Call To Holiness

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈? I live in the south though I'm from the East. I have this man that I know. He is also from the East but not from the same state. Every time he visits the South, he stays in my house. He visits like twice per month. He usually comes in on Fridays or Thursdays and goes back to the East on Tuesdays. I always receives him well. At a point he began bringing strangers. He would appear with someone I have zero knowledge of and start begging me to accomodate the person for sometimes. I understand because most of them are people from the East who had just moved to the south. But at least, a more reasonable way would have been to inform me before hand. The last young man he brought without giving me any prior notice, I registered my displeasure. They came on Thursday and he promised that the boy will leave on Saturday. But the truth is that he ended up staying for more than three months. The worst was that he abandoned the boy with me and traveled back to the East without even letting me know. I was not happy and truth be told, I called him and reacted angrily. Coupled with the fact that the boy was not very homely; many times while cooking he poured cooking water on bathing buckets. He spoilt many things in my house which wasn't easy for me but thank God, I didn't react angrily. Not everyone will be as careful as I am and human beings are more important than material things. My patience was truly tested. But what can I do? He has no other place to stay If I decide to send him packing. Each time the thought of sending him packing crossed my mind, I remembered the experience of the Holy Family. How stranded they were when no one received them and I immediately deleted the thought from my mind. But the bright-side was that despite what I perceived as the boy's flaws, he has a good heart. It was one natural quality of his I detected quite early. I'm also older than him, so it was easy to gently correct and guide him. He always received it well. And as each day passes, our bond increases and people actually thought that he was my younger brother. Today, he's no more living with me but he has remained one of my closest friends. If there are few persons I can count on to come through for me at any time, he's one. Each time he visits me, he comes with gifts. Many a times I had asked myself: "𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈?" 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 Looking back now, I felt I didn't react well towards the man that brought the boy to my house. I was really angry with him when the boy didn't leave the day he promised me that he would leave. The good Lord uses many ways to avail us the opportunity to practice virtue. Unfortunately we often fail. We aspire to serve God by fasting and penances, but the opportunities of mortifications which the good lord had brought to our doorsteps, how have we managed it? In vain will we visit the motherless babies home, hospital, prisons, etc, If we do not first show the same love to people around us. We fast everyday but we can't bear with our brother's faults. We can't bear with our wife's faults. We go out seeking for opportunities to impress God, but the opportunities God has provided at our homes and work places, we have marched upon them.

@UcheMaryOkoli Give us good Lord the grace to give priority to the affairs of our souls 🙏

On the last day, will the Lord tell you "welcome" or will He tell you, ''depart from me?" Your actions today will determine what will happen on the last day. 📹 mustbecatholic

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒚'𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. Apostle Paul said that great is the mystery of godliness! - 1 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒚 3:16. ▪️In the lives of many saints, it had been found that their body emit sweet fragrance, more pleasing than any earthly perfumes. Padre Pio's body emitted such a pleasant fragrance that everyone who comes close to him notices it. ▪️The same was said of St Rita of Cascia, St Teresa of Avila, St Johnbosco, etc. When St Theresa of the child Jesus died, her body emitted sweat and heavenly fragrance that filled the air even on the day of her burial. ▪️Blessed Virgin Mary also had that sweet fragrance. Many saints such as St Damascene and Venerable Mary of Agreda have written about this. It is said that, during the heat period (dry season), instead of beads of sweat, there flowed from the body of the most holy Mary drops of most pleasing perfumes. So sweat and pleasant in a way that no man can describe. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒅𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚

@Mothermary0012 Forever and ever 🙏

Jesus Christ is the King of all Kings..

@KnowsPascal 🙏

The devil sleeps not but labours strenuously for your perdition; and will you slumber when your eternal happiness is at stake? -St. Augustine

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚, “𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆,” 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆, 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏; 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 (𝑱𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂𝒉 20:9)

@JefferyFasching ❣️

There is great power in praying for others…the devil once said to St. Gemma Galgani “You can pray for yourself, but if you pray for others, I will make you pay dearly for it.”

