Girls shamed on you!

Shame on you for thinking badly of someone because of such trivial stupid thing that nobody except yourself cares about. You were the one who rejected Christ that day.

Did anyone have the heart and the time to see if this lady could use some clothing? Anyone take something off their back and give it to her? If not, maybe those who did not are just as "bad." It would be could to read the Holy Bible and see that God does not look on the outward. Not saying that one should be immodest, but from your post, I see no move on the part of your church members to help her other than the refusal by the priest. While that MIGHT be a help, check the Scriptures and you will see we are to clothe the naked. If those naked arms really had to be covered someone in the church should have given her something to wear, right on the spot.

We are so quick to judge and so slow to help. I am not Catholic, so this seems harsher to me than it does to you, I'm sure. Someone should have had the decency to give her a sweater or something to cover herself if this kept her from taking communion. Now how do you suppose she feels? Rejected by God? How sad.

haha =D WHy so sensitive? It's a piece of clothing after all right? IF sleeveless top are not allowed in the church, why design them in the first place? IF designers are christians, they ought to know that and should not even come out with sleeveless tops.. haha =D As for that gal, maybe she's just like u, decide to have a early mass since she's nearby, so she doesn't mean to wear that outift?? haha

Syoti- I grew up on the Catholic church and we never had such a policy. During the summer, especially at Easter Mass it was quite common to see many young women and girls wearing sun dresses aside their mothers. Let me share a story with you. Once when I was very little I spilled paint on my pants the day we were going to Saturday evening services. (We often did this in our home). I was so upset because I thought it would be wrong to go in dirty pants. I cleaned up the best I could and went to church anyhow. A priest noticed how upset I'd been during the Mass and came to talk to me after. (My grandfather was friends with all of our priests because of his time at seminary before he had to give it up so we were all well known in that area of town). I told him why I was upset and how I knew it was wrong to come in dirty clothing. He laughed and told me that God doesn't care what you where to church, he cares that you come to church and talk to him. We are not there for anyone else just ourselves. If I got something out of the message, and was able to have my chat with God that was all that mattered. Namaste-Anora

hmm.. very unusual that wearing sleeveless shirt is forbidden in church. My first time hearing this afterall.

Even without a rule or dress code in the church, it is a common sense that we have to be descent inside the church. Although, I have to say that when one should not be judged as to what they are wearing inside the church, yet it is a shameful manner or behavior to flaunt one's skin in a very sacred place. In other words, those who wears inappropriate dress or clothes when inside the house of worship or God are without ETHICS.

I go to church in Hawaii and we wear shorts and flip flops, its hot here so nobody says anything about your clothes. I'm Christian so there is some leniency on how you dress but there are some things that you should not wear to church. I know that the Catholic faith does have rules against certain types of blouses. I wouldn't judge her though, she has her own life to live and if everybody leans too much on the rules, they might break.

As for me, it depends on the church if it is traditional or modern mass. I am sure, if the traditional mass, the "dress code" should be posted on a wall so every one can see it. It is not her fault if she did not know it. No one tells her what to wear during communion and if ever she is in front of the priest, just give her the body of Christ and tell her that wear a decent dress next time. I think, it is not a sin because she did not even know it. It seems that God rejects her because of what she wears inside the church, but I know God is not bad. I mean, God is not that bad. As long as she has believe and faith in him, that would be okay.

"As blushing will sometimes make a wh^ore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense" said, Jonathan Swift

When I visited Vatican City I was asked to put on this flimsy medical type cover that covered my shoulders. I had no idea before going that they had this policy. It was hot in Rome and about half of the women were wearing these. It's just such a stupid policy in my opinion. I'm sick of sexist church policies.

Always remember Church is no ordinary place to go. If you can wear formal dress on some gathering or events why not inside the church? There are always appropriate attire for some place unless you don't have something to wear. The thought alone of choosing suitable dress because you are about to present yourself is a way of praising GOD.

I have not seen this kind of scenario in my church. I believe though that when we face God we should wear the best clothing that we have and avoid offending others by the clothing we wear. Although God looks in our heart and not our appearance, it would still be better if look great both inside and outside. I just hope that this woman was not offended by the priest's rejection for her to take the communion.

yes, here in Cebu many women still wearing the same.. and i think anywhere in our country. going to church we should all be remembered to wear the right clothes to wear, we should know where to stand,.and be aware of the place that we're going to..But, we can't blame them because they have their own likes and dislikes in life and maybe they like to wear sexy clothes. after all going to the house of God is not about what you wear, it's about how you pray,

whenever i go to church, i always try to wear proper and decent attire... especially during communion time... i avoid wearing sleeveless shirt to church regardless of how hot the weather is... it is just not appropriate and disrespectful to God... that's how i feel... take care and have a nice day...

I grew up strict Catholic and I don't recall sleeveless garments ever being a problem and I'm talking back in the 60's. I remember when women had to wear dresses and something on their heads. That all kind of eased up in the 70's. I don't think God is as judgmental as people are.

hisyoti what about warm to hot climates if we californians could not dress according to the summer days I mean for goodness sakes bare arms is nothing some go to church in shorts on hot days. I think God loves us all sleeveless or bundled up like eskimos. common sense whould also be invoked in dress codes . I have in the summer wore sleeveless dresses and nobody in our church made a c omplaint, even the minister wore short sleeves and shorts as it was 100 degrees outside.common sense I am sure God will smileon.

in protestant church u can hardly see someone who wears seductive clothes but in catholic churches i always notice this scenario all the time histrionic girls trying to catch peoples attention through their seductive clothes. i detest this kind of behaviour. why cant be decent enough and wear appropriate clothes. i do wear eye catching dresses but not anything seductive at all. still something formal.

Really that happened? I haven't seen a scene like that in church. Maybe i wasn't observant or maybe because during communion my eyes are either on the one giving the holy communion or singing along. In our church, there was an advisory on the lobby about the church's dress code. I myself, even without those dress codes, knows that i shouldn't be wearing those flesh showing dresses because i know that they are appropriate for parties only or at the beach. I guess, the priest or the hermanas should be once in a while announcing that, so that all the girls will be forewarned if they want to receive communion. I am so touched syoti , that you are brought up in a religious manner by your parents. They must be so proud of you. keep it up!

In the Pentecostal church we believe in dressing modestly for women and men. No short sleeves on anyone, man or woman. Women wear modest dresses or skirts with no lowcut necklines and hems at least to just below the knee. Most women wear their skirts longer than that. We believe that dressing modestly is a personal conviction that most of us feel sooner or later. If someone dresses inapropriately nothing is said because we believe that God will deal with the situation in His time. If it gets to be a problem the pastor might discretely say something. Or if a sister is exposing too much another lady will simply offer her something to cover herself. If it is during prayer and the inapropriately dressed lady might be deep in prayer and not realize she is showing too much then one of the other ladies will just cover her with a jacket or whatever else might be handy. We don't want to say anything that might cause the lady to be offended and not return to church. This usually involves someone new to the church. She may not yet feel a conviction about her attire. We have a couple of ladies that have been coming to our church for a couple of years and still wear tight pants. It is a little unusual for it to go on this long but they say they feel no conviction about the way they dress. We want them to continue to come to church, we would never want someone to feel they are being rejected because of the way they dress, that just won't happen. As long as God is dealing with them and they keep coming then we want them to be there. It is not our place to reject someone that God has called to be there.