Dressing Up for Adoration?

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Does anyone here dress up for their adoration hour? I don’t but wondered if I should, given that I do dress up for Mass on Sundays. I can’t remember seeing anyone else dressed in their “Sunday best” at the adoration chapel either. I have often “popped in” the adoration chapel for 15 minutes here and there when I was near and several times I have been in yard work clothes. Thoughts?
 
As Christians we should imitate Christ. How would Jesus dress? And would he spend an hour getting ready just to look good for others? Would Jesus dress modestly and simply?
 
I have a 2:00 a.m. hour every Monday. I do get up at 1:00 a.m. to get ready to visit with Jesus. If we can dress nice for a daily job, then we should do the same and even more for our Lord.
 
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ICXCNIKA:
As Christians we should imitate Christ. How would Jesus dress? And would he spend an hour getting ready just to look good for others? Would Jesus dress modestly and simply?
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I think there is a slight difference here. While yes, we should imitate Christ, we cannot be Christ, regardles of what some tend to believe. When we go to Mass or to adoration, we should show our reverence and respect to God in every way possible. That includes dressing respectfully and in a decent manner.
 
I dress my best for Mass because it is a celebration. Adoration is modest dressing, but more informal. I have gone to Adoration in my nurse’s uniform because of time, but I don’t like to do that. I just appoligize to the Lord.
 
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palmas85:
I think there is a slight difference here. While yes, we should imitate Christ, we cannot be Christ, regardles of what some tend to believe. When we go to Mass or to adoration, we should show our reverence and respect to God in every way possible. That includes dressing respectfully and in a decent manner.
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"clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ" Romans 13:14

**"**you are in Christ" 1 Corinthians 1:30

“we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:16

"you are of Christ" 1 Corinthians 3:23

**"**Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?" 1 Corinthians 6:15

"Now you are the body of Christ" I Corinthians 12:27

**"**we are to God the aroma of Christ " 2 Corinthians 2:15

"you are a letter from Christ" 2 Corinthians 3:3

**"**if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Cor. 5:17

“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors” 2 Cor 5:20

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” Gal. 2:20

"all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ" Gal. 3:20

**"**For to me, to live is Christ " Philippians 1:21

“being united with Christ,” Philippinas 2:1

“Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus” Philippians 2:5

“Christ is all, and is in all” Colossians 3:11
 
My wife works with a woman whose whole family has left the Church. When she was a little girl the priest approached her father and suggested that he dress his family better for Mass. The family was poor and they were doing the best they could at the time. Their clothing wasn’t a reflection of disrespect, but a reflection of thier poverty.

What should I say of the poor people who live in and around the neighborhood? That they are being disrespectful because they don’t dress up for Mass? Should I refuse to allow the old fellow who likes to take up the collection because he is dressed in faded jeans and his shirt is untucked?

They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on."
Mark 12:44

Looking at his disciples, he said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 6:20
 
The point is not to dress up for the other people who may be present, it’s putting on your best to enter into the presence of God. I normally dress much better for Sunday Mass than for daily Mass or adoration because the day of rest frees me to put more time into my dress and also normally ensures that I have no need to run off to somewhere else with more “practical” attire.
 
Andreas Hofer:
The point is not to dress up for the other people who may be present, it’s putting on your best to enter into the presence of God. I normally dress much better for Sunday Mass than for daily Mass or adoration because the day of rest frees me to put more time into my dress and also normally ensures that I have no need to run off to somewhere else with more “practical” attire.
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Precisely! We’re not saddled with work so we can take the time to dress appropriately. Sometimes, with no planning or foresight, I pass one of the adoration chapels in my area and I have a few moments. I don’t analyze whether I’m dressed well enough to stop in and see Him–I just go in. Am I going to not visit Him because I’m not dressed up? Of course not. And my usual scheduled hour is in the middle of the workday for me, so I don’t have time to get changed but I’m not going to not go because of clothing. I guess if you have the time, then dress as well as you can, but don’t not go in because of your clothing.

