Tattoos

[Gardener]

I was talking about images. If an image is "unclean", then how can it enter the presence of God?

I haven't studied it deeply, but it's my understanding that the scars which are glorified in us would only be those which we received for Christ (a la the martyrs). Perhaps I'm wrong.

[Traditionallyruralmom]

I'm doing the hated thing of dragging up a post from years ago  ...I knew I'd chatted on one at some point, and sure enough, I was right.  I figured rather than start a new post...because someone would reference that we had already discussed this, id just drag this old post back out of the attic.

I am in my late 40's, have quite a passel of kiddos and am now the proud forever wearer of a self designed black line art piece on my upper arm that includes the Immaculate Heart,  the Chi Rho and Viva Christo Rey.
It can be easily concealed by my Trad Wife dress...but concealment is not my goal.  I'm considering it an evangelism piece in the wider hippie/ green world from which I am a convert of 20 years from..

Song of Solomon 8:6...Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm.

[andy]

https://sspxpodcast.com/2018/08/questions-with-father-7-morality-of-tattoos-fear-of-confession-fathers-reading-list/

[Melkor]

Tattoos are really cool in my opinion. I was considering getting a sleeve and a chest piece, but I decided that it was ultimately vanity that was driving my wants. I had a co-worker who had a beautiful raven clutching a scroll on his forearm, and I always like that piece. I believe tattoos are wrong if motivated  by vanity. If your profession (sailor, soldier) or your ancestry (Norse, Celtic, Mexican etc) has a traditional use of tattoos ingrained, I think it is quite fine to get one for those reasons.   

[andy]

Different 1 minute long take from a Traditional priest

[Traditionallyruralmom]

I know the arguments against.  Believe me

What inspired me was the stories of the Bosnian and Croatian women and the Catholic practice there of Sicanje.

https://tattooartfromtheheart.com/blog/the-history-of-the-traditional-croatian-tattoos-and-forms-they-contain/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicanje

You can flip through these and see pictures of old Babushkas and their stories
https://www.flickr.com/photos/57981868@N08/5374496663/in/photostream

[The Curt Jester]

I've never seen a tattoo that looks good on anybody.  Regardless of belief in whether or not they are moral, they are just plain ugly.

[Traditionallyruralmom]

I've never seen a tattoo that looks good on anybody.  Regardless of belief in whether or not they are moral, they are just plain ugly.

we are all definitely entitled to our opinions 

edited to add....
Ive never seen a trad mom in a chevron maxi skirt that looks good.....but that's just my opinion that they are plain ugly

[Lynne]

I'm doing the hated thing of dragging up a post from years ago  ...I knew I'd chatted on one at some point, and sure enough, I was right.  I figured rather than start a new post...because someone would reference that we had already discussed this, id just drag this old post back out of the attic.

I am in my late 40's, have quite a passel of kiddos and am now the proud forever wearer of a self designed black line art piece on my upper arm that includes the Immaculate Heart,  the Chi Rho and Viva Christo Rey.
It can be easily concealed by my Trad Wife dress...but concealment is not my goal.  I'm considering it an evangelism piece in the wider hippie/ green world from which I am a convert of 20 years from..

Song of Solomon 8:6...Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm.

I'm not a fan of tattoos, but truthfully, I thought it was lovely.  (TRM and I are friends on FB). 

[The Curt Jester]

Ive never seen a trad mom in a chevron maxi skirt that looks good.....but that's just my opinion that they are plain ugly

Improper comparison.  It's very easy to make a change of clothes.  Tattoos?  Not so much.

[Maximilian]

It can be easily concealed by my Trad Wife dress...but concealment is not my goal. 

Stick with concealment.

[Traditionallyruralmom]

It can be easily concealed by my Trad Wife dress...but concealment is not my goal. 

Stick with concealment.

I'll be sure to follow my good husband's wishes on this 

[andy]

Another thought: since our bodies are temples of Holy Ghost, do we really want to apply a permanent graffiti on them?

[Maximilian]

It can be easily concealed by my Trad Wife dress...but concealment is not my goal. 

Stick with concealment.

I'll be sure to follow my good husband's wishes on this 

First you bring it up in public and scandalize the traditional Catholics here. Then you play the husband card when someone doesn't agree with you.

So this was all your husband's idea, was it? Doesn't sound that way from your original post. No mention of him there.

[Melkor]

It can be easily concealed by my Trad Wife dress...but concealment is not my goal. 

Stick with concealment.

I'll be sure to follow my good husband's wishes on this 

First you bring it up in public and scandalize the traditional Catholics here. Then you play the husband card when someone doesn't agree with you.

So this was all your husband's idea, was it? Doesn't sound that way from your original post. No mention of him there.

Man, trads are something else. Of all the things to be scandalized about in today's world, tattoos (especially modest tats) should be at the very bottom of the list.

I do agree however with Max somewhat; tattoos on women are kinda...meh. I mean, it seems somehow out of place on a Catholic woman raising children and being a homemaker for her husband. Not judging you, just my thoughts. Most women
I've seen who have tattoos are either slutty little things looking to draw more attention to their immodesty, or old and ugly prunes trying to look 30 years younger. A little different than the big, bearded ironworkers boasting sleeves, providing for their family.