{"id":6676,"date":"2011-08-30T09:57:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T13:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/deaconsbench\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:37:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:37:21","slug":"would-you-dress-like-that-to-meet-the-queen-of-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/08\/would-you-dress-like-that-to-meet-the-queen-of-england\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Would you dress like that to meet the Queen of England?&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/56\/2011\/08\/hooters-girls-23.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6677\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/56\/2011\/08\/hooters-girls-23-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have reached the point that just about anything goes. We keep making appeals to our people, but it doesn\u2019t seem that anyone is paying much attention. \u2026 Some of the ladies, well, you just have to wonder if they looked in a mirror before coming to church. \u00a0I often ask people this question: \u2018Would you dress like that if you were going to meet the queen of England?\u2019 Of course, they always say, \u2018No, of course not.\u2019 Then I remind them that they are coming to Mass in order to meet someone more special than the queen. They are coming to meet their King.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u2014 Msgr. Joseph Funaro (who happens to be my pastor), on church attire, quoted\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/living\/2016047824_hoot30.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>here<\/strong>. <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/Resources\/Additional-Resources\/No-Flip-Flops-in-the-Kings-House-Deacon-Greg-Kandra-07-27-2011.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read the original column<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe have reached the point that just about anything goes. 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