only required to be worn at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. However, in the Muslim Tradition, women are to wear a burqua (if not more) all the time.

This tradition has NOT EVER BEEN rejected in the Catholic Faith. In fact, it is one of the oldest traditions we have, almost as old as the Holy Mass itself. It is known already in the New Testament in 1Cor 11:1-16. And perhaps more striking, it was decreed by the second Pope, Linus, that all women should wear the prayer veil during the Holy Sacrifice of Mass.

Why then, one might rightfully ask, has the veil been so seemingly suppressed? In fact, it was never suppressed. The 1917 Code of Canon Law explicitly affirmed this biblical and liturgical practice: Canon 1262, § 2. “Men should attend Mass, either in church or outside church, with bare heads, unless approved local custom or special circumstances suggest otherwise; women, however, should have their heads veiled and should be modestly dressed, especially when they approach the table of the Lord.” Moreover, the 1983 Code of Canon Law did not intend to remove this liturgical practice.

There are numerous articles arguing for the restoration of this practice on the internet, like here, or here, or here or here, among many many others. I, as well, have been considering this practice, not because of oppression or hate of women, rather because it is a liturgical tradition which appears should never have been lost. Certainly, some, both men and women, will disagree. However, of fundamental question is whether this Sacred Tradition has officially been abrogated, that is removed, as a practice of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. If anyone can find an official authoritative statement to this effect, then I would love to see it. In the meantime, and until this is refuted, perhaps we should consider the restoration of this practice.

What I find very beautiful is the argument for the prayer veil being a liturgical vestment for women. The first link above refers to this arguement. As the Church does hold the dignity of women as sacred, perhaps this argument makes it more explicit in the practice of the prayer veil. Moreover, as a man, I personally feel it is very beautiful when women make this explicit show of the dignity they have been given in their creation &, even more so, in their baptized state.

What do you think?