Showing posts with label modesty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label modesty. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

CLOTHING IS FOR COVERING, NOT FOR SUGGESTING OR DISPLAYING


"...The good of our soul is more important than bodily well-being; and we must prefer the spiritual welfare of our neighbor to the comforts of our body...

If a certain type of clothing constitutes a grave and imminent occasion of sin, and endangers the salvation of your soul and that of others, it is your duty to abandon it..."

Pope Pius XII

 

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Modesty is a Great Virtue for Men and Women


“Modesty warns of imminent danger, prevents exposure to it, and compels flight in certain situations. Modesty dislikes crude and vulgar language and detests all immodest conduct, even the slightest; it carefully avoids suspicious familiarity with persons of the opposite sex, because it fills the soul with a profound respect for the body, which is a member of Christ (cf. 1 Cor 6:15) and a temple of the Holy Spirit.”

Pope Pius XII, Encyclical “Sacra virginitas”.


Monday, November 4, 2024

MODESTY


 A woman's modest attire is a mirror of her inner grace, a quiet elegance that speaks volumes about her respect and dignity. Her clothing serves as a shield, safeguarding her privacy and symbolizing her values and self-worth. Modesty is her adornment, a silent proclamation of a woman who shines without needing to flaunt.

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Praise for the modest and chaste woman:


 

Woman of virtue and divine grace,

Your modesty is your greatest beauty,

In a world that seeks appearances,

You shine with the light of discretion.


Your heart beats with purity and sincerity,

Your smile is a gift of kindness,

Your gaze, a refuge of peace and tranquility,

Where the soul finds its home.


Your chastity is a shield of honor,

That protects your heart and soul,

Your modesty, a veil of mystery,

That attracts and captivates with its charm.


You are a closed garden, a hidden treasure,

A river of life that flows gently,

Your presence, a balm of comfort,

A refuge of love and understanding.


Your modesty is not weakness,

But strength and dignity,

Your virtue, a beacon of light,

That guides those who seek the truth.


You are a model of femininity,

An example of grace and elegance,

A gift from God to the world,

A treasure that we must cherish.


So let us continue to admire and value,

The modest and chaste woman,

Because in her heart beats the essence,

Of true beauty and nobility.

Friday, August 19, 2022

MODESTY SHOULD BE TAUGHT SINCE CHILDHOOD. THOSE WHO DID NOT ACQUIRE THIS VIRTUE THEN, WILL HARDLY PRACTICE IT AS TEENAGERS OR ADULTS


TO CHRISTIAN PARENTS

“The good of our soul is more important than the good of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of our neighbor to our bodily comforts… If a certain kind of dress constitutes a grave and proximate occasion of sin, and endangers the salvation of your soul and others, it is your duty to give it up… O Christian mothers, if only you knew the future distress, peril and ill-restrained shame that you prepare for your sons and daughters by imprudently accustoming them to live barely clothed, and permitting them to lose the sense of modesty, you would be ashamed of yourselves, and of the harm done to the little ones entrusted to you by Heaven to be reared in a Christian dignity and culture."

Pius XII to the Groups of Young Catholic Women of Italy


Tuesday, September 15, 2020

ELEGANT, BUT WITHOUT VANITY OR LACK OF DECORUM 


GOOD TASTE IS NOT OPPOSED TO VIRTUE OF MODESTY

 Does how I dress make a difference in how a guy treats me? 

Absolutely. Men can tell how much a woman respects herself by how she dresses. If her sexual value is the first impression she gives to a man, she’ll be more likely to encounter the type of guys who want to use her body. They might say or do whatever is necessary to get access to it. But after she gives in, they often lose respect for her, get bored, and leave. Meanwhile, she’s left thinking, “Maybe if I had been skinnier, or had done more with him sexually, he would have liked me more and stayed longer.” No, but he may have used her longer… 

 Modesty is a bold statement of your worth because it invites men to consider something deeper about you. It tells a guy that he can take you seriously as a woman, because you don’t need to make boys gawk at you in order to feel secure. I’ll grant that guys will stare at a girl who wears a short skirt that could be mistaken for a wide belt. But none of them respect her more because of it. As a woman, do you long to be gawked at or to be loved? 

