Is It The Same For You?

[Annie12]

I'm not an emotional person but I have found something I cry about! I cry about holy things and stuff!!! It's the only thing that will make me shed tears of joy or sometimes if its someone hurting a Holy person I will cry tears of sorrow! (my brothers make me cry but that's a different story ). Like, I don't cry during movies or books like my friends do. It it the same for you?

[Rowan d'Alexandre]

Yes. I haven't had a real cry in years with the exception of Adoration.

Edited June 7, 2012 by Rowan d'Alexandre

[Safia]

[quote name='Rowan d'Alexandre' timestamp='1339077864' post='2442153']
Yes. I haven't had a real cry in years with the exception of Adoration.
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Yes! This!

I find that I cry whenever I'm confronted very intensely with something about myself in context of God, whether good or bad, small or large. It's very purifying.

[Safia]

Oops. Accidentally posted twice.

Edited June 7, 2012 by Safia

[Annie12]

know what I just remembered?!?! For some weird reason, tears start to flow when I say my rosary. I'm not crying but the tears just flow! Weird!

[Lisa]

Nope, the majority of the time I cry, it's for really ridulous reasons! I do cry in Adoration at times, though.

Edited June 7, 2012 by Lisa

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='Annie12' timestamp='1339075145' post='2442141']
I'm not an emotional person but I have found something I cry about! I cry about holy things and stuff!!! It's the only thing that will make me shed tears of joy or sometimes if its someone hurting a Holy person I will cry tears of sorrow! (my brothers make me cry but that's a different story ). Like, I don't cry during movies or books like my friends do. It it the same for you?
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Absolutely, yes. I cry when reading the story of the Visitation and learning about Divine Mercy because those are two things that touch my heart. I also cry during the scouring/crucifixion scenes in "Passion of the Christ" and the Visitation/birth of Jesus scenes during "The Nativity Story."

I've had profound moments in prayer and deep conversation with God about certain things in my life that caused me to cry tears of joy. When I received the extraordinary grace to continue discerning even though I had such a difficult time and thought it was time to give up, I cried tears of joy then, too. God has a way of tugging on your heartstrings when you develop your relationship with Him. Healing Eucharistic Processions at the Young Adult Retreat I attend each year do the same thing.

[HopefulBride]

Perfectly normal, a few weeks ago I was boohooing at the homily; then last sunday before I knew it I was crying while we were saying the Anima Christi after communion.

I guess being in love makes you sappy

Edited June 7, 2012 by HopefulBride

[AveMariaPurissima]

Usually when I cry it's about really stupid stuff. Sometimes I feel like I must be really weird or something because religious things never make me cry...

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='Annie12' timestamp='1339075145' post='2442141']
I'm not an emotional person but I have found something I cry about! I cry about holy things and stuff!!! It's the only thing that will make me shed tears of joy or sometimes if its someone hurting a Holy person I will cry tears of sorrow! (my brothers make me cry but that's a different story ). Like, I don't cry during movies or books like my friends do. It it the same for you?
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There have been only a few times when I felt really emotional about holy things. The most memorable one is during my scrupulous days. I was so worried that I was in mortal sin, and I prayed to God, begging Him to let me know. I did the Act of Contrition beside my bed and this overwhelming feeling came over me. I'm not sure how to explain it, but it was the best feeling I had ever felt in my life. I think it is what Tim Staples explained as "feeling the presence of the Lord". The other time was in much the same setting and for the same exact reason. I asked Mary to let me know, and I prayed ten Hail Mary's. About halfway through the same exact thing happened. It was miraculous. The only other times where I kinda felt the same thing but it wasn't half as powerful were when I would go to confession while I was scrupulous. I would walk out of there with a very wonderful feeling. However, none of these times was I moved to tears. I'm just not a very emotional person. I don't say that to sound "manly" or anything, but I'm just not one to cry.

Edited June 7, 2012 by FuturePriest387

[EmilyAnn]

I cry at certain things, yes! I've had a great devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows for years now and a few months ago I started making a [url="http://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=537"]Consecration to Our Lady of Sorrows[/url] daily. One line in it is "receive me as a partaker in thy dolors" and ever since I started making the consecration I really do feel Our Lady sharing her sorrows with me. That probably sounds ridiculous but I swear it's true. When I meditate on the Stations of the Cross or pray the Chaplet of Seven Sorrows of Mary, stuff like that, I start to cry. That never used to happen until I started making the consecration.

[Joan Marie Wandel]

I sometime cry when I'm praying the Rosary

[Totally Franciscan]

As the posters here will attest, it is perfectly normal for those who love God and His Blessed Mother. I cry too at the truly beautiful and truly sorrowful, and what could be more beautiful than Our Lord, as well as sorrowful for what He went through. I find Mass is where I tear up the most. I guess the person a few rows behind me saw me tearing up, and after Mass she told me she does the same thing!

