To reduce the Holy Mass to a simple gathering is an adversary of the Church, for the sacred place and especially in the liturgy. We cannot allow applause within the liturgy of the Holy Mass. This is a cult of man, not the cult of God. When you start to applaud in the Church, you are giving man due adoration that should be more reserved for God, and this should not happen.
The clapping of hands is a common human expression of worldly joy which should not be done in the Church. You can applaud, dance, or show some expression of worldly joy, but it should be outside the sacred place. In the Holy Scriptures and throughout the history of the Church, God has commanded that we are to behave with maximum reverence and awe in holy places especially in the liturgy to bring ourselves to the sublimity of the mystery of God.
Otherwise, when we try to introduce such things, we will become like pagans. We have to return to what God commanded in Holy Scriptures, especially in the Old Testament which still has great validity in the laws of awe and reverence, and also from the 2,000 years of tradition of the Church.
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