Dress Code for Mass

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LumineDiei said:
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strita:
Most images of Mary show how women should be dressed in Church
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And most images of Jesus, prior to His Crucifixion and after His Resurrection, show how men should be dressed in Church. Don’t you agree?
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Wonderful response, LumineDiei!
 
I just don’t understand why people are so invested in what others wear. Granted, I see lots of people wearing things I don’t like and would never wear, but I have enough of my own issues to worry about, and when I’m at Liturgy I need my focus to be actually on the Liturgy.

As someone said earlier, you cannot control what others do, but you can control your reaction to it. IF this is really such a serious problem for people, speak to your pastor and see if he shares your same concerns about his congregation.
 
I wonder what the people that are bothered at church do out in the rest of their life. Do they change seats at the movies or leave the grocery store? If they are able to put it out of their minds there, why not at mass? Again, custody of the eyes when needed. I don’t wish anyone to think I am okay with truly immodest clothing, but it is one’s own responsibility to deal with it as it arises.
 
Irishmom2 said:
I don’t wish anyone to think I am okay with truly immodest clothing, but it is one’s own responsibility to deal with it as it arises.
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The easiest way to avoid the issue is to show up to Mass ten minutes early and sit in the front pew. And when you have received Communion, go back to your place, bow your head, and close your eyes in prayer. And after Mass has ended, kneel down and pray a prayer of thanksgiving for five minutes.

If you do this, you will never even notice what anyone else is wearing. 🙂
 
I would be willing to pay the price of a good seamstress or tailor who can make me custom made clothes.

Problem is they’re as rare as hen’s teeth.
 
Bring up a popular style worn by many and call anyone who wears it “class less, overweight, etc…” and we could probably get a few more hundred out of it. Oh, and mention something off topic like equal pay for equal work.
 
Abortion would also probably come up.
Actually abortion will always come up in any topic.

It’s like the CAF equivalent of Godwin’s law.
 
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DarkLight said:
Eh, it’s possible (and unsurprising) that there’s nuances that the very well off have in their dresses that the rest of us don’t. I know what I listed would cover pretty much every social occasion I could imagine, as a middle class american woman, being invited to.

Which is all beside the point. The point I was making was that most of us don’t truly wear our best to church. I could afford a nice formal dress, sure. But I wouldn’t wear my most formal dresses because they’d be far too showy for church. It would just look like I was trying to show off.

Whereas the business casual outfit I described a few posts back is about what most people actually think of when they think of dressing up for church. Even people who likely own nicer clothes.
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What would you wear to a baptism if your were the Godmother and the Pope was going to Baptize your Godchild at St. Peter’s Basilica?

That would most likely be “Daytime Formal”
 
Joe_5859 said:
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Irishmom2:
I don’t wish anyone to think I am okay with truly immodest clothing, but it is one’s own responsibility to deal with it as it arises.
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The easiest way to avoid the issue is to show up to Mass ten minutes early and sit in the front pew. And when you have received Communion, go back to your place, bow your head, and close your eyes in prayer. And after Mass has ended, kneel down and pray a prayer of thanksgiving for five minutes.

If you do this, you will never even notice what anyone else is wearing. 🙂
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That’s what I try to do.
 
Here’s my Mass dress code checklist:
  1. Am I covered?
  2. Is it reasonably clean?
  3. Can I sit, stand, and kneel in it without making a fool of myself?
  4. If I’m wearing a T-shirt, is it suitably boring enough for Mass? (E.g. no reaper on pile of skulls, no Presidents current or past riding on a tank, etc)
  5. Have I addressed any unusual quirks of where I’m attending? (E.g., Carmelite monastery and Rome don’t allow shorts or sleeveless, TLM crowd prefers long skirt and head covering, Outdoor Mass means possible grass sitting, etc)
If Yes to all questions = Off to Mass with me.
Easy peasy
 
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Here’s my checklist (note I am male):
  1. Dress trousers.
  2. Nice button up shirt.
  3. Jersey.
  4. Black shoes.
  5. Blazer and/or tie, if it is a particularly important Mass.
  6. Sometimes, my crucifix lapel pin.
and of course, I have to comb my hair.
 
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phil19034 said:
What would you wear to a baptism if your were the Godmother and the Pope was going to Baptize your Godchild at St. Peter’s Basilica?

That would most likely be “Daytime Formal”
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A dressy pantsuit.
 
Redd_Jackal said:
There ought to be a dress code for choir members, especially since they’re often up front for all to see–and hear–in case the sound system fails. Here, it tends to be rather casual.
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Our choir director used to remind women at the beginning of every choir year to not to wear short skirts. (Choir was raised about three feet above the pews, to right of the altar and facing the congregation).
 
Yes, at the time, I didn’t see that. Someone who ‘leans toward’ a sedevacantist position is not likely to accept any legitimate Church authority.
 
I have several that look like that. It’s kind of my go-to dressy look.

(just not the shoes. Ouch!)
 
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