Dress Code for Mass

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It most certainly was insulting (as is your last post, with the backhanded comments about crying babies.).

I am so glad we now have the ignore function. I will be sure to utilize it.

Have a good one.
 
I witnessed a judge tell a litigant to go home and get dressed properly for court when he showed in athletic-type shirt and shorts for a hearing - - and it was a case wherein the parties had settled the issue.
 
I guess I’d say there may be a difference in athletic shirt and shorts vs. khaki shorts and a polo, but TBH if it was already settled and they were just going through the legalities… that sounds a bit like an abuse of power to me…🤷‍♂️
 
choose_to_love said:
I witnessed a judge tell a litigant to go home and get dressed properly for court when he showed in athletic-type shirt and shorts for a hearing
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Well, if the one we appear before in court is more important than the One we appear before at mass, that makes sense that we should be better dressed for court.
 
And you don’t think refusing to arbitrate the legalities of a settled case until one person goes home to change clothes to that of what the arbitrator sees fit isn’t an abuse of power?

That question is rehtorical, I already know that you don’t…which I find interesting (and maybe a little troubling) at best.
 
You keep do’n you then I guess.

I’ll continue to be one of the guys at church with shorts on and a nice polo from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
 
TC3033 said:
Court – Not sure depends why I’m there I guess. I’ve never been to court before, especially in the summer.

Job Interview - Probably not. I assume companies that I’m applying for have at least a “business casual” dress code.

I nearly always where khaki shorts and a golf polo to church in the summer.
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What do other men wear who go to the church where you usually go?
 
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It’s a farming community. A lot of jeans, some pretty beat up. Some in nice shorts and polo shirts.

A couple guys may go dress pants, but it’s pretty few and far between.
 
steph03 said:
I am just glad Jesus had really no dress code to impose as people gathered around him to listen to his Word.
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except that when Peter had been fishing all night, naked, so the story goes, and saw Jesus, Peter immediately put on his cloak or robe and jumped into the water and swam to Jesus.

That would tell me clothing is preferred to none, even for men!
 
TC3033 said:
Court – Not sure depends why I’m there I guess. I’ve never been to court before, especially in the summer.
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I was in court yesterday supporting a neighbour. We had no idea they were going to push the case for that day, we were told our clothes were fine, because of the urgency of the case. No preparation just street clothing.
 
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steph03:
I am just glad Jesus had really no dress code to impose as people gathered around him to listen to his Word.
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except that when Peter had been fishing all night, naked, so the story goes, and saw Jesus, Peter immediately put on his cloak or robe and jumped into the water and swam to Jesus.

That would tell me clothing is preferred to none, even for men!
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Ok, so showing up in church naked is not an option, I agree.
 
And that makes a lot of sense. If the best you can truly afford is jeans and a t-shirt, that’s what you wear. Without sounding judgmental, I’d bet the majority of folks who currently attend Mass dressed as such can afford at least a collared polo shirt. jmho
 
I don’t know… The priest, deacon and servers all wear robes, which are essentially dresses. 🤣
 
My cousin got married in a kilt and his bride wore the tartan over her shoulder. Our Scottish ancestry is pretty far removed oh, but whatever… It was lovely. I agree it is a very good-looking ensemble that comes across as strange to our American eyes ( outside of a particular context) but there is nothing inherently wrong with it.

Cultural expectations of address are interesting. I have seen pictures of young Mormon missionaries in Tonga wearing the traditional skirts, along with their white shirts and ties. Talk about a disconnect!
 
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My cousin got married in a kilt and his bride wore the tartan over her shoulder. Our Scottish ancestry is pretty far removed oh, but whatever… It was lovely. I agree it is a very good-looking ensemble that comes across as strange to our American eyes ( outside of a particular context) but there is nothing inherently wrong with it.

Cultural expectations of address are interesting. I have seen pictures of young Mormon missionaries in Tonga wearing the traditional skirts, along with their white shirts and ties. Talk about a disconnect!
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Both DH and I have Scottish ancestry: my grandmother (MacIntyre) & his mother (MacKinnon)… I’d have loved to see him wear the Kilt but his military dress uniform was more in line with our budget. 😀
 
OK, thanks. To recap: I do not think Lea is about to be cast into the outer darkness for her sartorial choices, and I concur with her position that not dressing nicely for Mass b/c ‘one can’t be bothered’ is a problem. I think the workman coming home from work can go to a 5 p.m. Mass in his work clothes. Dressing in finery is not more important than a good interior disposition, and proper clothes do not in any way make up for a bad interior disposition. If proper/fancy clothes are a manifestation of vanity or pride, that is bad as well.

With regard to the parable itself: the parable concerns one’s ultimate interior disposition, and one’s soul is to be clothed, so to speak, in a life of faith and good works (and implicit herein is that one is redeemed first by Christ’s unique sacrifice). Agree so far?

Consider, then, that the example used in the parable is that the man is not dressed properly for the occasion. Why is this example used? Because everyone knows and understands it - - one must dress properly for the occasion. For the occasion of one’s ultimate judgment, one hopes to be clothed in a life of faith and good works, washed clean by the blood of the Lamb, not just covered over, yes? So, then, it seems to me that dress that shows the proper respect for the occasion - - in the parable, the wedding feast, at Mass, the unbloody re-presentation of Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross, and our reception of His Body and Blood - - is the literal message of the parable.
 
About 20 years ago, a monsignor at one of the RC churches in the area used to put in the church bulletin an announcement stating that shorts, T-shirts, tank tops etc are not acceptable for church. He’d do that every spring and summer.

He passed away in October 2001. He was a devout priest, a good confessor and spiritual director. He’d have a long line of people waiting for him for confession.

Another reason why I remember him is because at that time I was going through a crisis of faith re the Real Presence of Our Lord. I was driving along and all of a sudden the thought came to me: “Go to Msgr. B.'s Mass.” I turned the car around and sped as fast as I could to get there. I got there just before the consecration. When Msgr. B. elevated the Host, all I could think was: “He IS there!”

I don’t want to derail the thread but had to share that with you.
 
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