Clapping and applause is the latest craze in the ho-down Mass. You clap after baptisms are performed in the middle of the Mass. You clap for the First Communicants, you clap for newlywed couples at their nupital Mass, you clap for converts to the Catholic church at the Midnight Easter Mass, you clap for yourselves when the parish exceeds it's financial goals.
I wonder who, on Calvary, clapped at about 3:00 PM on Good Friday in 33 A.D.