Comments on: II. Clapping in Church

By: John T

John T — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:58:31 +0000

I agree. I just found a church I liked. It bothers me that everyone is clapping after the worship band. It’s protestant yes. I didn’t clap. Then after the last song the pastor comes up starting the clapping. Your band is there to praise God Then like a lemming I chime. Anything that brings praise to men and not God in church should be avoided right?

By: JesseM

JesseM — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:53:47 +0000

I agree

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:01:20 +0000

I just now happened upon this blog, which I find contains one of the real irritants that happen during or after Mass. Clapping! Our parish must be behind the times, because I think it started only about five years ago. I don’t know who started it or how, but it continues to irritate me.
I am not young, and I spent years not being clapped for, whether I sang in choir or spoke at Mass, or whatever the occasion. The only clapping we did up until the five years ago, was at graduation or at the end of Confirmation or First Communion when the participants were presented. Maybe after a wedding.
Our pastor has asked people to knock it off……..in kinder terms……..but no one pays attention. The only thing worse, is the church being a socializing center before and after Mass. One used to wait till we were outside to do this, but no longer. So often, I feel like the Holy Eucharist is being disrespected. I grew up in a different time………maybe that is why I am so intolerant. I have to admit that I enjoy Latin hymns and parts of the Mass as much as a rousing Spanish or Gospel tune………which are praising God………but clapping seems out of tune.

By: Gesseppe, Lake Geneva Wisconsin

Gesseppe, Lake Geneva Wisconsin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:26:44 +0000

So the question is, do we go to church to worship or to be entertained?

Mark 2:27 And he said unto them. The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

Revelation 22: 18-19 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Thank God we have prayer,

By: Kieron Wood

Kieron Wood — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:01:46 +0000

Did the apostles clap Jesus at the Last Supper?

By: Charrosh

Charrosh — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:45:18 +0000

Your blog made me laugh out loud! It made me reflect back to the days I attended church with my folks and I remembered how they both highly disliked when people started clapping in church. I can picture my mothers face and vividly remember the look in her eyes screaming don’t you dare clap!

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:11:48 +0000

I will not clap during mass. It seems disrespectful.

By: Catholic

Catholic — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:04:53 +0000

There is no clapping in Mass. Clapping is not part of the Liturgy.

A little self-control, people… It’s not too much to ask.

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:47:16 +0000

I stumbled upon this when I decided to use your plastic clapper image. Then I realized I was posting on the same topic and stopped to enjoy this delightful blog. I had to subscribe!

Great post, great blog. I linked to this article.

By: Seminarian Matthew

Seminarian Matthew — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:59:53 +0000

Q: Should Applause take place during Mass?

A: No, applause is not proper during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for any reason except at Ordination Masses. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is a solemn occassion, and applause is not proper for the Mass, which is the Sacrifice of Calvary.

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI): “Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment.”

Pope St. Pius X: “It is not fitting that the servant be applauded in His Masters House”.

Hab. 2:20: “But the Lord is in His holy temple, silence before Him, all the earth!”

Zeph. 1:7: “Silence in the presence of the Lord your God!”

http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2007/08/should-applause-take-place-during-mass.html