Penitent
 
ICXCNIKA said:
"clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ" Romans 13:14

**"**you are in Christ" 1 Corinthians 1:30

“we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:16

"you are of Christ" 1 Corinthians 3:23

**"**Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?" 1 Corinthians 6:15

"Now you are the body of Christ" I Corinthians 12:27

**"**we are to God the aroma of Christ " 2 Corinthians 2:15

"you are a letter from Christ" 2 Corinthians 3:3

**"**if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Cor. 5:17

“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors” 2 Cor 5:20

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” Gal. 2:20

"all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ" Gal. 3:20

**"**For to me, to live is Christ " Philippians 1:21

“being united with Christ,” Philippinas 2:1

“Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus” Philippians 2:5

“Christ is all, and is in all” Colossians 3:11
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From the quotes that you have put up I can only asume that you truly believe you are are Christ. So I suppose that when you attend Mass you worship yourself.

Do you really interpret Scripture so literally? That to me is one of the problems that Protestants have. According to Luther, every man has the right and the duty to interpret Scripture in his own way. Since in his belief the Holy Spirit guided such interpretation, all would eventually believe the same thing. All interpretations would match.

Obviously, as your post indicates, they all do not, So I will inform you of this and I’m pretty sure I am correct.

YOU ARE NOT CHRIST

Sorry but you’re not.
 
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ICXCNIKA:
My wife works with a woman whose whole family has left the Church. When she was a little girl the priest approached her father and suggested that he dress his family better for Mass. The family was poor and they were doing the best they could at the time. Their clothing wasn’t a reflection of disrespect, but a reflection of thier poverty.

What should I say of the poor people who live in and around the neighborhood? That they are being disrespectful because they don’t dress up for Mass? Should I refuse to allow the old fellow who likes to take up the collection because he is dressed in faded jeans and his shirt is untucked?

They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on."
Mark 12:44

Looking at his disciples, he said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 6:20
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Having attended Mass in third world countries where the poverty far exceeds anything in the United States, I have to tell you something. No matter how poor they are, they make an effort to be presentable when they attend Mass.

Speaking of the old gentleman who likes to pick up the collection, why is the shirt untucked? Does that indicate poverty? No that indicates laziness or sloppiness, neither of which is a result of poverty, although they could be a contributory cause.

Many people leave the Church for a number of reasons. I sincerely doubt the story of your wifes friend. In fact, these stories usually make me chuckle, because it is always someone somebody knows or heard about.
 
.Please return the thread to the topic at hand: Dressing Up for Adoration.
 
I think that I am going to specifically make the effort to dress up more for my adoration hour. Having thought about it this morning as I prepared to attend Mass, my effort to dress is really an exercise that forms an interior disposition conducive to my reception of the Holy Eucharist. I realized that my preparation actually started last night as I had to make sure that my clothes were clean, after this thought I then thought about my fast prior to my reception of the Eucharist. All these things came together for communion this morning.

I understand the thrust of ICXCNIKA’s comments. I don’t think Jesus would care if we came naked. In fact, I think that an interior humilty and poverty are necessary and I wish I could achieve this state more often. I think the danger to not dressing up at all is indifference and coldness of heart. I guess dressing up is an act of will, which properly orients us to the sacraments. If my “Sunday best” were an old pair of jeans and my cleanest T-shirt the act and disposition would still be the same. I wish I had thought this out earlier! I appreciate everyone’s (name removed by moderator)ut.
 
Well, I guess I have to apologize. The fellow who doesn’t tuck his shirt in at Church surely must be disrespectful. The fact that our Cathedral is located in a poor area of our city is absolutely no indication that perhaps, as well as suffering from poverty, our community is also suffering from slobbishness. How dare they?

