Dress Like the Saints: Inside the Closets of Holy Men and Women: The garments of the saints reveal something about their stories.
Dress Like the Saints: Inside the Closets of Holy Men and Women
Dress Like the Saints: Inside the Closets of Holy Men and Women
The garments of the saints reveal something about their stories.
Clothing is not merely a covering but innately communicates something about the human person. Pope St. John Paul II fleshes out in his work Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body that we are body-soul creatures; the body expresses the soul. Therefore, clothing, as the covering of the body, communicates the person. Whether you intend it or not, your garments communicate something about you and what you are about.
The garments of the saints reveal something about their stories. In some instances, the meaning behind their garments is obvious and intentional (the theological significance of a Carmelite habit), while for others it is a subtle expression of their personality and how they preached the Gospel.
Some might retort, “Typical layperson clothing as a sign of the Gospel? Please.”
I challenge you — are we not called to encounter the living …
Women should NEVER wear pants. It is not feminine. Our Lady always wore a dress. It is the communists who wanted women to dress like men. Gay actresses like Katherine Hepburn, and Deitrich made it popular.