 If your heart is saying, “Is this too short?” or “Is this too tight?” listen to that intuition because it has answered your question. Stand in front of a mirror and ask, “What am I drawing attention to with this outfit?” Is this outfit saying that the best thing about me is my body, or does it announce that I’m worth waiting to see?” 

 Modesty does not mean looking unattractive or covering every inch of your body as if it’s bad or dirty. Like a bride wearing a veil, clothing conceals a woman’s body as an invitation of respect. Your body is a tabernacle for life and a temple of the Holy Spirit, not a collection of body parts. But if you don’t realize this about yourself, how will a man? 

 - Jason Evert, Pure Love Taken from La Dama Católica https://www.facebook.com/damacatolica/

Thursday, July 2, 2020

MODESTY SHRINKS FROM THE SLIGHTEST IMMODESTY


Modesty foresees threatening danger, forbids us to expose ourselves to risks, demands the avoidance of those occasions which the imprudent do not shun. It does not like impure or loose talk, it shrinks from the SLIGHTEST IMMODESTY, it carefully avoids suspect familiarity with persons of the other sex, since it brings the soul to show due reverence to the body, as being a member of Christ (1 Cor. 6:15) and the temple of the Holy Ghost.

H.H. Pius XII Encyclical Letter Sacra Virginitas


Tuesday, June 23, 2020

WHAT WOMEN THINK OF MALE CHASTITY


It’s surprisingly rare for a woman to look down on a guy who wants to guard the innocence of the relationship. To test this, I asked the thousand young women in my survey the following question: “If you were going too far with a guy, and he gave you a kiss on the forehead and said, “I think we need to slow down. I respect you too much to do all this with you, and I want to fall in love with you for all the right reasons,” would you find him more attractive, or less attractive?”

Almost 100 percent of the girls—995—said that they would find the guy more attractive. One girl said this was “because he was thinking about us and not just him.”

Another girl remarked, “I’m not going to lie. At first, I would be thinking, ‘What? What kind of guy says that?’ But then later that night I would be thinking, “I really like this guy.’” I posed a final question to these girls: “Some guys fear that being a virgin is embarrassing. How would you feel if a guy saved his virginity for you, his bride?” Again, the responses overwhelmingly indicated the attractiveness of purity. Here are some of their replies:

“He is the kind of guy I’d need to snatch up before the rest of the billions of girls did.”

“Stop worrying about what others say. It means so much if you wait!”

“That is hot.”

“It’s okay to be a virgin. In fact, most girls prefer it.”

“It takes a lot for a guy to stay a virgin, and I love boys like that—who don’t care what
people think!!!”

“He’s more manly than most guys.”

“They shouldn’t be embarrassed. I’m not.”

“His bride is going to be lucky.”

“Thank God for guys like him.”

“A lot of girls like myself find it geeky when a guy is scared if he’s a virgin. He should be
proud.”

“I’d feel like a true princess, because that’s how I want to feel on my wedding night.”

“I’d want him more!”

“This is the most beautiful thing a man can give his bride. It sums up the essence of
being a man in one choice. He has promised his whole self, including his body.”

“Awesome. I won’t feel like I’m all his past girlfriends.”

“He can respect you more if he respects himself”.

(J. Evert – Pure Manhood)

Monday, August 12, 2019

IMMODESTY SHOULD NOT ONLY CONCERN ADULTS BUT ALSO CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS


"The good of our soul is more important than that of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of our neighbor to our bodily comforts. . . If a certain kind of dress constitutes a grave and proximate occasion of sin, and endangers the salvation of your soul and others, it is your duty to give it up... O Christian mothers, if you knew what a future of anxieties and perils, of ill-guarded shame you prepare for your sons and daughters, imprudently getting them accustomed to live scantily dressed and making them lose the sense of modesty, you would be ashamed of yourselves and you would dread the harm you are making of yourselves, the harm which you are causing these children, whom Heaven has entrusted to you to be brought up as Christians."

