let me say this. i have had a friend tell me that anything goes for attire so long as the person is attending Mass, and that Jesus would not be upset or reject anyone based on what they wore to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
I then said, well that is not necessarily true because God would not approve of someone showing their cleavage or
wearing a jacked up dress, or really trashy clothing to His
house would He?
The friend then said, well, what if all you owned was a pair of ratty old jeans and a ratty old shirt, and went to Mass, would Jesus still reject you? That was a very good point! I said no,
because if that was all you owned and you had no other money, and no means at all to get modest clothing then why would Christ be offended?
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the friend then went on to say, well, what about the dress?
i said, do you not think it would be better off if the woman just did not go to Mass? the friend then said, Christ accepts everyone true? I said yes He does, and the friend then said, would Christ be offended if that was all she had to wear and could afford no other clothing at all? I could only state to the friend that i was not sure, because that type of dress sends the wrong message and is a distraction at Mass.
The friend told me that regardless of what we wear, we all ought to be accepted at Mass. I then said, what about the satanic heavy metal t-shirt i saw the teenager wearing at Mass? the friend said, unaccapteble! i said, well, if Christ accepts us all regardless of what we wear, then it should not matter if this teenager was wearing a devilish t-shirt shouldn’t it? the friend had nothing to say to that.
where do you draw the line? is it ok for those to wear the dress, or the pants and shirt, and draw the line at the t-shirt?
i would draw the line at all of it. why? because a woman who owns only that dress and no other can always ask social services for a dress fund, the teenager does not need to wear a satanic t-shirt to Mass! the other thing too with the jeans and t-shirt ripped is that the same man could always ask social services for clothing. so actually, i draw the line at all of it.
one note i had on the pants and ripped shirt, is that i think this would be acceptable to a certain degre because it is not truly immodest, but the devilish t-shirt and dress are. i gues it makes me look like a hypocrit because i told the friend that Christ would not likely reject someone who wore jeans and a shirt that were ripped if that was all they owned and could not get ANY type of access to other modest clothing. it is a hard thing to answer because the dress is trashy and it sends the wrong message, and the devilish type t-shirt is satanic and i definitely draw the lines at both of those, but what about the pants and shirt?
I would not go to “Bi-Lo” dressed like this let along Mass.
I think you miss understood my post. When I said unless you have nothing better, I meant it. It is true that very decent clothing can be found at Goodwill or any low price clothing stores. For example ladies can even get a brand new skirt or dress slacks and a top both for under $15.00 at Kmart. (believe me I know
