Jeans...at mass?

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For some people dressing up is jeans:)

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What is offensive to me is some of the styles being worn by the young women:eek: When you belly button is showing and your thong:eek: is exposed and if your shirt is any more low cutyour chest would jump out:eek:

a thong in Church!!! eeewwwwwww!!!
 
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Lisa4Catholics:
For some people dressing up is jeans:)
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Lisa4Catholics:
When you belly button is showing and your thong:eek: is exposed and if your shirt is any more low cutyour chest would jump out:eek:

thongs in Church!!! eeeeeewwwwwwwww!!!
 
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Is it appropriate to wear jeans to Mass?
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I always dress up…I wear the “good” jeans 😉

I try to wear a collared short though.

-Peace-

Dustinsdad
 
Some people consider “dressing up” (just in general, not specifically for Mass) to be pretentious. They’ll do it when they “have to”, but perhaps with a certain amount of frustration or even disdain. That isn’t to say that they might not try to dress nicely, but perhaps more simply. More of a high degree of casual or business casual. If they felt that they “have” to come to Mass wearing “Sunday best”, they might come to resent it, find God to be overly stuffy, and draw away from God. They might feel that aren’t really being themselves, but acting as phonies just going through the motions in formalities and rule keeping.
 
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I always dress up…I wear the “good” jeans 😉

I try to wear a collared short though.

-Peace-

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You sound like my husband! He’s a cabinetmaker, so he doesn’t own a suit. For him, dressing up is the jeans without the holes and a button up shirt!
 
I wear jeans most of the time because my parish is pretty laid back. I always make sure to pair my jeans with a nice button-down shirt and I only wear my “nice” jeans. For me it really depends on where I am. At my home parish, I feel more comfortable dressing down. At the parish in my hometown, it’s a bit dressier and I would feel totally out of place in anything other than dressy slacks or a skirt.
 
From the Litany of Reparation:

“For the irreverance and immodesty shown in Your adorable presence, pray for us.”
 
No, it is not appropriate to wear jeans at the Sacrifice of the Mass. One should be squeaky clean and dressed in their best attire, simply because to God is due our best. This is not to mention that the Old Testament perscribes your best cloths at Sunday (at that time Saturday) worship.
Would you wear jeans on a formal date or when you are trying to impress someone? Why would you give less to God then you give to a mortal human being?
If I was to kneel at the feet of Jesus Crucified, I would wear a tuxedo with a bow tie…much less jeans. The Mass is the representation of the Sacrifice of Calvary, and thus I owe it to my Saviour who died for me to dress well for him.
I know that most people wear jeans to Mass, but it has only become the practice in recent years, it is inapropriate, and it is part of the ongoing destruction of Western culture that has become so severe since the sixties.

Pax Domini,
Usque.
 
Here’s the thing.

Sometimes jeans CAN be dressing up. If they are a nice pair that you keep for special occasions. I am a 24 year old woman and I have my jeans for being relaxed and I have my good designer jeans that when coupled with a nice shirt and jacket, some earrings, nice shoes etc look very dressed up. And yes I WOULD wear them on a date!

I think you should be neat, well presented, modest and most important - have a reverend attitude!
I see plenty of well dressed people who come to Mass early to have a morning chat in the pews!

Cadence
 
Well, okay, I grant your points. They are good.

But I don’t even think women should be wearing pants. Skirts, at least 6 inches below the knees. Yes my women friends tear me apart for this. I intend no insult though.

Usque.
 
Something does genuinely seem screwed-up with how many Catholics dress for the Mass based on this and other threads. The excuses given for dressing inappropriately for Mass is long, and it seems to be getting more and more offensive.

Yet I am reminded of Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR exhortations on how extremely poor Protestants in the South Bronx dress “to the nines” on Sunday to show respect for Jesus.

I am reminded of how most ALL Christians dressed extremely well on Sundays until the latter 1960’s.

