Old-Fashioned Communion Veil

Spiritual - "And how many gave You over?  The heavenly Father gave You for us, and You gave Yourself, as St. Paul joyfully says:  'He loved me and delivered Himself up for me.'  What a marvelous exchange?  The Master delivers Himself for a slave, God for man, the Creator for the creature, the innocent One for the sinner.  You put Yourself into the hands of the traitor, the faithless disciple.  The traitor handed You over to the Jews.  The wicked Jews delivered You to the Gentiles to be mocked, scourged, spit upon, and crucified."  Divine Mercy, Fr. Gabriel    This is the horror of all of our sins, for each one of us is the traitor, the Jew, and the Gentile.  But, the great truth and the good news is the inexpressible love of Christ for His creatures that made Him willingly accept this Passion and Death.  Would there have been any other way He could have shown us who He is and how much he loves us?  Would we have believed Him?  Do we believe Him?

Sewing - I was asked to restore a beautiful Communion dress worn by the mother of a very dear friend.  This dress is to be worn by his daughter on her First Communion day this May.  I had to remake the veil and thought you would like to see it.  It is so old fashioned.  The headband is covered with flowers dyed to match the rather fading dress,  now slightly ecru. The veil is two pieces.  There is a cap that is pleated and attached to the headband.  The lower veil is trimmed in lace.  Where the cap and lower veil interface, they are gathered and attached wrong sides together to make a ruffle on the outside ... so sweet.  You should see it on the beautiful dark-haired child!