[Spem in alium]

Yes This year, my emotions have really been touched by holy things.

I cried after Reconciliation. I cried while reading the Bible. I cried during the Stations of the Cross. I had a couple of bizarre experiences while saying the Rosary during Adoration. I cried while doing my assignment on Mary's Visitation to Elizabeth.

When I think about it, all these experiences have been accompanied by some kind of new realisation of God's glory, of His love for me, and of His mission for my life. So crying about it doesn't seem so baffling or embarrassing for me anymore

[Lil'Monster]

Most of the time I cry about dumb things.....

[Lil'Monster]

But then again..I do shed tears of joy and sorrow...not for myself but for the world.


Once I got into a discussion with a person who didn't know what he was talking about. Anyways it was a couple of years ago around Christmas time. I was at a 4-h meeting and a little girl asked "Who is Jesus" I told her that he is the Son of God and he is fully man and fully God, etc.

Then a boy who was 15 at the time....disagreed with me....then we got into a discussion.....I wasn't really angry but upset that he didn't believe that Jesus is God.....I don't know why but I broke down into tears right there...thank goodness we were down in a basement..doing an activity or I would have cried in front of the adults...including my dad..ughh I hate crying in front of my parents...


Well I was 19 at the time..the oldest of the bunch....but you can guess the most sensitive to this topic.....


I didn't know what to say..I was a little shocked by it all! And that kid thought he knew everything....grr

[LinaSt.Cecilia2772]

Oh girl I UGC (Ugly Girl Cry) in adoration all the time. It's weird, adoration and reconciliation are the only times I cry if it happens. I used to not be all emotional at things, like it took a lot to make me cry. But I've learned recently (after a VERY hard year) that sometimes the only way Jesus can get to our hearts is to break them. I used to not cry over things, but now I get emotional over things that usually wouldn't have made me emotional before. I guess after all the trials i've been through I look at things and life in general differently.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='Lil'Monster' timestamp='1339130269' post='2442434']
But then again..I do shed tears of joy and sorrow...not for myself but for the world.


Once I got into a discussion with a person who didn't know what he was talking about. Anyways it was a couple of years ago around Christmas time. I was at a 4-h meeting and a little girl asked "Who is Jesus" I told her that he is the Son of God and he is fully man and fully God, etc.

Then a boy who was 15 at the time....disagreed with me....then we got into a discussion.....I wasn't really angry but upset that he didn't believe that Jesus is God.....I don't know why but I broke down into tears right there...thank goodness we were down in a basement..doing an activity or I would have cried in front of the adults...including my dad..ughh I hate crying in front of my parents...


Well I was 19 at the time..the oldest of the bunch....but you can guess the most sensitive to this topic.....


I didn't know what to say..I was a little shocked by it all! And that kid thought he knew everything....grr
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A fifteen year old boy that thought he knew everything? Well, I'm certainly glad I don't fall to that. I would be absolutely unbearable.

Really, though, it's great that you have such a love for the Lord. I'm sure I would've gotten emotional, but most likely a rather different and more violent emotion.

[MarieClaire]

[quote name='Annie12' timestamp='1339085397' post='2442188']
know what I just remembered?!?! For some weird reason, tears start to flow when I say my rosary. I'm not crying but the tears just flow! Weird!
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Same here!

[Strictlyinkblot]

[quote name='Lil'Monster' timestamp='1339130269' post='2442434']
But then again..I do shed tears of joy and sorrow...not for myself but for the world.


Once I got into a discussion with a person who didn't know what he was talking about. Anyways it was a couple of years ago around Christmas time. I was at a 4-h meeting and a little girl asked "Who is Jesus" I told her that he is the Son of God and he is fully man and fully God, etc.

Then a boy who was 15 at the time....disagreed with me....then we got into a discussion.....I wasn't really angry but upset that he didn't believe that Jesus is God.....I don't know why but I broke down into tears right there...thank goodness we were down in a basement..doing an activity or I would have cried in front of the adults...including my dad..ughh I hate crying in front of my parents...


Well I was 19 at the time..the oldest of the bunch....but you can guess the most sensitive to this topic.....


I didn't know what to say..I was a little shocked by it all! And that kid thought he knew everything....grr
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As my niece told me when she was five, boys stink (not all boys obv)

Seriously though I rarely cry but this year I've found myself sobbing for no reason when at mass or adoration or when saying the rosary. I was watching a video about Medjugorie and I started sobbing, red eyes everything. A few minutes later the speaker said 'If you knew how much Our Lady loves us you would cry for joy'.