I will now make it my mission to not only make sure that I am dressed to the nines every Sunday, I will now be responsible for checking the clothing of others to make sure they are respectful.

The woman behind me, who had to turn off her phone in the middle of Mass was dressed quite well, so she was showing respect. The two teeenagers who kept talking during mass were also dressed respectable, so they weren’t being irreverant. I’ll leave them alone, too.

I’m going to target the shabbily dressed who don’t have the sense to tuck in their shirts!
 
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ICXCNIKA:
Well, I guess I have to apologize. The fellow who doesn’t tuck his shirt in at Church surely must be disrespectful. The fact that our Cathedral is located in a poor area of our city is absolutely no indication that perhaps, as well as suffering from poverty, our community is also suffering from slobbishness. How dare they?

I will now make it my mission to not only make sure that I am dressed to the nines every Sunday, I will now be responsible for checking the clothing of others to make sure they are respectful.

The woman behind me, who had to turn off her phone in the middle of Mass was dressed quite well, so she was showing respect. The two teeenagers who kept talking during mass were also dressed respectable, so they weren’t being irreverant. I’ll leave them alone, too.

I’m going to target the shabbily dressed who don’t have the sense to tuck in their damn shirts!
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You know, the post would be amusing if it wasn’t so sad. I merely said why would the gentleman not want to tuck his shirt in. So you go off on a tangent. No the lady on the call phone was disrespectful, as were the teenagers talking and everyone else who thinks that Mass is their own personal playground where they can act any way that they want to. I understand full well what position you have and that is what matters is whats in your heart. I agree. Jesus probably couldn’t care less how we dress, smell look or anything else for that matter.

Going to Mass I see people wearing dirty, stained clothing, filthy hair, no shoes, flip flops, etc. I see people chatting away, cell phones going off, everybody just relaxing and having a good old time. I never saw those sort of things in masses overseas, in desperately poor countries, The Philippines, Mexico and Honduras. To those people, going to Mass was an important event, something they respected and treated with dignity. Even if they did not have much, they put forth their best. Yet we, in the richest country around, seem to think God doesn’t deserve the best we can give.

No, Jesus probably really doesn’t care about it at all.

But we should.
 
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ICXCNIKA:
I must humbly defer to your wisdom. You are correct. I am wrong. Thank you for correcting me.
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Well, you decided to cut out the whole quote except for two words to make me look arrogant. Common tool, effective to a degree, except that most people on this forum actually read the posts, and know what others have said, so editing the quotes to get something taken out of context really doesn’t work. 👍

I believe in the post you quoted, you had listed numerous scriptural references to support your apparent belief that you are Christ or his delegated representative. My response, which you gracefully edited, was that I believed I was correct that you were not Christ. Of course all you left was I am correct. :tsktsk:

Well, I was in that regard. You are not Christ.

As far as the thread about dressing up for Adoration or Mass, if you don’t think that God deserves the best you can offer, then give him whatever you want. That’s between you and him… 🙂
 
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palmas85:
Well, you decided to cut out the whole quote except for two words to make me look arrogant. Common tool, effective to a degree, except that most people on this forum actually read the posts, and know what others have said, so editing the quotes to get something taken out of context really doesn’t work. 👍

I believe in the post you quoted, you had listed numerous scriptural references to support your apparent belief that you are Christ or his delegated representative. My response, which you gracefully edited, was that I believed I was correct that you were not Christ. Of course all you left was I am correct. :tsktsk:

Well, I was in that regard. You are not Christ.

As far as the thread about dressing up for Adoration or Mass, if you don’t think that God deserves the best you can offer, then give him whatever you want. That’s between you and him… 🙂
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And I still humbly acquiece to your correctness.
 
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palmas85:
As far as the thread about dressing up for Adoration or Mass, if you don’t think that God deserves the best you can offer, then give him whatever you want. That’s between you and him… 🙂
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What have I posted that makes you think that I don’t think that God deserves the best I can offer?
 
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