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When liturgical practices trigger unexplained emotions

I've been experiencing spontaneous tears during the Eucharist for months now, not sad tears but something deeper, and I can't control or understand what's happening to me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sacred ritual can activate unconscious spiritual material, producing cathartic responses that bypass rational understanding.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Christian mysticism — the contemplative tradition?”

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