I decided to post a small new Observation because the Forum ist more active in the past few days.
We had some friends for a visit and showed them around our neighbourhood. Thevititing woman has a lot of health issues (cancer) and ist having a hard time right now.
By showing them around we ended at our catholic church and went inside. Everybody was looking at differnt things in the church. Suddenly I saw our friend sitting in a bench row, head lowered, face in her hands and I could see her shoulders heaving, no sound. I am sure nobody else saw this brief episode of sorrow/grief/ maybe even gratitude.
When I look back to different visits in the church I remember different episodes of tears (not at funerals but in normal service).
The most intense was during child church. The pope told a nice little story I don't remember the contence anymore and one mother burst into tears right in the middle of it and had to be comforted by others. I was sitting opposite just watching. I remember the kids asking why the woman was crying and the pope told them, that sometimes lief is just sad and that sad memories lead to tears sometimes.
Have you experienced tears in church?