I look at clapping as happiness that brings us together (not necessarily even for the choir). I was not equating mass to an performance, but only that I usually appreciate both. I was going more along the lines that mass is celebrated, so we should rejoice at the end, and that people could celebrate by clapping at the end. Maybe this is not how everyone else thinks of it. We both know how I can think strange things at times ” title=”Wink” />