tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post6801579145303792587..comments2023-10-07T09:34:47.507-05:00Comments on Aggie Catholics: Whooping In MassMarcelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18121158394600137195noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-31697505706996749462009-10-20T15:43:39.518-05:002009-10-20T15:43:39.518-05:00You have sense. I'm with you on whooping and a...You have sense. I'm with you on whooping and applause, with one exception.<br /><br />Our decidedly non-applausive parish was treated to a stunningly beautiful rendition of an unusual <i>Ave Maria</i> last Sunday. It was profoundly moving for me, and as I found out later, for many there. At the end, some scattered applause broke out because, as human beings, when we experience something like that, we want to express <i>something</i>. <br /><br />So, I'm not a proponent of applause as an expression of support, except perhaps as a charitable response to a choir of young children. But most of us Americans are significantly impoverished when it comes to expressiveness in response to God. (Oh, for a surge of the shouted "Amen!" in Catholic churches, though that's probably too much to hope for.) Yesterday, only that scattered applause showed me that my response wasn't an individual thing but a shared response from the worshiping community, and that enriched it.<br /><br />So I vote for "applause when you absolutely can't help it."Rozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233565410780178589noreply@blogger.com