@justmyrra_ 😅

date cancelled: i asked him who founded the catholic church, he said the pope

@UcheMaryOkoli 𝑺𝒕 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒊, 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔

Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian friar in the Middle Ages. After growing up in a privileged household, he experienced a profound spiritual conversion that led him to publicly renounce his wealth and live among the poor. St. Francis founded the Franciscan Order, inspiring countless men and women to follow a life centered on simplicity and service to others. This year, we celebrate the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis. He is especially remembered for his deep connection to nature, seeing all creatures as brothers and sisters, and for moments like his preaching to the birds. St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us. - monkmindsets

▪️St Alphonsus liguori was once a successful lawyer. But finding out how useless this worldly glory is, he entered a religious order. He was so fervent that he took a vow never to waste a single second of his time. Often, when he has head ache, he will use his left hand to place a block of ice on his forehead, and with his right hand, he writes. He was one of the most vastly read saint of all times. And he wrote spiritual books and refuted many heresies. In conclusion, my brethren, I ask, how long shall we live and enjoy the pleasure of this world that we give little heed to our eternal salvation?" King David said that the pleasure of this World is like a dream of one awakening from sleep (psalm 73). It's so short that it vanishes so fast. St James added, "our life is like a vapour that appeareth for a little while and then vanishes away (James 4)". Listen therefore, to the words of St Francis Borgia, after witnessing how death disgraced the beautiful empress lsabella at the flower of her age, "Is this how the worldly grandeur must end!" Borgia exclaimed. "I will henceforth serve a Master that will never forsake me". With this, Comment, he abandoned worldly pleasures and devoted himself to the things of God. 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 Unless you're a religious, striving for holiness shouldn't make you lazy or uninterested in works that put money on the table, it should rather make us work harder. When we do our works well, it's a prayer and a means of mortifications. The saints we listed above, are all religious who abandoned the world, not all of us have a religious vocation. We must therefore work hard in the world while still fulfilling our religious duties. We have to however, imitate their zeal for holiness, for perfection, for sainthood. Our wealth, our works, our positions, etc should help us to get to heaven rather than draw us back. Serve God in all things.

𝑰𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒛𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 To become holy, it's important that one should earnestly desire it. St Thomas Aquinas was asked by his sister what it takes to be holy, and he answered: "𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕". There must be a hunger and a conscious effort towards holiness. Nobody was born holy, all the saints achieved holiness by much labour and suffering. Every good Catholic should not only wish to merit heaven, we should strive to become saints. This is the will of God for us. St.John of Avila, a doctor of the church, said, "he who believes in eternity and becomes not a saint, should be taken as one deranged". All the saints shared similar characteristics - they were all focused on living holy life". ▪️St John Berchman at his very enterance into religious order, planted in his heart a strong desire to become a saint. And then he not only remained constant in all the practices and resolutions which he took up for this end, but he went on daily, gaining new vigor to his spiritual advantage. ▪️Saint Dominic Savio, after hearing St Johnbosco's sermon on the need for us all to become saints and how easy it's to become one, made a resolution to become one. He was so much occupied with the thought of actualizing this dream but didn't know exactly how to go about it, this made him gloomy and sad. St Johnbosco seeing the young boy in this unhappy state, called him and instructed him that inorder for him to achieve his noble desire, he always ought to be cheerful. He told him that to become a saint, all he needs is to be faithful in his daily duties and practice of piety. The young saint took this advice and made such a rapid progress, that that St Johnbosco, was forced to start writing down the virtues, and the extraordinary events he witnessed in the life of this little child. ▪️The great St Joseph cafasso, who was St Johnbosco's confessor, made a vow after he became a priest to become a saint. And since he did not know the hour of his death, he promised to become a saint as soon as possible. ▪️Once when a holy Religious was giving spiritual Exercises in Rome, a nun called sister Maria Bonaventure who was living a very relaxed life, did not wish to be present. By many entreaties, she was finally induced to attend.The first meditation on the end of man, enkindled such a fervor in her heart, that the Father had scarcely finished when she called him and said: "Father, I mean to be a Saint, and I need to do that quickly." She then withdrew to her cell, and, writing the same words on a scrap of paper, fastened them to the foot of her crucifix. From this moment, she applied herself with so much earnestness to the practice of perfection, that her biography was written immediately after her death. ▪️Read what was said of St Aloysius Gonzaga by his biographers. It was related that St Aloysius, having made up his mind to become a religious and a saint, could not hide his disdain for the palace life, where he was living. When he saw in royal palaces, or at court, the silver and gold plate, the furniture, the ceremonial of the King's servant, and things of that kind, he could scarcely contain himself from laughing. So vain and unworthy of any ones esteem did these things appear to him that he regarded them with so much distaste. ▪️St Francis Xavier, filled with the zeal to be holy and to preach the gospel of Christ, set out one morning to go to Japan and preach the gospel. But was stung with shame and self-reproach, when he found out that merchants had gone to Japan with their merchandise, earlier than he, with the treasures of the Gospel, to spread the Faith and extend the kingdom of heaven. ▪️St lgnatius of Loyola, while in his sick bed, happened to read the lives of St Francis of Assisi and that of St Dominic. Fascinated by their Pius life, he made a vow to become like them. From that day onward, he never relented until he achieved it.

@BeSaintly ❣️

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𝑩𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔. Even in posing for a picture, a child of God should not be found wanting in modesty. It often happens that some Christians, especially ladies pose in such a manner as to advertise their body. Some pose showcasing their backside, others pose advertising their front line. Many Others pose displaying their figure eight. By their fruits, we shall know them (Matthew 7:16) Beloved, leave behind all your attachment to beauty and worldly admiration and focus on God alone. Leave worldliness and vanities. In the revelation given to the blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, it was said that Mary Magdalene fell because of her attachment to her beauty. She was far more beautiful than all her age mate. Praises and admirations of men made her worldly and proud. Be holy, be decent, be mortified

One thing I have asked of the Lord; this I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life(Ps. 26:4). One thing only have I sought, and will for ever seek, from God that he may grant me the grace to save my soul; for, if I save my soul, all is safe; if I lose it, all is lost. And, what is more important, if my soul be once lost, it is lost for ever. 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓. If a Christian died twice, he might lose his soul the first, and save it the second time. But we die only once; if the soul be lost the first time, it is lost forever. This truth St Teresa frequently inculcated to her nuns: One soul, one eternity; she would say. As if she said: We have but one soul, if this be lost, all is lost. There is but one eternity; if the soul be once lost, it is lost for ever. ▪️ St Eucherius says that there is no error so great as the neglect of eternal salvation. It is an error which surpasses all errors, because it is irredeemable. Other mistakes may be repaired. If a person loses property in one way, he may acquire it in another; if he loses a situation, a dignity; he may afterwards recover them. If he even loses his life, provided his soul be saved, all is safe. But he who loses his soul has no means of repairing the loss. The wailing of the damned arises from the thought, that for them the time of salvation is over, and that there is no hope of remedy for their eternal ruin. The summer is ended, and we are not saved(Jer. 8:20). Hence they weep, and shall inconsolably weep forever. ▪️ There is no question, says St John Chrysostom, of losing some earthly good which we must one day lose at death. But there is a question of losing Paradise, and of going to suffer forever in hell. We must fear and tremble; it is thus we shall be able to secure eternal happiness. With fear and trembling work out your salvation (Phil. 2:12). Hence, if we wish to save our souls, we must labour strenuously to avoid dangerous occasions, to resist temptations, and to frequent the sacraments. Without labour we cannot obtain heaven. The violent taketh it by force(Matthew 11:12). ▪️ The saints tremble at the thought of eternity. St Andrew Avellino exclaimed with tears: Who knows whether I shall be saved or damned ? St Louis Bertrand said with trembling: What shall be my lot in the other world? And shall we not tremble as well? Let us pray to Jesus Christ and his most holy mother to help us to save our souls. This is for us the most important of all affairs : if we succeed in it, we shall be eternally happy; if we fail, we will be forever miserable. - from the preaching of St Alphonsus liguori.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒔 How, says Salvian, does it happen that a Christian believes in Hell and Heaven, and still does not fear about his soul? They believe, but do not think about it; and thus they are lost. I shall show you this day, that the salvation of your souls is the most important of all affairs. ▪ First, because, if the soul is lost, all is lost. ▪ Second, because, if the soul is lost once, it is lost forever. 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕. If in one worldly transactions you suffer a loss, you may recover it in another; but if you die in enmity with God, and lose your soul, how can you repair the loss? What exchange can a man give for his soul (Matt 26:26) ▪ The greater part of mankind are most attentive only to the business of this world. What efforts do they not apply to gain worldly things? And what efforts do they make to save their souls? Nothing! The author of the Imitation of Christ, Thomas a' Kempis, said that for a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey. While for eternal life, many hardly take a single step. Brethren, says St Paul, I entreat you that you do your own business (1 Thess. 4:10-11). That is, the business of saving your soul. ▪ God has sets so high a value on your soul; such is its value in the estimation of Satan, that, to have your soul, he does not sleep night or day, but is continually going about to make it his own. Hence St Augustine exclaims: "The enemy sleeps not, and you are asleep?" The enemy is always awake to injure you, and you slumber. Pope Benedict the Twelfth, being asked by a prince for a favour which he could not grant without offending God, said to the prince, if I had two souls, I might be able to lose one of them in order to please you; but, since I have but one, I cannot consent to lose it. ▪ If you lose your souls, what will it profit you to have enjoyed all the riches, honours, and amusements of this world? If you lose your souls, all is lost. St Ignatius of Loyola drew many souls to God, and among them the soul of St Francis Xavier, who was then at Paris, and devoted his attention to the acquirement of worldly goods. One day St Ignatius said to him: "Francis, whom do you serve?" You serve the world, which is a traitor, that promises, but does not fulfill. And if it should fulfil all its promises, how long do its goods last? Can they last longer than this life? And, after death, what will they profit you, if you shall not have saved your soul? ▪ St Philip Neri used to say that he who does not seek, above all things, the salvation of his soul, is a fool. The goodies of this world passeth away (1 Cor. 7:31). On this passage, Cornelius a Lapide says, that the world is as it were a stage. The present life is a comedy, which passes away. Happy the man who acts his part well in this comedy by saving his soul. But if he shall have spent his life only in the acquisition of riches and worldly honours, he shall justly be called a fool; and at the hour of death he shall receive the reproach addressed to the rich man in the gospel: Fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee and whose shall these things be which thou hast gathered? (Luke 12:20). ▪ Poor worldlings! of all the riches which they acquired, of all the pomps which they displayed in this life, what shall they find at death? They have slept their sleep: and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands(Ps. 75:6). The men of riches have died and all their riches have been deprived of them. Ask of so many great men of this earth, of the princes and emperors, who during life, have abundant riches, honours, and pleasures, and are at this moment in hell what now remains of all the riches which they possessed in this world? ▪ St Francis Xavier said that in the world there is but one good and one evil. The good is that we save our souls; the evil is in losing them. Hence, David said:

𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒃𝒐𝒙 - 𝑩𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝑻𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒊 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑏𝑜𝑥? 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑇𝑉'𝑠. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 90% 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝒐𝒓 𝑇𝑉𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦. 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠.

𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆. The Vatican, under the leadership of Pope Pius XI, in January 1930, listed conditions that must be met before a cloth can be called decent. These conditions are: ▪ Clothing must have sleeves extending at least to the elbows; and skirts or shorts reaching at least two inches below the knees. ▪ Clothing should give full coverage of the body, chest, shoulders, and back; except for a cut-out about the neck, not exceeding two inches below the neckline in front and back, and a corresponding two inches on the shoulders. ▪ Clothing should not be of transparent fabrics, laces, nets, organdy, nylons, etc, unless sufficient backing is added. However, their moderate use as trimmings is acceptable. ▪ Clothing must conceal the figure of the wearer, and must not reveal unduly, parts of the body. ▪ Clothing must be loose fitting not tight fitting on the body of the wearer. Note; This code of dressing should apply even in normal daily activities, both at home and outside. To provide more explanation to this, here are ten point to note: 1st. Low cut tops, High cut buttons, See-through and Tight fitting clothing are wrong. 2nd. Clothing that exposes one's inner wears or the lines of the Inner wears is wrong. 3rd. Being without any cloth on, that is, (Bare skin) before a second person not related to you as in marriage, or wearing Such cloth that leaves the shoulders, stomach, backs and thighs half or fully open before another person not married to you is wrong. 4th. Skirts for women, nicker or trousers for men should go at least two inches below the knee, and should completely cover the knee when sitting down. Use of handkerchief or other materials to cover the knees when sitting, show that the skirt is immodest. 5th. Clothing with buttons in front is wrong if it tries to open, or expose the skin or the inner wear. 6th. Clothing with low necklines is wrong. 7th. Clothing with large sleeves that reveals the shoulder or other parts of the body of the wearer for instance: when one is lifting something up, bending down or moving one's arms is wrong. 8th. Clothing with written advertisement or pictures, which indirectly make you a walking billboard is wrong especially in the Church. It affects concentration during prayer. 9th. Clothing with slits ( opening ) on the back of top or front of top is wrong unless it covers the skin properly. 10th. Sagging of trousers for men; or low-waist skirts for women and girls are wrong