Is it wrong for there to be applause after the final hymn?

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m134e5 said:
It is *not *necessary- and I can say this as a professional who could get plenty of applause (and some money too) by singing in secular places. It is a precept of the Church to support the Church. This doesn’t just mean giving them money- it means using your God-given talents to help bring people closer to Christ. For me, that talent is music.
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Oh, I know it’s not necessary. I’m a musician who could make money playing outside of church, but I choose not to. Other people can have the applause.
 
TrueLight said:
I’d have to disagree there. I’d say the choir sings primarily for God but it also helps the congregation.

Beautiful music lifts the soul from the mundane world to a world that is more spiritual and by that, the congregation is able to more tune its mind to the mind of Christ and therefore present a more worthy sacrifice.
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I’m sorry but you are wrong to disagree with me, as we’re about on the same page. The choir sings for Our Lord, not for the people. If the choir happens to please the people, that’s a bonus! Then the people are happy and can further appreciate the mass. If the choir happens to be horrible and everyone hates it, oh well. God loves it.
But it should never, ever, under any circumstances, be applauded.
 
T_More said:
After the final hymn of the Sunday Mass, the parish I attend will applaud the choir’s singing. Is this acceptable?
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Acceptable or not, I’m sick of it.

Our Church even applaudes the announcements that are read before the final blessing.
 
mark_a said:
Acceptable or not, I’m sick of it.

Our Church even applaudes the announcements that are read before the final blessing.
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Because the Bingo game coming up makes all the old ladies pumped! LOL!
 
T_More said:
After the final hymn of the Sunday Mass, the parish I attend will applaud the choir’s singing. Is this acceptable?
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When I was growing up in the South, the term “vulgar” applied to things that were simply considered to be the manners of the untutored. It didn’t mean the same thing to which that term now applies. It does, however, come to mind every time I go to nearby parish. There is applause for any number of things and there is always applause at the end of the final hymn.

Call me old-fashioned, but I so much agree with the Holy Father that applause is inappropriate at Mass. In my mind, it seems to turn the Holy Mass into entertainment. I am sure that it seems that way to few others, but, hey, I am what I am.🙂
 
GessHrck said:
I’m sorry but you are wrong to disagree with me, as we’re about on the same page. The choir sings for Our Lord, not for the people. If the choir happens to please the people, that’s a bonus! Then the people are happy and can further appreciate the mass. If the choir happens to be horrible and everyone hates it, oh well. God loves it.
But it should never, ever, under any circumstances, be applauded.
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I’m not talking about “pleasing the people”. I’m saying that everything including the form, music and the beauty of the church, statues all putting our minds in a place where the focus is on the spiritual.

Have you never, during mass, looked at the crucifix or the stained glass windows and praised God? Music does the same thing.
 
TrueLight said:
I’m not talking about “pleasing the people”. I’m saying that everything including the form, music and the beauty of the church, statues all putting our minds in a place where the focus is on the spiritual.

Have you never, during mass, looked at the crucifix or the stained glass windows and praised God? Music does the same thing.
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Absolutely. But it shouldn’t be applauded during mass, or even in the church. Applauding the choir doesn’t praise God, it praises the choir.
 
The Mass is the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Sacrifice by His death.

When I was in the sixth grade, out history teacher, also the secretary of the local party group, wanted to take us, the whole class to the hanging of Laszlo Rajk. He was the enemy of the people. Even the leaders of the Party denied her request.

The death is not spectacle.
 
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