[VermiciousKnid]

A long time ago, I attended a wedding.

When I arrived at the church (Catholic, if it matters), I was wearing a dress just a tad more formal than those I normally wear to Mass on Sundays. I had in my handbag my chapel cap, which I donned upon entering the sancuary.

Anyway, when I got inside, I was shocked to see the wedding guests decked out in VERY casual summer attire. Shorts, T-shirts, sneakers, flip-flops...you name it. I felt like an idiot (I was young then, and more easily intimidated by others' opinions).

"How could they go to a church wedding dressed like that?" I thought to myself during the ceremony.

After the nuptials, there was a pause in the festivities of about two hours. When I arrived at the catering hall, I saw something VERY interesting. Every single person who was there had changed clothes. No longer were they wearing what they'd wear to a backyard barbeque, but formal dinner attire. It was as if the party was the important part and not the Nuptial Mass.


Does the good Lord care what we wear? No, I suspect He doesn't, and I'm sure He would look kindly upon anyone coming to church in tatters and rags if that was all he owned, but geez...when you dress up for parties and not for Him...well...it's just disrespectful is all.

Regards,

[Antoninus]

Does the good Lord care what we wear? No, I suspect He doesn't, and I'm sure He would look kindly upon anyone coming to church in tatters and rags if that was all he owned, but geez...when you dress up for parties and not for Him...well...it's just disrespectful is all.

That's just a brilliant distillation of this entire subject. Well done.

[jjm2111]

That's interesting. The last wedding I was at, I wore Full Dress Whites (Navy) to the ceremony and jeans and a polo to the reception.

[jjm2111]

That's interesting. The last wedding I was at, I wore Full Dress Whites (Navy) to the ceremony and jeans and a polo to the reception.

I think the ceremony should be the more formal event.