Jogging in shorts is definitely not acceptable for a traditional Catholic. Even if we think that it causes some minor inconvenience, we have to dress modestly.
In late February (the Lenten Ember Saturday) here in central Florida, my outdoor thermometer shows 86 degrees F this afternoon in the shade (immediately before this posting); it's mounted where it receives no direct sunlight at all. In late June, all of July & August, and early September, the highs will routinely exceed 90 degrees F, accompanied by an oppressive 80--90% humidity, with waaay too little remedial cooling overnight.
Where I jogged in central California, it wasn't rare for summer midday temperatures to exceed
100 degrees F. Working as an engineer in the cubicles of high-tech companies, the midday lunch-break was my only viable time for serious exercise.
How
shameful of me not to recognize that I was committing the sin of
immodesty by wearing shorts, sometimes without a shirt, instead of
wearing a cassock, while running in summertime on public roads
to the top of 800-ft.--or much taller--
foothills! The latter attire would've been so
illogical that it never would've occurred to me to seriously consider it.
It appears that you're unaware that if
heat exhaustion worsens to
heat stroke, it's not merely a
minor inconvenience, but a genuine
medical emergency. I've experienced a mild form of it on a 100-mile bicycle ride, one for which I was underprepared by youthful bravado. Perhaps
you have been spared any comparable medical experiences.
But thank you for providing me with an unintended additional answer to my occasional--albeit mostly rhetorical--religious question: "What could ever have caused me, years ago, to fall away from the Catholic Church?"
Topic: Modesty around the home (Read 97167 times)