Pius XII to Catholic Young Women's Groups of Italy.

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Thursday, July 4, 2019

About Modesty


"For modesty foresees threatening danger, forbids us to expose ourselves to risks, demands the avoidance of those occasions which the imprudent do not shun. It does not like impure or loose talk, it shrinks from the slightest immodesty, it carefully avoids suspect familiarity with persons of the other sex, since it brings the soul to show due reverence to the body, as being a member of Christ (1 Cor. 6:15) and the temple of the Holy Spirit".

- H. H. Pius XII, Encyclical Sacra virginitas.
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Monday, June 11, 2018

When the Fashions Become a Proximate Occasion of Sin


"...The good of our soul is more important than that of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of our neighbor to our bodily comforts...

"If a certain kind of dress constitutes a grave and proximate occasion of sin, and endangers the salvation of your soul and others, it is your duty to give it up...".

Pope Pius XII

Thursday, February 22, 2018

The Naked Truth About Modesty

A TOPIC THAT MANY PRIESTS AVOID TODAY


This is an excellent video, although it is important to clarify that the example that the man gives on Adam and Eve is incorrect, because the sin of our first parents was wanting to be like God and not a sin of fornication as he (and many others) wrongly believe.


Saturday, December 23, 2017

What signal do you want to send?



«Women have a power. By the way we dress and by the way we behave, we can invite a man either to be a gentleman or an animal.

«Then, if a woman wants a man to appreciate her intelligence and personality, she will probably do better if she does not distract him with the piercing in her navel.

«The question I have to ask myself is: What do I really want? Is it more exciting to be truly loved by a man or to attract the gaping glances of many? For those who have the audacity to prefer a man's love, modesty is a tacit invitation to boys to be men enough to win our hearts. It is an invitation to them to consider that there is much more in us than just our bodies. That is why modesty is called the "guardian of love". Without having to say a single word, it sets the standard of respect.»

-Crystalina Evert

Source : La Dama Católica

Friday, January 13, 2017

A Modest and Honest Woman is a Treasure Who Knows What She is Worth

  • Our Lady of Fatima said to Jacinta, "More souls go to hell for sins of the flesh (ie, sins against the 6th and 9th commandments) than for any other reason. Certain fashions will be introduced that will seriously offend My Son. The people who serve God must not follow the fashions. The Church has no fashion, our Lord is always the same. "
  • The lustful sins as much as those who are the cause of his sins.

San Bernardino de Sena, said of women who wear immoral fashions, "They are held accountable for all the sins committed by others because of their vanities; for they steal from the Lord the souls who wish to be saved." Father Salmerón adds that "women sin no less with these fashionable inventions, than the husbands who consent to them, and the confessors who easily absolve them, not making them see the great danger of eternal damnation in which they are.”

PARENTS ALSO BEAR RESPONSIBILITY

Father Cansino says: "There are some fashions that seem to have been made more to sell the bodies than to cover them. I do not quite understand what is it that they reserve for the eyes of a chaste husband, when they have shown the demure parts of their bodies so discovered that they seem ready to give them to the one who gives more." That is why the famous missionary, Father Gavarri, said that "countless women will go to hell" for dressing immorally, "and also their confessors, their husbands and fathers who allow it." Or even encourage it, we would add now.


Dignity and honesty must be expressed internally and externally: in spirit, in attitude, in actions, in conversations, in clothing and in charity for the souls of others.


Quotes taken from “Catecismo Pastoral” by Pedro Salas y Trillas.

