Standing ovation as Pope Benedict celebrates last public Mass as pontiff

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YoungTradCath said:
Yes, it would be very uncharacteristic of the Pope to clap.
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I am speaking of human nature. I am sure we have all been there whens something like this has happened and we really wish it wouldn’t have. Yes, it is nice to be appreciated, but I really am embarrassed about public displays, at least personally.

It is like when I took the family out to eat for my birthday, which is the same as my mother’s. I got to the waiter first to come and make an announcement and sing a song for her, when I would not have wanted the reverse. I think there is an exception clause in the Golden Rule that covers this, best I remember.
 
Already his last public mass, when he isn’t stepping down for another 2 weeks? He just announced a couple days ago.
 
pnewton said:
:confused: That was not even a Catholic event. Truly I am often befuddled at the logic I see here sometimes.
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From what I understand you were saying it was wrong to applaud in this thread because it has mass in its title. Well my post was titled “Superbowl LXV”. By the logic of your post my post is Superbowl LXV. As far as whether it’s a catholic event? My prediction is that the Church will have taken over the NFL as a tool of evangelization by Superbowl LVIII.😛
 
Inego_de_Loyola said:
As far as whether it’s a catholic event? My prediction is that the Church will have taken over the NFL as a tool of evangelization by Superbowl LVIII.😛
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If the New Orleans Saints, a team based in a Catholic city and owned by a Catholic family, are in the Superbowl, buy definition, doesn’t that make it a Catholic event?🙂
 
SKWill said:
If the New Orleans Saints, a team based in a Catholic city and owned by a Catholic family, are in the Superbowl, buy definition, doesn’t that make it a Catholic event?🙂
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It does, doesn’t it? Go Tom Benson!
 
I would definitely applaud him! He has done an excellent job as the Vicar of Christ. :clapping:
 
triumphguy said:
It was at a mass actually.😉 It was still OK to clap.
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triumphguy said:
Well the thread title should actually match the contents - and make sense;)
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Actually the very first post was a suggestion to join in the ovation. Apparently I didn’t make it as clear as I had thought so I made a second attempt to invite people to join in showing our love and appreciation for our Holy Father. I thought that I had made it as clear as I could. I give up 🤷
 
zab said:
Actually the very first post was a suggestion to join in the ovation. Apparently I didn’t make it as clear as I had thought so I made a second attempt to invite people to join in showing our love and appreciation for our Holy Father. I thought that I had made it as clear as I could. I give up 🤷
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Your thread title made sense - the football allusions didn’t.
 
triumphguy said:
Your thread title made sense - the football allusions didn’t.
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He was saying that it wasn’t alright to clap because the word mass was in the title. That would seem to mean that he was putting on a comedic degree of naivety to which he beleved things to be whatever they were titled. I pointed out that if we weren’t to clap because this thread was the mass* then we also ought to cheer for the Saints because my post was the Superbowl*.

Has this explanation made my earlier posts any clearer?

*Because it was so titled.
 
What exactly is the Pope referring to? What are the divisions within the Catholic church, or is the Pope referring to the christian community as a whole, i.e. protestants and other christian religions?

*In his homily, Benedict called for the end of rivalries in the church. Christians are called to bear witness to faith, to reveal the “face of the church,” which is at times “disfigured,” he said.

“I am thinking in particular of the sins against the unity of the church, of the divisions in the body of the church,” he said. “Overcoming individualism and rivalry is a humble and precious sign for those who have distanced themselves from the faith or who are indifferent.” *

nytimes.com/2013/02/14/world/europe/pope-benedict-xvi-ash-wednesday-mass.html?_r=0
 
Inego_de_Loyola said:
He was saying that it wasn’t alright to clap because the word mass was in the title. .
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I did not mean to convey that message. I mis-read a post. I thought there was a criticism of the discussion of applause in Mass as being off topic. I never believed we were holding Mass here. I apologize for my confusion.

Before we move on, I would like to clarify one thing. I do not like applause in Mass usually, but recognize that sometimes it just seems appropriate. I do find the Holy Father receiving applause ironic in light of the comment he made in his book.
 
pnewton said:
I did not mean to convey that message. I mis-read a post. I thought there was a criticism of the discussion of applause in Mass as being off topic. I never believed we were holding Mass here. I apologize for my confusion.

Before we move on, I would like to clarify one thing. I do not like applause in Mass usually, but recognize that sometimes it just seems appropriate. I do find the Holy Father receiving applause ironic in light of the comment he made in his book.
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Just another point of view, I thought the applause at the Mass in question actually came after the Pope gave the final blessing and the Mass was concluded. I thought I saw that the applause took place as the Pope was getting ready to leave.
 
PatriceA said:
Just another point of view, I thought the applause at the Mass in question actually came after the Pope gave the final blessing and the Mass was concluded. I thought I saw that the applause took place as the Pope was getting ready to leave.
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Oh, it is not liturgical abuse I decry. I never really thought such a thing rose to the level of abuse. But I appreciate the clarification. It am sure that settles the question for some.
 
I have to say that I am one of those who does not particularly like applauding even at the end of Mass on some rare occassions such as major feast days when the pastor thanks the choir, the people who decorated the church etc. I don’t know why it should annoy me that Father thanks these people for doing a beautiful job, but it does. But this occassion with our Holy Father was different. People were still stunned at our Holy Father’s decision and already feeling the loss. They broke out into spontaneous applause because they wanted to show our Holy Father how much they love him and appreciate the work he has done and that they understand the very difficult decision that he has prayerfully made. This is what I think and I would not have hesitated to join in the show of love for our Holy Father at that moment.
 
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