No offence, Deacon, but as great as the Pope is, he is a man and a human being with a human being’s tendencies to judge me by my appearance and by the first impression I make on him. So I would dress up for the Pope in deference to his human feelings and foibles.Ask yourself how you would dress if you were invited to have dinner with the pope. He is only the vicar of Christ on Earth. Christ is the Lord of Lord and Kings of Kings,God forever and Prince of Peace. Should you not at least dress as well for your banquet with him as you would for the pope.
deacon Ed B
Amen!I think many of you are missing the point totally. We do not dress for the pope for his foibles as you put it, but out of respect for who and what he is. The same goes for the way we would dress for our Lord at mass. . I am not saying you dress in tux or fancy gowns or whatever. You dress well out of respect for our Lord and modestly for others. I have seen people dress for mass on Sundays as though they just came from a beach, with about as much, or as little on. This is not respectful either to yourself, or to others. We can always come up with what we think are fancy EXCUSES, but it all comes down to respect.
Deacon Ed B
I respectfully disagree. Joseph Ratzinger is a man. Pope Benedict XVI is “The bishop of Rome, successor of St. Peter, chief of the whole Church, and the Vicar of Christ on earth.”No offence, Deacon, but as great as the Pope is, he is a man and a human being with a human being’s tendencies to judge me by my appearance and by the first impression I make on him. So I would dress up for the Pope in deference to his human feelings and foibles.
Jesus and the Father have no such foibles. They know my heart regardless of what I wear or don’t wear. And I hope that I don’t respect the divine law so little as to ONLY wear modest and decent clothing on Sundays - it’s what I wear every day.
Modest and decent, yes. Expensive, expensive-looking or ‘Sunday best’? No. What kind of a God would be pleased with a person who thinks He only sees what I wear on Sunday and dresses differently to every other day, as if the other six days of the week somehow don’t matter?
Please tell me what you are trying to say here.Of the imitation of Christ, and of contempt of the world and all
its vanities
He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,(1) saith the
Lord. These are the words of Christ; and they teach us how far
we must imitate His life and character, if we seek true
illumination, and deliverance from all blindness of heart. Let
it be our most earnest study, therefore, to dwell upon the life
of Jesus Christ.
T.K.
- His teaching surpasseth all teaching of holy men, and such as
have His Spirit find therein the hidden manna.(2) But there are
many who, though they frequently hear the Gospel, yet feel but
little longing after it, because they have not the mind of
Christ. He, therefore, that will fully and with true wisdom
understand the words of Christ, let him strive to conform his
whole life to that mind of Christ.- What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussion
concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be thus
displeasing to the Trinity? For verily it is not deep words that
make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man
dear to God. I had rather feel contrition than be skilful in the
definition thereof. If thou knewest the whole Bible, and the
sayings of all the philosophers, what should all this profit thee
without the love and grace of God? Vanity of vanities, all is
vanity, save to love God, and Him only to serve. That is the
highest wisdom, to cast the world behind us, and to reach forward
to the heavenly kingdom.- It is vanity then to seek after, and to trust in, the riches
that shall perish. It is vanity, too, to covet honours, and to
lift up ourselves on high. It is vanity to follow the desires of
the flesh and be led by them, for this shall bring misery at the
last. It is vanity to desire a long life, and to have little
care for a good life. It is vanity to take thought only for the
life which now is, and not to look forward to the things which
shall be hereafter. It is vanity to love that which quickly
passeth away, and not to hasten where eternal joy abideth.- Be ofttimes mindful of the saying,(3) The eye is not satisfied
with seeing, nor the ear with hearing. Strive, therefore, to
turn away thy heart from the love of the things that are seen,
and to set it upon the things that are not seen. For they who
follow after their own fleshly lusts, defile the conscience, and
destroy the grace of God.
Yes, the Pope is all those things, but you and I dress up to meet him as we would to meet the Queen, the President, and maybe our future in-laws, and THEY aren’t Vicars of Christ on Earth now, are they?I respectfully disagree. Joseph Ratzinger is a man. Pope Benedict XVI is “The bishop of Rome, successor of St. Peter, chief of the whole Church, and the Vicar of Christ on earth.”
We wear our Sunday best to Mass on Sundays because the third commandment tells us: “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any
work.”
Sunday is not the same as the days on which we labor. Sunday is a day when we give back to God. The other six days don’t ‘not matter’ but they are not the same as Sunday. Sunday is a day set apart.
Snippets from the CCC -
I. THE SABBATH DAY
2168 The third commandment of the Decalogue recalls the holiness of the sabbath: "The seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD."92
2169 In speaking of the sabbath Scripture recalls creation: "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it."93
II. THE LORD’S DAY
This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.103
The day of the Resurrection: the new creation
2174 Jesus rose from the dead "on the first day of the week."104 Because it is the “first day,” the day of Christ’s Resurrection recalls the first creation. Because it is the “eighth day” following the sabbath,105 it symbolizes the new creation ushered in by Christ’s Resurrection. For Christians it has become the first of all days, the first of all feasts, the Lord’s Day (he kuriake hemera, dies dominica) Sunday
2176 The celebration of Sunday observes the moral commandment inscribed by nature in the human heart to render to God an outward, visible, public, and regular worship “as a sign of his universal beneficence to all.”
109 Sunday worship fulfills the moral command of the Old Covenant, taking up its rhythm and spirit in the weekly celebration of the Creator and Redeemer of his people.
When I was a child - don’t remember much of it at all, I’m afraid.Lily did you see Brother Sun, Sister Moon?