What's The Most Beautiful Habit You've Ever Seen?

[InPersonaChriste]

[quote name='emilier98' timestamp='1302731150' post='2228393']
Apparently they don't actually stain that easy. I have a friend that was a DSMME postulant and she says they just use Dawn and a toothbrush to get the stuff out and you never see them with a stain on their habit. Oh and I have a friend that is a friar and he is super sloppy and his habit isn't stained. Plus Dominican habit is amesome and gorgeous.
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I just dont like the white. I find that it is just to distracting for me. I like to wear dark colors and the colors of Mary. I am actually wearing all blue today... odd :D

[Lil'Monster]

[quote name='InPersonaChriste' timestamp='1302731596' post='2228400']
I just dont like the white. I find that it is just to distracting for me. I like to wear dark colors and the colors of Mary. I am actually wearing all blue today... odd :D
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yes we all know ur odd hahahaha but im the most oddest person here though lol

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='InPersonaChriste' timestamp='1302731596' post='2228400']
I just dont like the white. I find that it is just to distracting for me. I like to wear dark colors and the colors of Mary. I am actually wearing all blue today... odd :D
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I wore all blue yesterday. Hehe!

[Groo the Wanderer]

One that is actually WORN...not like the fake nuns with their 'this thing around my neck is my habit' carp

[linnie]

[quote name='Groo the Wanderer' timestamp='1302746771' post='2228489']
One that is actually WORN...not like the fake nuns with their 'this thing around my neck is my habit' carp
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Wow, that's rude

[the171]

Bump... MUHAHAHAHA!

[Sister Marie]

[quote name='Groo the Wanderer' timestamp='1302746771' post='2228489']
One that is actually WORN...not like the fake nuns with their 'this thing around my neck is my habit' carp
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You do realize that those "fake" nuns have that written in their Rules and approved by the Vatican, right? It's usually not a good sign when someone puts himself or herself above the authority of the Church.

[MarysLittleFlower]

[quote name='vee8' timestamp='1302032205' post='2226178']
Bl Elizabeth of the Trinity wrote that Jesus recognizes a Carmelite by her heart and I would guess that applies to other Orders as well. St Gemma Galgani never wore the Passionist habit in this life even though she dearly wanted to. It was hers only in death yet her whole life sanctified her ordinary clothes as each of ours should. The habit is the icing on the cake and if the heart under the cloth is rancid then do the clothes matter? If the heart is holy and pure everything around it will be sanctified even if the body is in rags or stripped totally as Jesus was. Thus the most beautiful habit is the one God sees which is a heart adorned for Him with virtues. Asking Mary to help you dress spiritually is surely to provide the finest things one can wear and the most pleasing to the One who matters. Also to be covered by Marys mantle
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[MarysLittleFlower]

I agree that we shouldn't look down on nuns who have simpler habits or wear no habits at all, that being said, I do love habits and if I ever enter religious life, I wouldn't choose an order based on the habit.

However I've always loved the Carmelite, Passionist, and Benedictine habits Dominican ones are very nice too.

Edited April 7, 2012 by MarysLittleFlower

[Mary's Margaret]

"...the most beautiful habit is the one God sees which is a heart adorned for Him with virtues."

MLF thank you for bringing Vee8's post forward: it's beautiful.

[the171]

Sister Marie knows this, I used to be one of those "FULL HABIT OR YOU ARE NOT A RELIGIOUS" types. Now, I have stumbled upon so many sisters and communities without habits that are ORTHODOX and FAITHFUL. Dont judge a religious by her cover.

Like vee said. You are judged by your heart, not by your habit.

But I really love the Carmelite habit.

[Lil'Monster]

[quote name='the171' timestamp='1333834700' post='2414107']

But I really love the Carmelite habit.
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I can tell............

[the171]

I'm open to other habits and non-habits though! I am actually a bit curious about Regnum Christi's consecrated women... But I am pretty sure I am called to Laffy Carm... THEY EAT CRAWFISH SOMETIMES!!! Very, very rarely... Only when it's donated. So when I enter, DONATE 20 LBS OF CRAWFISH!!!

[Pax_et bonum]

[quote name='the171' timestamp='1333835020' post='2414112']
I'm open to other habits and non-habits though! I am actually a bit curious about Regnum Christi's consecrated women... But I am pretty sure I am called to Laffy Carm... THEY EAT CRAWFISH SOMETIMES!!! Very, very rarely... Only when it's donated. So when I enter, DONATE 20 LBS OF CRAWFISH!!!
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OMW!!! Can I enter too??? Crawfish is my favorite!

or ya'll can just donate crawfish to whatever community I enter...

[Lil'Monster]

I call them "craw-daddies"

[Tally Marx]

The 171, I will donate crawfish and bring it personally. If I can afford it, that is.
Most likely you will just get oranges.




And the prettiest habit, if I haven't said so already, is that of the SsEWs:

http://www.sisterservants.org/content/whatsNew.php

[OnlySunshine]

The most beautiful I've ever seen up to this point is the religious order with whom I am discerning. The traditional habit includes a belted habit with a rosary and a veil with a toque. They have Sisters in tropical climates with shorter, thinner habits and veils.

(FYI, I am keeping this order private right now because my discernment is much more private than before)

Edited April 7, 2012 by MaterMisericordiae

[the171]

@Tally Marx: collectively 20 lbs. not 20 per person! That would be RIDICULOUS! Lol!!! And oranges are delicious! We need fruits. When you enter, you'll be getting a BOAT-LOAD!!! Fruits... Yum

[mantellata]

[quote name='Chamomile' timestamp='1302220706' post='2226778']
I mean, who's going to wear shoes in Heaven?

So that begs the question - since Dominicans already have the white robe thing down for Heaven, why do they wear shoes? And not sandals, usually... [i]shoes[/i]. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif[/img]
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Simple.... St. Dominic wore boots... often to bed! He didn't wear them when walking between towns for penance but always wore them when he was in the town.

Dominicans aren't the discalced type!

[the171]

[quote name='mantellata' timestamp='1333858269' post='2414291']
Simple.... St. Dominic wore boots... often to bed! He didn't wear them when walking between towns for penance but always wore them when he was in the town.

Dominicans aren't the discalced type!
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I love being discalced.

I am shoeless right now. Shoes, BEGH. Who needs them