It is not unusual for the congregation to give a round of applause when the pastor gives a stirring homily at my parish in Boynton Beach, FL. I refuse to take part in that. In fact it got so bad that this morning my wife and I attended the 0800 Mass at her Anglican Parish in Delray Beach. I think that if anyone applauded the priest’s homily, he/she would’ve been frozen with icy stares from the rest of the rather small congregation.
“In fact it got so bad that this morning my wife and I attended the 0800 Mass at her Anglican Parish in Delray Beach. “
I’ve been struggling with that problem for a long time now.
Is poor liturgy an excuse for skipping Mass?