See also: Woman, your indecent fashions crucify me again
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Friday, April 22, 2016

Woman, Your Indecent Fashions Crucify Me Again

O, woman, look at Me, scourged and crowned with thorns! Contemplate My wounds…! Then listen and reflect.

I was like a meek lamb during my earthly life. I went to Calvary without opening My mouth to defend Myself.

I treated the Samaritan woman with kindness and she converted. I touched the heart of Mary Magdalene, the sinner, and turn her into a saint.

When I walked through the streets of Palestine, I spoke words of light, peace and love. My teachings were as sweet as honey. 

But one day, when I divinely saw through the centuries how evil impetuously flooded the world and offended My temples, I uttered words of fire: “Woe to the world because of scandals!... Woe to him through whom scandals come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea.”

He who utters this woe is a God that has been abandoned by many priests, nuns and seculars who do not live according to what I preached. It is I, Jesus Christ, who suffered so much to save the souls. It is I, the supreme Judge of Mankind, of that same mankind that crucifies Me again with their indecent fashions. I, who utter the eternal sentence of Heaven or Hell.

O woman, you who follow the immodest fashions, reflect and think seriously for a moment about the grave scandals you cause in those who look at you, who desire you and hurt you with their vulgar words because of your tight, transparent, revealing and short clothing.

O woman, why do you offend My temples by exhibiting your body?

Why do you only seek to please and tempt men?

Why do you transform My house of prayer into an anatomy hall wherein bare heads, torsos, extremities and even the brand of your underwear can be seen?

My temples are profaned because of your sensual and provocative clothing.

Tell me, O woman, where are your virtues? Your modesty, decency and humility, where are they?

Is your immodest clothing different to the clothes of an atheist? No, not at all! You may deceive yourself by saying “There is nothing wrong in following the fashion. Other women do it, too… and there are priests who not only do not forbid it but even accept it.”

You may deceive yourself with this, but the reality is very different. The improper behavior of so many women, even if they are Christians, does not justify your own bad behavior.

If other women want to be eternally condemned by following what the world preaches to them, why would you want to be condemned, too?

All the sins that you cause with the trousers, shorts, mini-skirts, transparent and low-cut blouses and dresses, bare backs and navels, that you wear and show inside and outside the temple are attributable to those who look at you, but above all they are attributable to you for being the voluntary cause of them.

I, the Divine Legislator, said: “Whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

The morals that I taught is one, inviolable and eternal, while the fashions are countless. My Church has no fashions. They belong only to the world.

If you really love Me, you must follow My example and live a life of abnegation and sacrifice. Therefore, you must abandon all fashions that are against morals and faith.

Narrow is the door that leads to Heaven and wide the door that leads to Hell. The great majority choose the latter.

To be against immodest fashions and not to wear indecent clothes is very difficult, and it is necessary to love Me very much to not being dragged by them.

Both men and women are more concerned about following the latest fashions, than about imitating My life, that was filled with austerities.

I was sent to the world not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

You were sent to the world not to live, do and wear whatever you want, but to make my Holy Will.

You are either with Me, or against Me.

Either you are with Me, or you are with the immodest fashions.

What you choose will give you an eternity of My glory, or an eternity of sorrows.

When death takes you away from this world that is filled with vanities and luxuries, and you stand before Me to be judged, seeing all the sins that men committed by looking at your sparsely covered body, you will be ashamed. What will you say to defend yourself? Woe to you, woman, because of your scandals! Woe to you that lost all sense of decency and shame! Why do you behave like this? Why do you crucify Me again with the nails of your immodesty?

What bitterness I feel when you receive Me in Communion in a disrespectful manner, when I have to enter into your body that is the cause of so many sins, and a bad example for the women that you call with disdain and scorn “old-fashioned”.

I assure you that many of those “old-fashioned” women are with Me, while many “modern” women that lack decency and modesty are “enjoying” in Hell.

The marriages that are celebrated today are also a slap in My face, when the bride and bridesmaids approach the altar half naked, just as the majority of their friends.

