Poll: Celebrating a sports win during the Mass

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Why not thank those who celebrated the Mass? I think God approves.
 
Brian, I am applauding for you at this moment. Have a terrific day! 👏👏👏
 
Lighten up, Misstherese. When I leave Church, I take my joy and the words of God out to meet the world. Part of that world is sports.
 
You can thank the celebrant of the Mass, the priest, if he greets people as they leave. Everyone at Mass is assisting. So if you are thanking everyone who assists at Mass you’d have to thank everyone, yourself included. That seems a bit inward looking when the whole point of Mass is to direct your attention to God.
 
We all are part of God’s work and God’s love.
Our attention is always directed to God.
But I see nothing wrong with thanking everyone for their participation in Mass. It is something to celebrate!!!
May the love and peace of Jesus Christ be with you and in you today!
 
If the pastor wants to applaud a sport’s win, maybe he could do it after Mass, in the community hall, or outside, but not in church, and esp. not during Mass, that is awful, and sounds embarrassing.
 
I stated it probably shouldn’t have been done during Mass, not even ‘toward the end’. I said ‘probably’ because in the end, I’m not the bishop/archbishop or the priest, and it’s not up to me. Whether or not things should be done or not, we are always going to get those who want to say "no, I won’t do it’ (and come up with all sorts of ‘justifications’ too). Only when people have a change of heart and start, in their own heart, to say, “Thy will be done” (IOW, when obedience is seen as a good, even about something we don’t ourselves particularly like, want, or agree with, but are willing to defer to God and His Church to determine and to submit to) will we stop having the eternal, “rules VERSUS mercy” or its cousin, “but what HARM does it do” threads!!
 
Neither awful nor embarrassing. Lighten up.
There are so many awful and embarrassing things in life. This was neither.
 
Not well said.
Some of my Catholic brothers and sisters need to lighten up.
Should a priest or deacon not use a joke during a sermon? Should we not smile as we greet each other to exchange a sign of peace?
For Heaven’ sake, lighten up…
 
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Neither awful nor embarrassing. Lighten up.
There are so many awful and embarrassing things in life. This was neither.
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I agree.

When a unit on the base is recognized at the Army or Air Force level, it is mentioned during the Announcements. One of the children in our chapel won a national essay contest through the Knights of Columbus. Our Grand Knight read her essay during the announcements and presented her with her award. The Capitals winning the Stanley Cup is a big deal - I know it was when I lived in Raleigh and the Hurricanes won several years ago. Prayers are offered for our commanders and leadership. This is no different. We are first and foremost a community. These things bind us together. I’ve seen it done at the chapel, at other parishes, and even at the Cathedral in Seattle. It doesn’t detract from anything in the least.
 
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smiling at & greeting fellow parishioners is one thing

90% of the “jokes” told during homily, are frankly, not very funny

applauding the victory of one group of millionaires over the other is not worthy of Mass
 
There is a Polish priest from Montana that sometimes comes to our parish, and his sermons are hilarious! (and very good.)
There is a difference between laughing a little during a sermon, and clapping.
How is clapping proper for Mass?
 
If it’s part of the announcements, no big deal. I live in St. Louis, obviously Cardinal Nation. My parish priest was born and raised in Chicago. We get to hear lots of self-deprecating comments about being a cub fan all of his life although he’s lived here for 40 years. And, most parishoners chuckle in the wintertime when they see him outside of mass wearing a black hawks bomber-style jacket. I’ve actually seen his house…the jacket is mild compared to all the other sports memorabilia he has. 😉
 
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Right. Time and place for everything. Now I’ve seen a Mass where the priest processed down the aisle to the opening hymn wearing the local public high school’s letter jacket, asking the congregation to join him in a cheer for the team winning the playoff, (cheer), then took off the jacket (having had the alb on underneath, put on the rainbow stole that was on the chair by the lectern, and proceeded with Mass. . .
 
Playing devil’s advocate, why can’t the priest highlight a sports event during a sacred form of worship? Can’t he disobey God in front of people once in awhile? He’s a priest.
 
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