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When I go about town in my collar, people wave, say hello, and in general notice that a priest is in their midst. I can take the same path 10 minutes later, be around people I know, and they don’t so much as smile at me. I might wave and they will shyly raise their hand until it dawns on them who I am.
“Oh Father! I didn’t know it was you! Are you incognito?” And these are people who stare at my face every Sunday. Nobody notices me - at least not at first, they notice the collar. So for a criminal to go “unnoticed” by wearing a Roman collar just seems unrealistic to me.
It is why I am such a proponent for wearing religious garb in public.
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I understand that we want to blend in so that we are not “put apart from” the rest of the world. I get that thought. But gone too far to an extreme we blend in so well that we disappear.
1 comment:
John the Baptist dressed in a certain, noticeable way as part of the message he was conveying.
Jesus seemed to dress and look like everyone else. He undoubtedly had good reason to do so.
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