You’re wearing THAT?!
(some pet peeves ahead…)
Yes, I’ve written about inappropriate dress at Mass before, but I think that summer really takes it to new heights. Some of the girls wear shorts that would not have been allowed at my public high school, they’re that short. People wear pool-side flip flops, which are just irritating. Jeans and shorts are just the order of the day. If the mayor was showing up at Mass, or if you were going to a wedding, would you wear that? Or even to work? My answer is no, but then again I went to a wedding two weeks ago where a guest was in cargo shorts, a ratty polo shirt and Adidas sandals. So who knows. And once football season starts ,it will be all OSU jerseys, all the time. You would think you were at the ‘Shoe the way people are dressed. Yikes.
Besides the dress, though, the behavior is just driving me nuts! People are up and down all through Mass, and they just wander about! If you have to leave during the homily, or whatever, that’s fine. Do it and do it quickly and quietly. But can you wait until the congregation is standing, or reciting something, and make your re-entrance somewhat less noticeable? Don’t come charging down the middle aisle post bathroom trip during the homily! It’s rude! It’s distracting! And it’s adults doing this, not just kids!
And whatever happened to genuflecting? It seems like so few people do that anymore. Or if they do, it’s just sort of a perfunctory thing. Sigh.
Sometimes it just makes me wonder…
