0:07 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I want to speak with you today about something that has been weighing heavily on my heart for many years. Something I have witnessed in parish after parish, dioceses after dioceses across this country and indeed across the world. Something that breaks my heart every single Sunday as I stand at the altar and watch the
0:38 faithful file in to receive the King of Kings dressed as if they were going to the beach, to the mall, or to the gym. I want to warn you, not to shame you, not to embarrass you, not to make you feel guilty, but because I love you. Because I have seen souls drift away from the faith. Not through dramatic acts of rebellion, not through some great moral fall, but through small, seemingly insignificant compromises that over time
1:09 erode the very foundation of their spiritual lives. And one of those compromises, one of the most subtle and yet most devastating involves what we wear when we enter the house of Almighty God. Now, some of you might be thinking, "Father, is this really that important? Doesn't God look at the heart? Isn't it what's inside that matters? Didn't Jesus say that it's not what goes into a man that defiles him, but what comes out of
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