Does it really matter what you wear?

[travellinmike]

I’m new to the forums and just am returning to mass after a long absence. Frankly I’m shocked and disheartened at what parents are letting their kids wear to mass. Not to mention what many of the adults are wearing.

I liked the post a while back asking what you would wear to a wedding or funeral, job interview or fancy restaurant. How many of us need to be at least business casual at the office? Doesn’t the Lord deserve at least the same respect?

I wear a suitcoat and tie to church on Sundays. Not because anyone tells me to but because that is one way I show respect for Jesus. It puts me in a serious no nonsense mood. If I just show up in the same jeans and sneakers and sweatshirt that I’ve been wearing all morning it just doesn’t feel right. To me.

As far as being comfortable, I like the idea of meditating on the suffering of Christ compared to what he went through for us a stiff collared shirt for an hour is no biggie. Besides most all churches are air conditioned now anyway. Not like the good ole days when the oscillating fans where blowing and we’d try to get to mass early to get a spot near the fan (and still be perspiring at the end of mass).

Not that this matters any but I live near alot of black people. They are always well dressed for their Baptist services. Almost all the men are wearing jackets and ties and all the women are wearing dresses and many wear hats. Nobody looks like they just rolled out of bed and nobody looks sleazy.

I wish some of these priests we have nowadays would speak up and address this and some of the other slack behavior I see during their sermons. I better stop before I get up on my soapbox of what’s wrong with the Church these days.

Mike

 

[Tyler_Smedley]

I think that it does matter, people shouldn’t have to be staring at the celing because others infount of them are dressed inapropately, modesty is the way to go.

 

[chevalier]

Can’t answer that one! What would Jesus like?

Question is, would He care? People have come to Him naked. For whatever reason, I don’t know, but there even was a guy who disrobed before coming to Him and he wasn’t rebuffed for that. Sure, He wouldn’t like anything suggesting improper sexual accessibility, but that’s about it. Of course, a prudent mind would suggest putting on something nice but humble.

Yes, but what would you wear if you were invited to a meeting with the Lord and He did not tell you what to wear?

There’s that passage about proper garments for nuptials or some such. Guess if you were invited to a joyful celebration with the Lord, you’d be expected to wear something befitting the occasion, as possible in your economic circumstances, although trying to become the star of the evening doesn’t strike me as a wise idea.