Author Topic: Modesty and how to dress (Read 33201 times)

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: