Join Fr. Charlie Bouchard, OP in this Know Before You Go video for the Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. In his Letter to the Colossians, Paul reminds us that as Christians, we have all put on a new self, which brings with it a new and more exalted identity. We need to live up to this new identity, lest we be hypocrites... or, as Qoheleth reminds us in the first reading, lest it be "vanity of vanities."
Timeline:00:00 Introduction by Fr. Charlie Bouchard
00:20 Clothing as Social Signal
00:47 Examples from Awards Shows and Military
01:44 Clothing in the Church and Papal Vestments
02:52 Clothes as Identity or Disguise
03:56 Scriptural Language of Clothing
04:58 Paul's Call to "Put on Christ"
05:23 Vanity vs. True Identity in Christ
06:18 Liturgical Examples: Easter and First Communion
07:11 The Christian Life as Becoming Christ
07:40 The Habit as a Reminder of Baptism
08:11 Final Prayer and Reflection