Received communion from a girl wearing ripped tights

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This is a brilliant answer, thank you. I have thought the same.
 
To the OP…

It seems to me that you already know the answer to your concern… and that answer is that it is wrong to spend time and mental energy focused on superficial things like how someone else is dressed.

Further, I personally believe that is very wrong for people in the Church to insist that their preferred way of receiving communion is the the better way… I sincerely hope that and pray that the efforts of those insisting that we force others to kneel and receive on the tongue are thwarted… and that we stop focusing postures and other superficial things…

in the same vein, unfortunately, it seems that we have some young priests who are very attached to the clothes they wear… I hope that they heed the Pope’s guidance and instead get the smell of the people on them …
 
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I honestly didn’t know that feeling uncomfortable receiving our Lord from someone with cleavage showing and sheer tights is passing judgement. The Lord knows my heart and I am sincere here but some folks here are judging me and being rude and I’m not afraid to say it because frankly perhaps they are being holier than thou when a sister is asking for guidance!
 
I like 90s grunge.

The 90s was my era just like the 50s are for others.

Better than the huge shoulder pads and other ridiculous fashion of the 80s.
 
this is the only Mass I can attend due to several reasons, thankfully i will not listen to folks so angry at my genuine confusion and I will continue to attend Mass. I wish I could never be guilty of “judging” a single soul (although I don’t think I’m judging) to be so pure as to recommend avoiding Mass. I would suggest people should be very careful what they say even on a forum to their sisters in Christ asking for guidance. It’s so easy to say a snappy popular comeback that tickles the ears and offends God. (not you, just thinking out loud)
 
I was just responding to another poster about grunge getting back in fashion.

Trying to get some levity on this thread that’s about to catch fire.:roll_eyes:

I’ll bow out of this thread now.
 
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There was a young woman wearing tights that had ripped.

She has a choice, go home and change or go to Mass with ripped tights. She choose Mass. That is what I would choose.

I surely hope other people are not passing judgement on the flaws in my clothes!
 
St Pio was gifted with reading hearts. Until I have that gift, I will not be passing judgement.
 
Also, my husband said I should kindly say something but I wouldn’t know where to begin I would never want to push anyone away by saying anything wrong even with good intentions and even saying it very politely. I’m pretty soft spoken so it wouldn’t come across as harsh but I don’t feel the spirit leading me there. On the other hand if it were my daughter someone approached in like manner I would appreciate them.
 
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Also, my husband said I should kindly say something but I wouldn’t know where to begin I would never want to push anyone away by saying anything wrong even with good intentions and even saying it very politely. I’m pretty soft spoken so it wouldn’t come across as harsh but I don’t feel the spirit leading me there. On the other hand if it were my daughter someone approached in like manner I would appreciate them.
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I think you approaching a stranger and making a comment about manner of dress would be neither helpful nor productive. This has to come from someone in authority.

You (or I) might appreciate it if someone did that for our own son/daughter, to reinforce what we had already said, but that’s a different matter. We might appreciate it but the child…not so much.

Dan
 
Look at the girl and other’s like her, as being the poor we’re called to pray for.

I’m not talking about poor materially, but spiritually.

Eventually, she’ll grow up and mature and change her ways.

It’s a blessing that she goes to Mass at all, being today’s young people reject God altogether.

Lastly, remember the fault isn’t yours, but hers. Don’t fall into Satan’s trap of making your faults worse than hers.

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Jim
 
Thank you very much for this thoughtful and spirit led post. My husband said the same that I should volunteer but I get “stage fright” lol but who knows, maybe one day. I am feeling better about this after this thread, the enemy is trying to distract me and sadly he is at work in many places, at churches and in forums. Thank God the light is visible and discernment is gifted to us.
 
Amen, that is what I say, that I’m glad they’re there. I actually started a thing last year where I said a Hail Mary for every inappropriately dressed young lady I saw. My whole lunch hour was spent on saying them so I stopped that it every now and again I will say it😊
 
I was reprimanded as a teen for rowdy behavior on a train by a woman who was probably in her 40’s as I am now. I never forgot what she said and I never behaved that way on s train again. The words “That is not becoming of a young lady” somehow penetrated. She cared enough to take that risk and I am grateful. Maybe that’s why some folks think it’s ok to teach our young women these things even if we’re not priests. In fact, I think scripture might speak to older women doing this.
 
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Hopefully.

I would hope for that, but you cannot be certain that that will happen. There have been many for which that never ends up happening.
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But it’s not your responsibility to make certain that it doesn’t happen.

We’re not called to be liturgical cops.

Jim
 
what a terrible thing to say. so we shouldn’t try to guide our youth?
 
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