Going back to the modesty issue

NOT CHURCH CLOTHES

One would think that a trad blogger would only have to write about modesty in the summer.

But, the Chicago experience is pushing me into writing again about modesty. The trend in womens clothes in the Midwest is similar to those trends in Europe.

I cannot understand adult Catholic women wearing tight jeans and high, sexy leather boots to Mass on Sunday or even during the week.

Middle-aged women should know better and give good examples of dress to the younger women.

Tight jeans are not modest, period, and high, tight leather boots have been since the 1960s, a sexual statement.

The other problems are tights without tops, which are also popular in Ireland, even at Mass. Tight tops, which show midriffs even in the winter are also immodest.

But, men can be immodest as well, and tight, very tight trousers are also not modest.

Please realize that modesty is a minor virtue connected to humility. As one modest, good woman told me a few days ago, part of modesty is not to attract attention to one's self.

That seeking of attraction is connected to the sins of pride and vainglory.

One can find really nice modest clothing at second-hand stores. Going to GoodWill makes one realize that the ladies of twenty years dressed smartly and modestly.

Pray for insights into these problems. Catholic women should be a light to the world, not a distraction or cause of sin.