I am reminded how absolutely dirt-poor folk still dressed-up for the Mass during the Great Depression (I have pictures to prove it.)

I also recall how in Jamaica even the poorest children have dress clothes to wear to Mass – little suits and shined black shoes for boys. Something similiar for girls.

Like many other things I believe the reason the four primary reasons many Catholics dress poorly is:

1.) Sloth. Many simply feel the Mass is not a good enough reason to make the effort to dress-up.

2.) Statement. Some people attempt to make a statement by how poorly or inappropriately they dress for Mass.

3.) Self before God. Some people dress for physical comfort first, and God second.

4.) Don’t care. Some people flat-out don’t care what they wear to Mass. They wear to Mass whatever they put on for some other activity. In many cases it wouldn’t even occur to them to dress-up for Mass.

People can mention their limited budgets, their health, their occupations, their parishes, the demands on their time, the conditions in which Mass is celebrated, etc. etc. etc. and every other justification in the book, but it seems that everything pretty much boils down to the above four points.
 
That is what I meant to say. Yeah, what Pariah Pirana said. Usque.
 
I don’t usually care what other people wear to church, I am just glad that they are there. I do try to dress my family in nice attire, but with one teenager and one preteen, sometimes I am lucky that they even brush their hair.

Saying that, my youngest son(age 12) does wear jeans and a nice shirt to mass. He-like his father at that age-is tall and very thin. He has always been above average height for his age and almost, but not quite, underweight. He has a very fast metabolism and eats like a horse. Doctors say that he is normal. His dad had to get a waiver to get into the military because he was only 119 lbs at six foot.:eek: Once my hubby stopped growing he put on weight and is now a bit chubby.

Dressing such a child is difficult. Pants are either too short or too big. SOmetimes we have to add a hole to his belt just to cinch them up. This Sunday the khakis that he could fit last week perfectly were too short for him. How do you grow that much in seven days? He is now taller then his 5’ 8" 15 year old brother! When you take into account that he wears large shirts to hide the underwear that shows above his pants, you have a boy that accidentally looks like he is heavily into hiphop-which he isn’t.

I am just posting this long story to point out that there are sometimes issues that are completly out of a parent’s control as to why a teenager might be a bit casual in church.
 
Yesterday at Mass an obese woman had on tight jeans and it looked as if she had a large watermelon in each hip pocket. Comical to say the least but who am I to tell anybody how to dress. Still it would pay to check your rear view mirror 🙂
 
How would I dress if Jesus himself were the one saying Mass? That’s how I dress.
 
In my diocese, you can go to some nice, posh, suburban parishes and see folks at mass in jeans, t-shirts, shorts, etc. But if you go down to other parts of the city, into Catholic churches that are mostly African-American, you will see everyone - among the poorest in the city - decked out in their Sunday best - all the ladies in their nice Sunday dresses, men in suits and ties, children in their best clothes.

It’s not specifcally a Protestant vs. Catholic thing, nor a rich vs. poor thing, nor a white vs. black thing. But I think the comfortable parishes could stand to learn a few things from the poor folks on the other side of town. Part of it may be the members of the parish holding each other to high standards.

But let’s not judge people too harshly either… just yesterday, I was travelling back from my parents’ house, normally a 6-hour drive. But due to extensive road construction and heavy traffic, I was delayed by about 90 minutes. So instead of going home, changing, etc as I had planned, I drove straight to church and made it about 15 minutes late for an afternoon mass. I was dressed much more casually than I was comfortable with for Sunday mass. But otherwise I would have missed mass. So on any given Sunday, I don’t know if there may be special circumstances causing someone or other to wear jeans.
 
No. Never have , never will wear them to Mass. I have a few outfits I can mix and match for winter and a few I can mix and match for the summer. They consist of pants, skirt,dress and suits. I think you should dress like you’re meeting Our Lord and not going to a football game or barbeque. You don’t have to dress elaborate or draw attention to yourself, just dress like you’re going to meet someone SPECIAL and IMPORTANT.
 
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