Pope Benedict XVI Quotes:
Life: b. April 16, 1927
Birthday: April 16
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liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment. Such attraction fades quickly - it cannot compete in the market of leisure pursuits, incorporating as it increasingly does various forms of religious titillation.
source: "The Spirit of the Liturgy". Book by Pope Benedict XVI, 2000.
topic: Religious, Essence, Achievement, Incorporating, Liturgy
