Instead, a blow for dignity and recognizing nature of the mass:
Archbishop Villegas says no to clapping during Mass, a memorial of Calvary
“We are a Church called together by God, not a self-organized mutual admiration club,” writes the Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in his letter for Lent.“The breaking of the Bread is a commemoration of the violent death that the Lord went through. Who claps while others are in pain? It is pain with love; yes, but it still pain.”
I would say so.
Blithe Spirit 