They are so hypocritical that being half naked they wear around their necks beautiful crucifixes, as a sign of their “great catholicity”.

The truth is that they are whited sepulchres. They are luxurious on the outside and devoid of humility and charity on the inside.

Woe unto those priests who are afraid of or do not want to forbid the profanation and desecration of My Temples!

Many of them are seduced by their presence, and do not want to be strict in the performance of their duties.

I was betrayed by a false apostle. And today, there are false priests, religious and laypersons who work clandestinely to destroy My Church.

They distort my doctrine by allowing all kinds of things and by creating an easy Christianity. The most profane things and situations can be seen in My Temples: make-up, wigs, jewelry, amulets, sunglasses, transparent fabrics. While others eat, smoke, talk, sleep, flirt, browse, walk around admiring the works of art, etc, etc. as if they were on a picnic. Woe unto them!

They are turning my House of Prayer into a place of sin… and nobody defends Me.

Everybody stays silent, leaves and no one sees anything, they deny me just as the day I was crucified.

No one takes risks for Me, they wash their hands like Pilate did.

Where are those who will give their life for Me?

If a politician, actor or singer tells them “do this” or “wear that”, everyone follows their advice. I, on the other hand, offer them an eternal gift provided they fulfill My commandments and almost no one takes notice of My invitations.

Woe unto my nuns that fail to advice their pupils in their institutions and schools about the proper and correct way of dressing. Woe unto those religious women that adapt their garments to those of mundane women! Their sins are exhausting My patience!

Woe unto those fathers and mothers that, following the immoral rhythm of the fashions, pervert their children and make them the cause of scandal.

Woe unto all those seculars that do not advice strongly enough their mistaken brothers about the need and obligation to abandon all fashions and actions that distort My Gospel.

Woe unto them who, in one way or another, encourage, commercialize and allow all kinds of nakedness! I know that they seek to corrupt women, so they can easily destroy my Church, family and countries.

I say to all of you that the responsible for a sin is he who commits it, but also he who has the duty to prevent it and cowardly does nothing.

“Severe measures are taken to fight against hunger, pests, poverty and impurities in the atmosphere, but the contamination of the spirits is contemplated with complacency.” (Paul VI)

My justice destroyed the immoral cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. But the punishment that will fall upon shortly will be much worse, as it has been announced by My Holy Mother in La Salette, Lourdes, Fatima and other places.

O souls, who are stuck in moral mud, living an easy and licentious Christian life, spreading death everywhere. Look at Me crucified, meditate on Hell, the final destination of so many souls that once lived indulging in all kinds of pleasures, fashions and entertainments. What will become of you?

O woman, when you were alive you were praised, applauded, admired, imitated and followed because of your countless exhibitions: who remembers you now? Where are all your achievements? Where is your money, jewelry and fame? Where are the parts of your body that you enjoyed showing?

They are being consumed by the eternal fire, a fire that devours without killing.

Meanwhile, all those women who led decent and modest lives, enduring bitter criticisms and hurtful jokes about their decency and respect for Me, will enjoy eternally of My company and the company of My Mother.

If thy hand, or thy foot, scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.

If you fear and respect men and fashions more than Me, you are not worthy of Me.

I say to every man and woman: “Depart from the offensive and sinful fashions, even at the cost of losing your family, friends, money, fame and life itself.”

I invite my faithful bishops, priests, religious and seculars to defend my Cause and My Temples with prudent courage from the obscene and shameful fashions. If you do not do this, the arm of My justice will befall on you who have the obligation to give testimony of my life.

Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and obey it.

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Source of information: Blog CATOLICIDAD, http://www.catolicidad.com/2009/09/mujer-tus-modas-indecentes-me.html

Monday, February 15, 2016

DECENCY AND MODESTY


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Source of information: Blog CATOLICIDAD http://www.catolicidad.com/2016/02/pudor-y-modestia.html. Translated from Spanish by Fabiola Lozano.