18/02/2026
A gentle reminder to all our parishioners: CLAPPING has NO significance in ALL liturgical celebrations, especially this Lenten Season; in other words, the "fasting" of our senses.
- Abp. Socrates Villegas (2020) said: "Let us add more abstinence to this sober season. Let us abstain from applause in Church. May this abstinence from clapping flow over into the other days of the year."
- Saint Pius X said “It is not fitting that the servant should be applauded in his Master’s house”.
- Pope Benedict XVI on the same matter said “Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and replaced by a kind of religious entertainment”.