Author Topic: Modesty and how to dress (Read 31232 times)

Trinity · « **Reply #45 on:** September 14, 2010, 07:15:00 AM »

Very uncommon, I think. If such a thing happened at our church, the bishop would have a word with the offender.

clare · « **Reply #46 on:** September 14, 2010, 07:28:24 AM »

I wear a long skirt, and a headcovering, but have short-ish hair.

:heretic:

MyrnaM · « **Reply #47 on:** September 14, 2010, 08:12:03 AM »

C.M.R.I. hasn't a code about how long or short a womens hair should be, mine is long, but I usually wear it pinned up.

Women must be modest, no pants, dress or skirt must cover the knees when sitting, the longer the better. Low cut tops are to be avoided always.

Once in a while we have a new comer dressing improperly but since they are guests people overlook them, however the usher willl offer the women a loaner veil for their head.

Belloc · « **Reply #48 on:** September 14, 2010, 08:40:53 AM »

CMRI should have a code and strictly enforce it....long skirts, long hair,etc.....rule breakers should be shunned and given time to repent and change, or, get booted out...no nonsense is best policy.....if they leave, they are on their own :heretic:

Alexandria · « **Reply #49 on:** September 14, 2010, 11:43:12 AM »

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I am wondering, what percentage of Traditional Catholic Women wear dresses have long hair (where possible) and wear a head covering of some sort in Mass ?

"Guilty" on all accounts.

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #50 on:** September 14, 2010, 11:57:23 AM »

Quote from: clare

Quote from: Caminus
"We recall that a dress cannot be called decent which is cut deeper than two fingers breadth under the pit of the throat, which does not cover the arms at least to the elbows, and scarcely reaches a bit beyond the knee."

How many ladies are there in SSPX chapels who have failed to grasp the urgency of this message? How many graces are being lost because of negligent disregard?

I've mentioned this before: Marie Antoinette (and presumably other ladies of her day) did not grasp the message about low necklines.

That's because in the last century, breasts have been highly sɛҳuąƖized. They used to be for nursing, and people could nurse in public and it was normal. Men weren't thinking about breasts back then like they do now.

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #51 on:** September 14, 2010, 11:58:09 AM »

Quote from: clare

It's still illogical.

Skirts must reach below the knees. They needn't reach the ankles.

So why are tights forbidden, and bare legs not? If the legs are covered to below the knee by a skirt, why does it matter?

Padre Pio would not even hear your confession if your skirt was not at least 8 inches below the knee.

Fact.

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #52 on:** September 14, 2010, 11:59:35 AM »

Quote from: Cheryl

Quote from: clare
Quote from: Cheryl
I don't know where I read it and will try to find the source, but it is said to be immodest to wear sheer stockings. I'm guessing it is because you can see the leg, unlike the tights that are colored and thicker, therefore not transparent.

I still don't get why wearing sheer stockings or tights would be less modest than not wearing them!

All I can do to further your understanding is provide you with a few links, hope it helps. The bottom line, NO LEG SHOWING.

http://www.catholicmodesty.com/MarylikeStandardsofModestyinDress.html

http://www.catholicmodesty.com/PadrePio.html

Heh, YUP! There is even a picture of what the sign said outside the confessional. Exactly.

I wouldn't deny that he's a saint, and HE COULD NOT even physically SEE you in the confessional, but he KNEW if you were dressed immodestly. What does that say?

St Jude Thaddeus · « **Reply #53 on:** September 14, 2010, 10:48:46 PM »

There is a saying in Spanish,

Todo lo que se exhibe se vende

Which means,

Anything on display is also for sale

Cheryl · « **Reply #54 on:** September 15, 2010, 01:39:11 PM »

I see that there have been a few new posts on this thread. Now I have a reason for posting an article that came as a gift with my last order from the Our Lady of the Rosary Library Store, (http://olrl.org). Here's the link to the article,

http://olrl.org/virtues/modesty.shtml

Great saying there, SJT! But I've often wondered why so many of the young Latinas I see in the Hispanic neighborhood in Detroit are dressed so immodestly? I don't dare look at them when they're seated, lest I see what I don't want to. According to your saying SJT, they have an awful lot for sale.
I even saw one once, dressed in a short dress riding on the back of a motorcycle. :scared2:

St Jude Thaddeus · « **Reply #55 on:** September 15, 2010, 10:08:53 PM »

Unfortunately, Cheryl, Hispanic TV from the USA, like the Univision and Telemundo networks, are also broadcast throughout Latin America. The people there see the immoral dress standards and hear the garbage hip hop and "reggueton" music, most of which was developed in New York and Puerto Rico and promoted by Jєωιѕн producers, and our massive propaganda machine tries to convince everyone on the planet to be just like us in the morally corrupt Western world, so people in those Latin countries imitate, ape-like, everything that we do in the "developed world". They are more familiar with Lady Gaga and Eminem than with their own composers and musical traditions. I have lived mostly in Latin America since the late 80's and I have a seen a tremendous decline in moral values since then, a lot of it due to the influence of TV and Internet, but also to the presence of international "aid" organizations who work unceasingly to introduce gαy marriage, abortion, feminism, and the entitlement mentality into the population. Protestant missionaries with millions of $$ to burn have also been busy eroding the influence of the Church. The Church itself has been riddled with liberals, most of them trained in Europe back in the 60's by the likes of Rahner, Congar, Kung, Schilibeex, etc.

The results have been predictable. The saying I quoted is an old one, and the people here are in a big rush to get rid of the old and bring in the "new."

clare · « **Reply #56 on:** September 16, 2010, 03:33:12 AM »

Quote from: parentsfortruth

Quote from: clare
It's still illogical.

Skirts must reach below the knees. They needn't reach the ankles.

So why are tights forbidden, and bare legs not? If the legs are covered to below the knee by a skirt, why does it matter?

Padre Pio would not even hear your confession if your skirt was not at least 8 inches below the knee.

Fact.

May I be so bold as to say, he was wrong about that?? Yes, I am claiming to know better. Shocking, I know.

And if your skirt reaches 8 inches below the knee, why does it matter if you're wearing tights or not??

I just cannot fathom the reasoning.

JoanScholastica · « **Reply #57 on:** September 16, 2010, 04:22:34 AM »

Quote from: clare

Quote from: parentsfortruth
Quote from: clare
It's still illogical.

Skirts must reach below the knees. They needn't reach the ankles.

So why are tights forbidden, and bare legs not? If the legs are covered to below the knee by a skirt, why does it matter?

Padre Pio would not even hear your confession if your skirt was not at least 8 inches below the knee.

Fact.

May I be so bold as to say, he was wrong about that?? Yes, I am claiming to know better. Shocking, I know.

But why?

Cheryl · « **Reply #58 on:** September 16, 2010, 10:57:17 AM »

Quote from: St Jude Thaddeus

Unfortunately, Cheryl, Hispanic TV from the USA, like the Univision and Telemundo networks, are also broadcast throughout Latin America. The people there see the immoral dress standards and hear the garbage hip hop and "reggueton" music, most of which was developed in New York and Puerto Rico and promoted by Jєωιѕн producers, and our massive propaganda machine tries to convince everyone on the planet to be just like us in the morally corrupt Western world, so people in those Latin countries imitate, ape-like, everything that we do in the "developed world". They are more familiar with Lady Gaga and Eminem than with their own composers and musical traditions. I have lived mostly in Latin America since the late 80's and I have a seen a tremendous decline in moral values since then, a lot of it due to the influence of TV and Internet, but also to the presence of international "aid" organizations who work unceasingly to introduce gαy marriage, abortion, feminism, and the entitlement mentality into the population. Protestant missionaries with millions of $$ to burn have also been busy eroding the influence of the Church. The Church itself has been riddled with liberals, most of them trained in Europe back in the 60's by the likes of Rahner, Congar, Kung, Schilibeex, etc.

The results have been predictable. The saying I quoted is an old one, and the people here are in a big rush to get rid of the old and bring in the "new."

I should have thought of the explanation you so kindly provided. Recently when visiting with friends from Poland and trying to explain the new drinking game beer pong, one of them replied, that it won't take long for beer pong to show up in Europe. He said, first in the U.S., then the rest of the world.

Cheryl · « **Reply #59 on:** September 16, 2010, 11:12:06 AM »

Quote from: parentsfortruth

Padre Pio would not even hear your confession if your skirt was not at least 8 inches below the knee.
Fact.

Thanks PFT, it's not like I don't have enough to do today, now I'm measuring how far from my knee, down my leg is eight inches.

Keeping in mind that I'm vertically challenged, it's four inches above my ankle.